Instructions to Authors
Chinese Journal of Chromatography, a journal undertaken by Chinese Chemical Society and Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, publishes articles in Chinese on chromatography
and its inter disciplines. Topics include new or improved analytical separation
and preparative methods, development of theories, innovative applications of
chromatographic methods and related techniques, electrophoresis,
electrochromatography, sample preparation, solid phase extraction and detection
methods such as mass spectrometry. Chinese
Journal of Chromatography welcomes every researcher’s
submission of research papers which report on studies concerning the
development of new and advances in chromatographic science and related areas.
Types of manuscripts
The following types of papers are
published in the Chinese
Journal of Chromatography:
Communications briefly
report new, unusual and significant results or the core content of technical improvements
(limited to four printed pages, i.e. 3000 words).
Articles present
complete systematic descriptions of innovative investigations or applications.
The novel and valuable results of a phase research work are also be reported
(around six printed pages, i.e. 4000－5000 words).
Reviews present
a general survey of an outstanding subject in chromatography and its related
areas and should be combined with the research work of the author’s group
(around eight to ten printed pages, i.e. 6000－8000 words). Potential authors will be asked to provide a brief
outline of the subject matter of the proposed review. Review articles should be
sufficiently broad in scope to appeal to a wide cross-section of the journal's
readership, but should be specific enough to permit discussion at an
appropriate depth. Above all, reviews should be critical rather than
enumerative. Figures and Tables with copyright license are encouraged in review
articles.
Technical notes report
development and application of new techniques and new instruments, also about
renovation and improvement of methods developed before (around three printed
pages, i.e. 2000－3000 words).
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article,
authors will be asked to complete a 'Copyright transfer form'. Acceptance of
the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An
e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the
manuscript together with a 'Copyright transferform'. The authors also can
download the form from our website.
Funding source
Authors are need to identify who
provided financial support for the conduct of the research. If the funding
source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated in the paper.
Submission
Submission to this journal
proceeds totally online or through the email. You will create and upload your
files in the journal’s submission system step by step. All correspondence
processes, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for
revision, are carried through the submission system.
Referees
Authors can submit, with the
manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of suggested reviewers.
We note that the editorial retains the sole right to decide whether or not the
suggested reviewers are used. A working e-mail address for each reviewer is
essential for rapid review.
Preparation of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be legibly
typed on A4 paper by Microsoft Office Word and clearly identify unusual or
handwritten symbols and the block and italic forms of Greek letters.
Manuscripts should be subdivided into the following sequence of sections:
title, every author’s name and affiliations(where the actual work was done,
complete corresponding address and nationality), Abstract, Key words,
Introduction, Experimental section, Results and discussion, Conclusion,
Acknowledgment, References. A footnote should be included on the first page to
give the professional title, educational level, fax number, phone number and
email address of the corresponding author and information of funding included
the full name and number should be indicated.
The Title should be short (5-30 words), specific, and informative. No
abbreviations or trade names should be used in the title.
Corresponding author
Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of
refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone number
(with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and
the complete postal address.
Abstract
An Abstract (about 150 to 250
words) must be present in the front of every manuscript. It should be
independent, self explanatory and intelligible without reference to the text.
The abstract should state briefly the purpose and applied method of the
research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract must be able
to stand alone with out references. All of the abbreviations must be written in
full when first used.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract,
Three to eight Keywords should be given below the abstract and the abbreviations
must be avoided. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction
Provide a description of the
background under investigation, state the objectives and the highlight of
innovation of the article, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary
of the results.
Experimental conditions
For the main materials and the
types of equipments, the manufacturers’ names and the locations should be
provided. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods
already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant
modifications should be described.
Results and Discussions
Results should be clear, precise and concise. This should explore the
significance of the results of the work,the relationship between the results
and the research,. whether meeting the original expectation, and the
similarities and differences with others, etc. A combined Results and
Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and
discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions should
briefly report the prospects, limitations, outstanding problems and the further
research advice of the work, which may stand alone or form a subsection of the
Results and Discussion section.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be
provided in a separate section at the end of the article before the references,
List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g.,
providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article,
etc.).
Tables
Self-explanatory tables must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals
respectively. Suitable captions should be given at the top, Place footnotes to
tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase
letters. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in
tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief
title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the
illustration.Photographs should be of sufficiently high quality with respect to
detail and contrast. Indicate the magnification by a bar on the photograph.
