期刊名称：TOPICS IN CURRENT CHEMISTRY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
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编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
ISSN: 2364-8961 (electronic version)
New: Published as a journal as of 2016, thematic hardcover volumes continue to be available
- Builds on the reputation and historical significance of the Topics in Current Chemistry book series
- Presents comprehensive reviews of established and emerging topics in modern chemical research
- Supervised by Editors and an Editorial Board of world-leading chemists
- Organized into topical collections edited by experts in the field
- Topical collections viewable online as they develop
- Once completed, topical collections will become available in hardcover print format
- Contributing authors will benefit from MyPublication services such as article tracking
- Final bibliographic data for each article immediately upon online publication
This journal presents critical reviews spanning modern chemical research, and intersecting with such disciplines as biology, medicine, physics and materials science. Each issue covers a specific theme, reviewing important current research and future prospects.
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Aims and Scope
Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine, physics and materials science.
The goal of each thematic collection is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience.
Each review within the topical collection critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the collection as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field.
Instructions to Authors
Types of Papers
Topics in Current Chemistry only publishes in-depth review articles. The appropriate length is determined by the topic. A typical review has a length of about 25 printed pages, including 8100 words of text (49 000 characters including blanks), 20 figures and 100 references.
Editorial Procedure
Contributions to the journal are usually invited by a guest editor of a topical collection. Non-invited contributions may be considered for publication if they meet the aims & scope of Topics in Current Chemistry and conform to the instructions for authors. This journal follows a single –blind review process. Acceptance of an article requires two independent assessments, which includes assessment by an editor, guest editor, or editorial board member. Articles may be rejected directly by an editor or guest editor.
As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the editorial procedures of the journal will follow the COPE guidelines.
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Submission
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Permissions
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Online Submission
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Title page
Title Page
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- A concise and informative title
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Abstract
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Keywords
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Text
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Abbreviations
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Footnotes
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Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Acknowledgments
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Scientific style
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References
Citation
Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:
1. Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
2. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
3. This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].
Reference list
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The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
- Journal article
Nugen S, Baeumner HJ (2008) Trends and opportunities in food pathogen detection. Anal Bioanal Chem 391:451-454
or
Nugen S, Baeumner HJ (2008) Anal Bioanal Chem 391:451-454
- Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. Doi:10.1007/s001090000086
- Book
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
- Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York
- Online document
Healthwise Knowledgebase (1998) US Pharmacopeia, Rockville. http://www.healthwise.org. Accessed 21 Sept 1998
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Tables
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Color Art
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Figure Numbering
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Figure Captions
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Figure Placement and Size
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Permissions
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Electronic Supplementary Material
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Before submitting research datasets as electronic supplementary material, authors should read the journal’s Research data policy. We encourage research data to be archived in data repositories wherever possible.
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Numbering
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Captions
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Processing of supplementary files
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Accessibility
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English Language Support
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Please note that the use of a language editing service is not a requirement for publication in this journal and does not imply or guarantee that the article will be selected for peer review or accepted.
If your manuscript is accepted it will be checked by our copyeditors for spelling and formal style before publication.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:
- The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
- The manuscript has not been published previously (partly or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work (please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the hint of text-recycling (“self-plagiarism”)).
- A single study is not split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (e.g. “salami-publishing”).
- No data have been fabricated or manipulated (including images) to support your conclusions
- No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (“plagiarism”). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions are secured for material that is copyrighted.
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
- Consent to submit has been received explicitly from all co-authors, as well as from the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before the work is submitted.
- Authors whose names appear on the submission have contributed sufficiently to the scientific work and therefore share collective responsibility and accountability for the results.
- Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, corresponding author, and order of authors at submission. Changes of authorship or in the order of authors are not accepted after acceptance of a manuscript..
- Adding and/or deleting authors at revision stage may be justifiably warranted. A letter must accompany the revised manuscript to explain the role of the added and/or deleted author(s). Further documentation may be required to support your request.
- Requests for addition or removal of authors as a result of authorship disputes after acceptance are honored after formal notification by the institute or independent body and/or when there is agreement between all authors.
- Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential proprietary data is excluded.
If there is a suspicion of misconduct, the journal will carry out an investigation following the COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, the allegation seems to raise valid concerns, the accused author will be contacted and given an opportunity to address the issue. If misconduct has been established beyond reasonable doubt, this may result in the Editor-in-Chief’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:
- If the article is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author.
- If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction, either an erratum will be placed with the article or in severe cases complete retraction of the article will occur. The reason must be given in the published erratum or retraction note. Please note that retraction means that the paper is maintained on the platform, watermarked "retracted" and explanation for the retraction is provided in a note linked to the watermarked article.
- The author’s institution may be informed.
