Instructions for Authors

Submission of Manuscripts

• Manuscripts should be written in English, and submitted as an e-mail attachment, with a cover letter, to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou by e-mail: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu. In addition to the E-mail submission, three hard copies and a disk containing the full manuscript should be sent to the following address:

Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
Editor-In-Chief, IJERPH
Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory
NIH-Center for Environmental Health
Jackson State University
1400 Lynch Street, Box 18540
Jackson, MS 39217, USA
Phone: (601) 979-3321
Fax:  (601) 979-2349

• MS Word (all versions) files are preferred. LaTex format is also fine. 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.
• Authors may prepare pdf file of their final version of accepted papers by inserting correct "Received / Accepted / Published" dates and starting page number from the webmaster. A collection of free tools for authors to prepare pdf files from all kinds of formats can be found at http://www.mdpi.net/TOOLS/pdf.html.
• Copyright of published papers. We will typically insert the following note at the end of the paper: © 200... by MDPI (http://www.mdpi.org). Reproduction is permitted for non-commercial purposes. For alternate arrangements concerning copyright please contact the Editor-in-Chief.
• Check in your cover letter whether you supplied at least 5 referees. Check if the English corrections are done before submission.

• 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 U.S. 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.
• The paper style of International Journal of Molecular Sciences should be followed. You may download a sample paper and a template file from Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601) homepage. The full titles and the cited papers can be given. The style of Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences is also acceptable. 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 at the end of the manuscript.

Journal references must cite the title of the paper, and its starting and ending pages, as follows:
8. Tchounwou, P. B.; Wilson, B. A.; Abdelghani, A. A.; Ishaque, A. B.; Patlolla, A. K. Differential cytotoxicity and gene expression in human liver carcinoma cells exposed to arsenic trioxide, and monosodium arsenic acid. Int. J. Mol.Sci. 2002, 3, 1117-1132.
References to books should cite the author(s), title, publisher, publication date, and chapter pages.
9. Crosby, D. G. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Oxford University Press: New York, 1998; pp. 226-244.
In referring to a book written by various contributors, use the following format:
10. Savolainen, K. Understanding the toxic actions of organophosphates. In: Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology. Krieger, R.; Doull, J.; Ecobichon, D.; Gammon, D.; Hodgson, E.; Reiter, L.; Ross, J. (eds.). Academic Press: New York, 2001; Vol. 2, Chapter 50, pp.1013-1041.
• 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.
• A list of three to five keywords must be given, and should be placed after the abstract.
• Tables should be numbered and cited in numerical order in the text. Each should be printed on a separate page,  provided with a heading, and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. The title of each table should be typed above the table. Legends giving sufficient explanation to make the data understandable without reference to the text must be typed below the table on the same page.
• Figures must be cited in the text in numerical order using Arabic numerals. Figures should be numbered according to the sequence of their appearance in the text, where they are referred to as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Figure legends should be typed on a separate sheet, and should include a brief title and a concise explanation of each figure. 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.
• The Results and Discussion sections should emphasize the major findings of the research, and their significance. Concise interpretation of scientific data, and comparisons with the current literature should be included.
• Consecutive numbering of all pages is required, with the title page as page 1. The following format of presentation should be followed: title; authors’names; authors’affiliations and addresses; abstract; key words;  introduction; materials and methods; results; discussion; acknowledgments; references; tables;  figure legends; and figures.

Copyright Transfer

Reprints may be ordered. Contact the managing editor for more details.

• 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.
• 3D coordinate structures (in pdb, mol, xyz or other common formats), if available, should also be submitted.

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