Instructions for Authors
Journal of Molecular Diversity
(ISSN 1424-7917) aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous
peer-review system. It is mainly funded through the deposit
of samples with MDPI. Alternatively, and following the example of other
e-journals, it is funded by publication charges paid by authors.
This allows us to provide unlimited free access to the online edition for
readers. Authors can distribute an unlimited number of e-reprints via e-mail
free of charge. Accepted papers will be published immediately. Authors
are kindly asked to prepare and submit manuscripts according the following
instructions.
Submission of Manuscripts
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Manuscripts should be submitted in English by e-mail with a covering e-mail,
to [email protected]
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MS Word (all versions) files are preferred. Manuscripts prepared with other
software and computers may export the full text (with figures, schemes
and tables inserted into the text) to a MS Word format (either for Macintosh
or for Windows). Authors who intend to send their final, accepted papers
by surface mail may contact the editor beforehand.
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Submission of a paper implies that the copyright is transferred to MDPI.
However, for legal reasons, authors must fill out the Copyright
Transfer Form, which can be downloaded from http://www.mdpi.org/jmd/copyrtf.htm,
and send it by surface mail to the editor.
Manuscript Preparation
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Manuscripts should be prepared with a word processor. The printing area
is 17.5 cm x 24.7 cm. For A4 paper, the margins should be 1.5 cm on top,
3.5 cm at the bottom and 1.75 cm on both left and right sides of the paper.
For US letter-sized paper, the margins should be 1.5 cm on top, 1.74 cm
at the bottom and 2.05 cm on both left and right sides.
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The paper style of Journal of Molecular
Diversity should be followed. You may download a sample paper and
a template file from Journal
of Molecular Diversity homepage. The full titles and the cited
papers can be given. The style of Journal
of Combinatorial Chemistry is also acceptable (and its specific
instructions for the related research report can be consodered). However,
reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before
the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should
be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
Journal references must cite the title of the paper and its starting
and ending pages, thus
8. Bowman, C. M.; Landee, F. A.; Reslock, M. A. Chemically Oriented
Storage and Retrieval System. 1. Storage and Verification of Structural
Information. J. Chem. Doc. 1967, 7, 43-47.
References to books should cite the authors(s), title, publisher, publication
date, and page.
9. Smith, A. B. Textbook of Organic Chemistry; D. C. Jones:
New York, 1961; pp 123-126.
In referring to a book written by various contributors, cite authors(s)
first, as in
10. Winstein, S.; Henderson, R. B. In Heterocyclic Compounds;
Elderfield, R. C., Ed.; Wiley: New York, 1950; Vol. 1, Chapter 1, p 60.
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Authors' full address, homepage address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail
address can be included in the title page and these will be published.
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A list of three to five keywords must be given, and placed after the Abstract.
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Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color
graphics will be published free of charge. Conference slides, video sequences,
software, etc., can be included and published as supplementary material.
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Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for
all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading.
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Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends
should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed
in the main text before a table and after a figure or a scheme.
Referees
The author should suggest at least three referees with the appropriate
technical expertise, although the Editor will not necessarily approach
them. Their addresses, homepage addresses, phone and fax numbers and e-mail
addresses should be provided as fully as possible.
Reprints
Reprints may be ordered. Contact the managing editor for more details.
Supplementary Material Deposit
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We wish to encourage the submission of supplementary data in electronic
formats, so that important chemical, structural or scientific information
is retained in full. Spectral data (NMR, IR, Raman, ESR, etc) can
be submitted in JCAMP (.jdx) format.
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3D coordinate structures (in pdb, mol, xyz or other common formats), if
available, should also be submitted.
Samples Deposit and Exchange
Samples of the key compounds and appropriate intermediates from each
paper (one sample per MolBank
short note) should be deposited (contributions of other old rare samples
are also acceptable).
Authors are also encouraged to register
or submit samples of the relevant compounds to MDPI
in Switzerland for deposit
and distribution at a reasonable price. Include in the last paragraph in
the "References and Notes" the Sample Availability information.
For details, visit: http://www.mdpi.org/.
Samples should be sent to
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 3379, Fax +41 61 302 8918
E-mail: [email protected] (http://www.mdpi.org/lin/)
Publication Charge
Authors can help defray the publication costs of their papers by payment
of page charges if samples are not contributed. However, the acceptance
of a paper for publication is based solely on its scientific merit
and completely independent of the authors' willingness to contribute a
fee to cover the publication costs. Authors who have supported our project
of deposit of authentic samples through MDPI will be considered to have
paid the publication charges "in kind". The article charge (voluntarily
paid by the author's institute) for publishing in this journal is $250
US dollars per article, whether the size is 10 pages in length or longer,
as we encourage publication of long papers (this is only half of the fee
collected from authors by another
E-journal). Authors unable to contibute "in kind" or whose institutions
cannot pay the page charges should pay only $100 per article or
contact the Editor-in-Chief to make alternate arrangements. Invoices will
be sent to authors who agree to contribute page charges, after publication.