Instructions for Authors
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health
(ISSN 1660-4601) aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure
and
a rigorous peer-review system. Papers submitted
within the year 2008 will be
published in Open Access form free of charge. However, in future this open
access journal will be funded
by publication charges
paid
by authors. Open Access 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. We start to publish
papers
quickly since September 2008.
Submission of Manuscripts
- Manuscripts should be written in English, and submitted as an
e-mail
attachment,
with a cover letter, to the Editorial Office, E-mail: [email protected], and the
Editor-in-Chief, Prof.
Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou (e-mail: [email protected]).
- 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). You may download
a template file in
Word format.
- Check in your cover letter whether you supplied at least 5 referees. Check if the English
corrections are done before submission.
Manuscript Preparation
- 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.
Referees
Authors should suggest at
least five 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.
English
corrections
This journal is published in English,
so it is
essential that for proper refereeing
and quick publication all manuscripts be submitted in grammatically
correct English. For this purpose we ask that non-native English
speakers ensure their manuscripts are checked before submitting them
for consideration. We suggest that for this purpose your manuscript be
revised by an English speaking colleague before submission.
Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in
Molecules will be open-access
articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative
Commons Attribution license. MDPI will insert following note at the end
of the published text:
© 200... by the authors; licensee
Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Reprints may be ordered. Contact the managing editor for
more
details.
Supplementary Material Deposit
- 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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