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and tracking service via Internet facilitates a speedy
and cost-effective submission of manuscripts. The full manuscript
has to be submitted online via Bentham's Content
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Instructions).
Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on their behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required to submit a Covering Letter along with the manuscript, on behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not been published previously or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained.
For all online submissions, please provide soft copies of
all the materials (main text in MS Word or Tex/LaTeX), figures/illustrations
in TIFF, PDF or JPEG, and chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw
(CDX)/ISISDraw (TGF) as separate files, while a PDF version
of the entire manuscript must also be included, embedded with
all the figures/illustrations/tables/chemical structures etc.
It is imperative that before submission, authors should carefully proofread the files for special characters, mathematical symbols, Greek letters, equations, tables, references and images, to ensure that they appear in proper format.
References, figures, tables, chemical structures etc.
should be referred to in the text at the appropriate place
where they have been first discussed. Figure legends/captions
should also be provided.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding author. Any queries therein should be addressed to sehrish@benthamscience.org
MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED: The Journal accepts
peer-reviewed mini- and full-length review articles, and research
papers written in English. Single topic/thematic issues may
also be considered for publication.
Single Topic Issues: These peer-reviewed
issues will be restricted to invited or uninvited review/mini-review
articles. A Single Topic Issue Editor will offer a short perspective
and co-ordinate the solicitation of manuscripts between 3-5
(for a mini-hot topic) to 6-10 (for full-length hot topic)
from leading scientists. Authors interested in editing a single
topic issue in an emerging topic of medicinal chemistry may
submit their proposal to the Editor-in-Chief at cmcaia@benthamscience.org
for his consideration.
MANUSCRIPT LENGTH:
Review Articles: The total number of words
for a published comprehensive review article article is from
8000 to 40000 words, and for mini-review articles from 3000
to 6000 words.
Research Articles: The total number of words for
a published research article is from 4000 to 8000 words.
Randomized Drug Clinical Trial Studies: Trial
studies should be 1500 to 40000 words excluding figures, structures,
photographs, schemes, tables etc.
There is no restriction on the number of figures, tables or
additional files e.g. video clips, animation and datasets,
that can be included with each article online. Authors should
include all relevant supporting data with each article (Refer
to Supplementary Material section).
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:
The manuscript should be written in English in a clear, direct
and active style. All pages must be numbered sequentially,
facilitating in the reviewing and editing of the manuscript.
For further convenience, our contracted service provider Eureka
Science can provide assistance to authors for the preparation
of manuscripts.
MANUSCRIPT SECTIONS FOR PAPERS: Manuscripts
for review articles submitted to the journal may be divided
into the following sections:
Covering letter
Title
Title page
Abstract
Keywords
Text organization
List of abbreviations (if any)
Conflict of interest (if any)
Acknowledgements (if any)
References
Appendices
Figures/illustrations (if any)
Chemical structures (if any)
Tables (if any)
Supportive/supplementary material (if any)
Covering Letter: It is mandatory that a signed
covering letter also be submitted along with the
manuscript by the author to whom correspondence is to be addressed,
delineating the scope of the submitted article declaring the
potential competing interests, acknowledging contributions
from authors and funding agencies, and certifying that the
paper is prepared according to the 'Instructions
for Authors'. All inconsistencies in the text
and in the reference section, and any typographical errors
must be carefully checked and corrected before the submission
of the manuscript. The article contains no such material or
information that may be unlawful, defamatory, fabricated,
plagiarized, or which would, if published, in any way whatsoever,
violate the terms and conditions as laid down in the copyright
agreement. The authors acknowledge that the publishers have
the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors
for any such violation of the terms and conditions as laid
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COVERING LETTER
Title: The title of the article should be
precise and brief and must not be more than 120 characters.
Authors should avoid the use of non-standard abbreviations.
The title must be written in title case except for articles,
conjunctions and prepositions.
Authors should also provide a short ‘running title’.