References
Reference should be listed
at the end of the manuscript. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the
references. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also
present in the reference list. Articles in press (have been accepted or be
given the DOI number) may be included. Citations should be numbered sequentially
in the order in which they are cited in the text. If these references are
included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style
of the journal. The names of the journals should be abbreviated according to
the World List of Scientific Periodicals. The following are the examples of
literature citations:
(1) Chadha R K, Lawrence J F. J Chromatogr, 1990, 518: 268
(2) Phillips J B, Liu Z. USP 5 196 039. 1993
(3) Andrade J D. Surface and Interfacial Aspects of Biochemical Polymers.
Vol 2. New York: Plenum Press, 1985. 35
Policies on Conflict of Interest, Human and Animal Rights, and
Informed Consent.
All authors must disclose any
Conflict of Interest during manuscript submission. Examples of potential
conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership,
honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants
or other funding. If there are no interests to declare, please choose No.
All studies that involve Human and Animal Rights must abide by the rules of the appropriate institutional review board (or equivalent organization) of the institution in which the research was conducted and by the tenets of the World Medical Association’s most recently revised Declaration of Helsinki. A statement regarding ethical approval and Helsinki compliance must be included in the paper.
Published studies that involve human subjects should not provide subjects’ identifying information (e.g., names, true initials, recognizable images) unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or the patient’s parent/guardian) gives written informed consent for publication.
All studies using animals should follow the ARRIVE guidelines (https://arriveguidelines.org/) for reporting in vivo experiments in animal research. A statement regarding institutional animal care and use committee approval (or equivalent) must be included in the paper.
Submission of manuscripts
Submission online is proposed to
this journal. Via the homepage of this journal (http://www.chrom-China.com) you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading
of the various files. If you meet any difficulties in submitting online, please
send the manuscript to the Editorial Office by e-mail (sepu@dicp.ac.cn).
Submission checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior
to sending it to the journal for review.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One Author designated as corresponding Author:
? E-mail address
? Full postal address
? Telephone and fax numbers
All necessary files have been written in article.
? Keywords
? All figure captions
? All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
? Manuscript has been "spellchecked" and "grammar-checked"
? References are in the correct format for this journal
? All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text.
? Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other
sources (including the Web)
Review of manuscripts
The primary criteria for judging the acceptability of a manuscript are its
quality, novelty, and scientific importance. However, editorial decisions are
based not just on the technical merits of the work, but also on factors such as
policy and regulation, presentation of the material, and relevance to the
journal’s general readership.
At the discretion of the Editorial Office, a manuscript may be rapidly
rejected, without external peer review, if it had academic dishonorable
behaviors, such as plagiarism, practicing fraud and so on, or it is deemed
uncompetitive or outside the scope of the journal. All manuscripts are judged
in relation to other submissions currently under consideration.
Manuscripts that have passed initial screening by the Editorial Office are
reviewed by the Associate Editors-in-Chiefs and the Vice Executive-Editors of
the Editorial Board. They select reviewers and make the further decision on the
manuscript. Reviewers remain unknown to the authors. Every manuscript is
treated by the Editors and reviewers as privileged information, and they are
instructed to exclude themselves from review of any manuscript that may involve
a conflict of interest or the appearance of such.
Revision of manuscripts
When a manuscript is returned to
authors for revision prior to final acceptance, the revised paper should be
submitted within 20 days. If author need more than 20 days to revise, please
file an application in 20 days after reciving the inform of revision.
Others
No page charge is required for
manuscripts coming from other countries. The authors will receive a
complimentary copy of the issue containing the article.
Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF
files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author before publishing.
The proofs is need to be ensure or modified by authors. If you do not
wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections and
return them to us in an e-mail. Your proof should be confirmed and signed by
authors,then you can return it by email after scanning the pages. Please use
this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and
correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article
as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with
permission from the Editor.
Offprints and Open access
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with one paper
offprint and a PDF file of the article via e-mail after the article is accepted
for publication. For extra charge, more paper offprints can be ordered. The PDF
file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover
sheet with the journal cover image. The papers in our website are all freely available.
For inquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic
submission) please visit this our homepage. You can check our Author FAQs or
contact us: sepu@dicp.ac.cn.
All articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication without any cost. Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.