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Pakistan Journal of Chemistry

The Pakistan Journal of Chemistry (PJC) is a peer-reviewed Journal dedicated to the dissemination of high-quality research in all branches of chemistry. PJC aims to promote scientific discovery and innovation while providing a platform for researchers, academics, and professionals to share their work with a global audience. Authors are encouraged to submit original research articles, review papers, and short communications that adhere to the Journal’s format and ethical standards. PJC indexed and recognized in reputable scientific directories with highly experienced national and international editorial teams, which ensures rigorous peer review for quality and credibility. That leads to Global readership and wide dissemination of research.

Essential Details for Authors for Submission

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Journal’s template, made available on PJC’s website. Ensure proper citation and formatting to avoid delays in review. Authors must comply with ethical publishing standards, including originality and adequate Acknowledgment of sources.

Editorial Review Process

Our academic editors thoroughly evaluate all submissions. We strive to complete the initial review within 3 to 7 working days, aiming to minimize the overall publication time. The review process is also related to the Author’s reply to the office. However, a general timeline for each stage of the review process is as follows:

• Initial Decision to Review: 3-7 Days
• Reviewer time: 15 Days
• Decision After Review: 3 Days
• Anticipated Time frame for Suggested Revisions: 7 Days
• Time to Online Publication: 3 Days
• Time to Print Publication: 3 Days

Submission Checklist
Before submitting, ensure your manuscript meets the following criteria:

• Follows to the Instructions for Authors.
• First read before submission: publication ethics,  research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data, and reference formatting.
• The Article should Fall within the Journal’s Aims & Scope.
• Uses the word document format for manuscript preparation.
• Declares that the work is unpublished and original.
• Acknowledges awareness of article processing charges (APC).
• Is the manuscript saved in MS Word (.doc or .docx) format?
• Includes a designated corresponding author with contact information (email or postal address).
• Cite references in the text like [1], [2] etc
• Include a title page with financial disclosure and conflicts of interest statements.
• Includes permissions for any previously published material to prevent redundant publication.
• Check that the manuscript is free from spelling and grammatical errors.
• Contains embedded images, figures, and tables with appropriate captions, titles, and footnotes and is cited at the proper place in the text.
• Lists contact information and contributions for all authors.
• Includes a convincing cover letter.

Language Editing Services

It is recommended for non-English authors to get language editing services before submission of their manuscripts to the Journal Advances of Nutrition Science and Technology to minimize the chances of rejection due to poor English. Use the links American Journal Experts, Bioscience Editing Solutions, Editage, and Enago to improve the language of your research-related documents.

Types of Submissions

The Author who wishes to publish the Article may submit the type that includes Research, Review articles, case studies, informative letters, summaries of the latest findings, short communication, or other work related to chemistry.

• Research Articles (2000 – 3000 words): Original contributions to scientific knowledge, including interdisciplinary, replication studies, and negative or null results. Refer to the Pakistan Journal of Chemistry.
• Review Articles: Aim to provide a comprehensive overview of current research on a specific topic by one or more authors. Authors are expected to read the guidelines before preparing the Article where information is given to gather all pertinent information on the subject and organize it into a cohesive summary, presenting an up-to-date understanding of the “state of the art” in that field.
• Systematic Reviews (3000 – 3500 words): Provide a thorough and unbiased review of existing literature.
• Executive Summaries (800 – 1000 words): Provide a detailed summary of a research problem, highlighting essential points to inform readers and help them grasp the scientific approach quickly. It should be concise enough for readers to efficiently familiarize themselves with a broad range of data without needing extensive explanations.
• Short Communications (1000 – 1500 words): Short Communications are brief papers designed for the swift dissemination of original and impactful findings. They might address a specific aspect of a problem or a new discovery with potential significance. Submissions should adhere to the same format as full-length papers, with a maximum of 1500 words in the main text, around ten references, and up to two illustrations (either tables, figures, or one of each).  
• Editorials (up to 1000 words): Provide brief, invited opinion pieces addressing pressing issues within the research community. They should be concise, with no abstract, a maximum of five references, and no figures or tables, though they may include a photograph of the Author.
• Commentaries (up to 3000 words): Analyze current issues such as policy, funding, careers, new institutes, regulatory, legislative issues or educational topics. They should not exceed 3000 words in total (including abstract, main text, references, and figure legends). It also includes a brief title, a 50-word abstract, up to 35 references, and 1-2 figures or tables.
• Focus Articles (up to 2500 words): They are concise, timely pieces that highlight recent research findings or address current policy issues related to research, such as regulatory, funding, educational, or legislative topics. They should be no longer than 2500 words in total, including the abstract, main text, references, and figure legend. Each Article should feature a brief, impactful title, a one-sentence abstract, a maximum of ten references, and either one figure (with a figure legend) or a table.
• Industry News (250 – 400 words): Brief updates on new initiatives, products, services, or developments in the field. These should avoid being promotional for any product or service and must appropriately reference alternative systems, services, products, or initiatives to provide context for the update.
• Perspectives (2000 – 4000 words): Provide insightful analyses of recent papers or current research topics of significant interest, offering a clear interpretation of key findings. Typically authored by one or two individuals, these articles aim to enlighten our interdisciplinary audience about notable scientific developments in the Author’s field of expertise. They may also cover methods, books, or highlights from meetings. Perspectives should feature a concise, engaging title, a brief abstract (50 words or less), up to 35 references, and 1 or 2 figures (with legends) or tables.