Title, running title, byline, correspondent footnote and keywords
should be written as presented in original manuscripts.
Title Page: Title page should include paper
title, author(s) full name and affiliation, corresponding
author(s) names complete affiliation/address, along with phone,
fax and email.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed
250 words for review papers summarizing the essential features
of the article.
Keywords: Provide 6 to 8 keywords in alphabetical
order.
Text Organization: The main text should begin
on a separate page and should be divided into separate sections.
The manuscript should be divided into title page, abstract
and the main text. The text may be subdivided further according
to the areas to be discussed, which should be followed by
the Acknowledgement (if any) and Reference sections. For Research
Articles, the manuscript should begin with the title page
and abstract followed by the main text, which must be structured
into separate sections as Introduction, Materials and Methods,
Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements and References.
The Review Article should mention any previous important recent
and old reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion
starting with the general background of the field. It should
then go on to discuss the salient features of recent developments.
The authors should avoid presenting material which has already
been published in a previous review. The authors are advised
to present and discuss their observations in brief. The manuscript
style must be uniform throughout the text and 10 pt Times
New Roman fonts should be used. The full term for an abbreviation
should precede its first appearance in the text unless it
is a standard unit of measurement. The reference numbers should
be given in square brackets in the text. Italics should be
used for Binomial names of organisms (Genus and Species),
for emphasis and for unfamiliar words or phrases. Non-assimilated
words from Latin or other languages should also be italicized
e.g. per se, et al. etc.
Greek Symbols and Special Characters:
Greek symbols and special characters often undergo formatting
changes and get corrupted or lost during preparation of manuscript
for publication. To ensure that all special characters used
are embedded in the text, these special characters should
be inserted as a symbol but should not be a result of any
format styling (Symbol font face) otherwise they
will be lost during conversion to PDF/XML.
Authors are encouraged to consult reporting guidelines. These
guidelines provide a set of recommendations comprising a list
of items relevant to their specific research design. Chemical
equations, chemical names, mathematical usage, unit of measurements,
chemical and physical quantity & units must conform
to SI and Chemical Abstracts or IUPAC.
All kinds of measurements should be reported only in International
System of Units (SI).
List of Abbreviations: If abbreviations are
used in the text either they should be defined in the text
where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
Acknowledgements: Please acknowledge anyone
(individual/company/institution) who has contributed to the
study by making substantial contributions to conception, design,
acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data,
or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising
it critically for important intellectual content. Please list
the source(s) of funding for the study, for each author, and
for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgements section.
This journal complies with the International Committee of
Medical Journal Editors' Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals http://www.icmje.org
and the FDA's Good Reprint Practices for the Distribution
of Medical Journal Articles and Medical or Scientific Reference
Publications on Unapproved New Uses of Approved Drugs and
Approved or Cleared Medical Devices http://www.fda.gov/oc/op/goodreprint.html
References: References must be listed in
the ACS Style only. All references should be numbered sequentially
[in square brackets] in the text and listed in the same numerical
order in the reference section. The reference numbers must
be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted
before submission.
See below few examples of references listed in the ACS Style:
Journal Reference:
[1] Bard, M.; Woods, R.A.; Bartón, D.H.; Corrie, J.E.;
Widdowson, D.A. Sterol mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
chromatographic analyses. Lipids, 1977,
12(8), 645-654.
[2] Zhang, W.; Brombosz, S.M.; Mendoza, J.L.; Moore, J.S.
A high-yield, one-step synthesis of o-phenylene ethynylene
cyclic trimer via precipitation-driven alkyne metathesis.
J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70,
10198-10201.
Book Reference:
[3] Crabtree, R.H. The Organometallic Chemistry of the
Transition Metals, 3rd
ed.; Wiley & Sons: New York, 2001.
Book Chapter Reference:
[4] Wheeler, D.M.S.; Wheeler, M.M. In: Studies in Natural
Products Chemistry; Atta-ur-Rahman, Ed.; Elsevier Science
B. V: Amsterdam, 1994; Vol. 14,
pp. 3-46.