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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Authors should include the following statements (if applicable) in a separate section entitled “Compliance with Ethical Standards” when submitting a paper:
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Please note that standards could vary slightly per journal dependent on their peer review policies (i.e. single or double blind peer review) as well as per journal subject discipline. Before submitting your article check the instructions following this section carefully.
The corresponding author should be prepared to collect documentation of compliance with ethical standards and send if requested during peer review or after publication.
The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned guidelines. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned guidelines.
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could influence or bias the work. Although an author may not feel there are conflicts, disclosure of relationships and interests affords a more transparent process, leading to an accurate and objective assessment of the work. Awareness of real or perceived conflicts of interests is a perspective to which the readers are entitled and is not meant to imply that a financial relationship with an organization that sponsored the research or compensation for consultancy work is inappropriate. Examples of potential conflicts of interests that are directly or indirectly related to the research may include but are not limited to the following:
- Research grants from funding agencies (please give the research funder and the grant number)
- Honoraria for speaking at symposia
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- Employment or consultation
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- Position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of management relationships
- Multiple affiliations
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- Intellectual property rights (e.g. patents, copyrights and royalties from such rights)
- Holdings of spouse and/or children that may have financial interest in the work
In addition, interests that go beyond financial interests and compensation (non-financial interests) that may be important to readers should be disclosed. These may include but are not limited to personal relationships or competing interests directly or indirectly tied to this research, or professional interests or personal beliefs that may influence your research.
The corresponding author collects the conflict of interest disclosure forms from all authors. ( Please note that each author should complete a disclosure form.) Examples of forms can be found
The corresponding author will include a summary statement in the text of the manuscript in a separate section before the reference list, that reflects what is recorded in the potential conflict of interest disclosure form(s).
See below examples of disclosures:
Funding: This study was funded by X (grant number X).
Conflict of Interest: Author A has received research grants from Company A. Author B has received a speaker honorarium from Company X and owns stock in Company Y. Author C is a member of committee Z.
If no conflict exists, the authors should state:
Conflict of Interest: Author A, Author B, and Author C declare that they have no conflict of interest.
After acceptance
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Offprints
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Color illustrations
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Proof reading
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After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
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Copyright and license term – CC BY
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Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Hagan Bayley
Chemical Biology Sub-Department
University of Oxford
Chemistry Research Laboratory
12 Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3TA
United Kingdom
hagan.bayley@chem.ox.ac.uk
Prof. Dr. Kendall N. Houk
University of California
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1589
USA
houk@chem.ucla.edu
Dr. Greg Hughes
Codexis Inc.
200 Penobscot Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
greg.hughes099@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Chris Hunter
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB21EW
UK
Ch664@cam.ac.uk
Prof. Dr. Seong-Ju Hwang
Associate Dean of College of Natural Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience
Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750,
Korea
hwangsju@ewha.ac.kr
Prof. Dr. Kazuaki Ishihara
Graduate School of Engineering,
Nagoya University
B2-3(611), Furo-cho,
Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603
Japan
ishihara@cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Krische
University of Texas at Austin
Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
1 University Station A5300
Austin TX, 78712-0165
USA
mkrische@mail.utexas.edu
Prof. Dr. Delmar Larsen
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
USA
dlarsen@ucdavis.edu
Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn
ISIS
8, allée Gaspard Monge
BP 70028
67083 Strasbourg Cedex
France
lehn@isis.u-strasbg.fr
Prof. Dr. Rafael Luque
Departamento de Quimica Organica
Universidad de Córdoba
Campus de Rabanales, Edificio C-3 (Marie Curie - Anexo)
Carretera Nacional IV - A, Km. 396
14014 – Córdoba
Spain
q62alsor@uco.es
Prof. Dr. Jay S. Siegel
Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Tianjin University
92 Weijin Road,
Nankai District,
Tianjin, 300072
PRC
dean_spst@tju.edu.cn
Prof. Dr. Joachim Thiem
Institut für Organische Chemie
Universität Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6
20146 Hamburg
Germany
thiem@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
Prof. Dr. Margherita Venturi
Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician"
Università di Bologna
via Selmi 2
40126 Bologna
Italy
margherita.venturi@unibo.it
Prof. Dr. Chi-Huey Wong
Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
President of Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road,
Section 2, Nankang,
Taipei 115
Taiwan
chwong@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Prof. Dr. Henry N.C. Wong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
University Science Centre
Shatin, New Territories
hncwong@cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. Dr. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
wwyam@hku.hk
Prof. Dr. Chunhua Yan
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Peking University
Beijing, 100871, China
yan@pku.edu.cn
Prof. Dr. Shu-Li You
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS
345 Lingling Lu, 200032 Shanghai, China
slyou@mail.sioc.ac.cn
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