Submitting Your Manuscript

To submit a manuscript, authors, and reviewers need to be registered in our PJC submission system. If you don’t have an account yet, you’ll need to create a journal submission system, which can be used for future submissions to the Pakistan Journal of Chemistry. When accessing the submission portal, you will first need to accept the terms related to manuscript submission. For detailed information on our policies, please refer to the Peer Review Process and Policies.

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Pakistan Journal of Chemistry (PJC) should include the following sections.

Cover Letters

The cover letter is your initial opportunity to impress the Journal’s editor and convince them of the value of your Article. It introduces your work, highlights what makes your research novel and significant, and explains how it fits within the Journal’s scope. A well-crafted cover letter can influence the editor to send your manuscript for peer review, so take the time to write it carefully. Must include conflict of interest, funding resource, Acknowledgment, and Article declaration not considered anywhere in any other journal.

The title page should include the paper title, Author (s) full name and affiliation, corresponding author(s), complete affiliation/address, and phone, fax, and email.

Title of the Article

The title of the Article should be specific and brief; note more than 120 characters. The first letter of each word should be in capital letters except for articles, conjunctions, and prepositions. Non-standard abbreviations and question marks in titles are not allowed. As the reporting guidelines recommend, information about the study should be included in the title (particularly for systematic reviews and meta-analyses).

Name of Authors:

Affiliation  of All Authors

Email Address of Corresponding Authors

Abstract

The abstract of an article should be a clear, concise, and accurate summary, having no more than 350 words, and including the explicit sub-headings (as in-line or run-in headings in bold). Abbreviations should be avoided, and references should not be cited in the abstract.

Keywords: Maximum  Five.

Introduction: A comprehensive literature search includes the latest references related to the work conducted. Summarize the objective or purpose of the research in a few sentences in the last paragraph of the research background work done previously with relevant references.

Material and Methods: Give a brief description of the research design, material used,  methodology, and other relevant details about the study’s conduct with references.

Results and Discussion: Write about the research findings and discuss the main achievements, often using statistical data or significant findings with relevant references to validate the new outcomes.

Tables and Figures: Must be cited and discussed in the place where they were discussed first

Conclusion: Provide an overview of the study’s key findings and any implications or future work.

Acknowledgments: include the place where the experiment was conducted, name of the people /institute/Department/University who helped during the experiment

List of Abbreviations (if any)

References:

Research article

1. Azmat, M., Irshad, and I. Farooqi, Pak. J. Chem. 1(1):19-21, (2011)
2. S. M.Sheringari, S. R.. Pakalapati, S. B.Amrinder, J.Food.Sci. 30, 456-466 (2012)

For  Books:

1. B. Smith; Textbook of Organic Chemistry, Jones, D. C., New York, pp. 123-126, (1961).
2. F. M. Dean, M. V. Sargent; In Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 4, Eds.: Katrizky, A. R., Rees, C. W., Pergamon, New York, (1984), p. 531.

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Submission Checklist:

• Before proceeding, ensure you have reviewed and agreed to all points in the submission checklist.

Authors Information:

• Include the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of all authors, designating at least one as the corresponding Author. ORCID identifiers are required for first and corresponding authors and are encouraged for all authors.

Reviewers:

• Provide the names, affiliations, and email addresses of up to four potential reviewers, along with any reviewers you wish to exclude.

Upload Manuscript:

• Submit all files in MS Word (.docx or .doc) format.
• Upload a cover letter.
• Include the manuscript (with figures, tables, and supplementary material) for evaluation.

Supplementary Material

Authors may upload additional data and files as “Supplementary Files” during the manuscript submission. These files will be available to reviewers during the peer-review process. While any file format is acceptable, using standard, non-proprietary formats is recommended.

Submission of Revised Manuscripts

When submitting a revised manuscript, please use the online submission system of the Pakistan Journal of Chemistry and ensure that the following items are included:

1. Response to Reviewers:
   • This section should address all points raised by the reviewers.
   • Include answers to all comments from reviewers and editors.
   • Provide a list of changes made to the manuscript.
   • Upload this document as a “response to reviewers” file.
2. Revised Manuscript (Marked-up Copy):
   • This version should clearly show all changes made since the original submission.
   • It is recommended that the ‘Track Changes’ feature be used in Microsoft Word.
   • Upload this as the “Revised Article” with the changes highlighted.
3. Revised Manuscript (Clean Copy):
   • Submit a clean copy of the revised manuscript without highlighting changes.
   • Upload this as your “Manuscript” file.

Deposition of Sequences and Expression Data

New sequence data must be submitted to the appropriate database before manuscript submission, with the accession numbers provided in the manuscript. Publication will only proceed once the accession number is included.

• New nucleic acid sequences should be deposited in one of the following databases: GenBank, EMBL, or DDBJ, and should only be submitted to one of these.
• High throughput sequencing (HTS) data sets, such as RNA-seq or ChIP-Seq, degradome analysis, etc., should be deposited in the GEO database or NCBI’s Sequence Read Archive.
• New Microarray data should be deposited in either the GEO or ArrayExpress databases, following the “Minimal Information About a Microarray Experiment” (MIAME) guidelines published by the Microarray Gene Expression Data Society.

New protein sequences obtained through protein sequencing should be submitted to UniProt using the SPIN submission tool.

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