Conference Proceedings:
[5] Jakeman, D.L.; Withers, S.G.E. In: Carbohydrate Bioengineering:
Interdisciplinary Approaches, Proceedings of the 4th
Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, June
10-13, 2001; Teeri, T.T.; Svensson, B.; Gilbert, H.J.; Feizi,
T., Eds.; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, UK, 2002;
pp. 3-8.
URL(WebPage):
[6] National Library of Medicine. Specialized Information
Services: Toxicology and Environmental Health. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html
(Accessed May 23, 2004).
Patent:
[7] Hoch, J.A.; Huang, S. Screening methods for the identification
of novel antibiotics. U.S. Patent 6,043,045, March 28, 2000.
Thesis:
[8] Mackel, H. Capturing the Spectra of Silicon Solar
Cells. PhD Thesis, The Australian National University:
Canberra, December 2004.
E-citations:
[9] Citations for articles/material published exclusively
online or in open access (free-to-view) , must contain the
exact Web addresses (URLs) at the end of the reference(s),
except those posted on an author’s Web site unless editorially
essential, e.g. ‘Reference: Available from: URL’
Some important points to remember:
• All references must be complete and accurate.
• All authors must be cited and there should be no use
of the phrase et al.
• Online citations should include the date of access.
• Journal abbreviations should follow the Index
Medicus/MEDLINE.
• Take special care of the punctuation convention as
described in the above-mentioned examples.
• Superscript in the in-text citations and reference
section should be avoided.
• Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications
(which can only be included if prior permission has been obtained)
should not be given in the reference section but they may
be mentioned in the text and details provided as footnotes.
• The authors are encouraged to use a recent version
of EndNote (version 5 and above) or Reference Manager (version
10) when formatting their reference list, as this allows references
to be automatically extracted.
Appendices: In case there is a need to present
lengthy, but essential methodological details, use appendices,
which can be a part of the article. An appendix must not exceed
three pages (Times New Roman, 12 point fonts, 900 max. words
per page).The information should be provided in a condensed
form, ruling out the need of full sentences. A single appendix
should be titled APPENDIX, while more than one can be titled
APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, and so on.
Figures/Illustrations:
All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for
preparing illustrations for publication in Anti-Infective
Agents. If the figures are found to be sub-standard,
then the manuscripts will be rejected/ and the authors offered
the option of figure improvement professionally by Bentham
Publishing Services. The costs for such improvement
will be charged to the authors.
The authors should provide the illustrations as separate files,
as well as embedded in the text file, numbered consecutively
in the order of their appearance. Each figure should include
a single illustration. Each figure should be closely cropped
to minimize the amount of white space surrounding the illustration.
If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important that
a single composite illustration file be submitted, containing
all parts of the figure.
Photographs should be provided with a scale bar if appropriate,
as well as high-resolution component files.
Scaling/Resolution:
For Line Art image type, which is generally an image based
on lines and text and does not contain tonal or shaded areas,
the preferred file format is TIFF or EPS, with colour mode
being Monochrome 1-bit or RGB, in a resolution of 900-1200
dpi.
For Halftone image type, which is generally a continuous tone
photograph and contains no text, the preferred file format
is TIFF, with colour mode being or RGB or Grayscale, in a
resolution of 300 dpi.
For Combination image type, which is generally an image containing
halftone in addition to text or line art elements, the preferred
file format is TIFF, with colour mode being or RGB or Grayscale,
in a resolution of 500-900 dpi.
Formats:
For illustrations, the following file formats are acceptable:
• Illustrator
• EPS (preferred format for diagrams)
• PDF (also especially suitable for
diagrams)
• PNG (preferred format for photos
or images)
• Microsoft Word (version 5 and above;
figures must be a single page)
• PowerPoint (figures must be a single
page)
• TIFF
• JPEG (conversion should be done using
the original file)
• BMP
• CDX (ChemDraw)
• TGF (ISISDraw)
Bentham Science does not process figures submitted in GIF
format.
If the large size of TIFF or EPS figures acts as an obstacle
to online submission, authors may find that conversion to
JPEG format before submission results in significantly reduced
file size and upload time, while retaining acceptable quality.
JPEG is a 'lossy' format. However, in order to maintain acceptable
image quality, it is recommended that JPEG files are saved
at High or Maximum quality.
Files should not be compressed with tools such as Zipit or
Stuffit prior to submission as these tools will in any case
produce negligible file-size savings for JPEGs and TIFFs,
which are already compressed.
Please do not:
1. Supply embedded graphics in your word processor (spreadsheet,
presentation) document;
2. Supply files that are optimized for screen use (like GIF,
BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
3. Supply files that are too low in resolution;
4. Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the
content.
Image Conversion Tools:
There are many software packages, many of them freeware or
shareware, capable of converting to and from different graphics
formats, including PNG.
Good general tools for image conversion include GraphicConverter
on the Macintosh, PaintShop Pro, for Windows, and ImageMagick,
which is available on Macintosh, Windows and UNIX platforms.
Note that bitmap images (e.g. screenshots) should not be converted
to EPS, since this will result in a much larger file size
than the equivalent JPEG, TIFF, PNG or BMP, with no increase
in quality. EPS should only be used for images produced by
vector-drawing applications such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw.
Most vector-drawing applications can be saved in, or exported
as, EPS format. In case the images have been originally prepared
in an Office application, such as Word or PowerPoint, then
the original Office files should be directly uploaded to the
site, instead of being converted to JPEG or another format
that may be of low quality.
Color Figures/Illustrations:
• The cost for the first published page of color figures
is US$ 940; the second additional page will
be for US$ 685 and each subsequent page for
US$ 465.
• Color figures should be supplied in CMYK not RGB colors.
Chemical Structures:
Chemical structures MUST be prepared in ChemDraw/CDX and provided
as separate file.
Structure Drawing Preferences:
[As according to the ACS style sheet]
Drawing Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width
Fixed length 14.4
pt (0.500cm, 0.2in)
Bold width
2.0 pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in)
Line width 0.6
pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in)
Margin width 1.6 pt
(0.096cm)
Hash spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in)
Text settings:
Font
Times New Roman
Size
8 pt
Under the Preference Choose:
Units
points
Tolerances 3
pixels
Under Page Setup Use:
Paper
US letter
Scale
100%
Tables:
• Data Tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word
table format.
• Each table should include a title/caption being explanatory
in itself with respect to the details discussed in the table.
Detailed legends may then follow.
• Table number in bold font i.e. Table 1,
should follow a title. The title should be in small case with
the first letter in caps. A full stop should be placed at
the end of the title.
• Tables should be embedded in the text exactly according
to their appropriate placement in the submitted manuscript.
• Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct
by ensuring that the borders of each cell are displayed as
black lines.
• Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals sequentially
in order of their citation in the body of the text.
• If a reference is cited in both the table and text,
please insert a lettered footnote in the table to refer to
the numbered reference in the text.
• Tabular data provided as additional files can be submitted
as an Excel spreadsheet.
Supportive/Supplementary Material: We do
encourage to append supportive material, for example a PowerPoint
file containing a talk about the study, a PowerPoint file
containing additional screenshots, a Word, RTF, or PDF document
showing the original instrument(s) used, a video, or the original
data (SAS/SPSS files, Excel files, Access Db files etc.)
provided it is inevitable or endorsed by the journal's Editor.
Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication
must be numbered and referred to in the manuscript but should
not be a part of the submitted paper. In-text citations as
well as a section with the heading "Supportive/Supplementary
Material" before the "References" section should
be provided. Here, list all Supportive/Supplementary Material
and include a brief caption line for each file describing
its contents.
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worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet). Supportive/
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but meant for the reviewers'/editors' perusal only.
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