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Prepare your manuscript for Analytical Chemistry Letters.

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Article types

Review
Lectio
Research Article
Review Article
Letter
Book Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 300 words.
  • The manuscript should be divided into (i) title page, (ii) second page with abstract (maximum 300 words for full papers and reviews or 200 words for short communications) without the use of references followed by 3-5 key words, (iii) introduction (state the objectives of the investigation with an adequate background), (iv) materials and methods (provide adequate details to enable others to reproduce; previously reported methods should be cited by a reference with a brief description of modifications; physical and spectroscopic data of the compounds isolated, use SI units, (v) results (clear and concise) and discussion (interpretation of the results), (vi) acknowledgments (should include credit to technical assistance, financial support and other appropriate recognition), (vii) references, (viii) tables, (ix) captions of figures, (x) figures and (xi) graphical abstract (summary of the contents preferably in a pictorial form) for table of contents of the Web edition of the Journal issue in which the article will appear).
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  • Graphical abstract This journal requires a graphical abstract.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-5 keywords chosen by the author.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Vancouver style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • References should be cited in the text with superscript numbers.
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  • All entries in the reference list must correspond to references in the text and vice versa.
  • The list of references should be on a separate page.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI, or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Review / Research Article / Review Article: References must follow following format: (i) For research article minimum 35, for short communication 20 and review article 75 references should be cited in the manuscript.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Illustrations (figures and tables) (i) All illustrations should be numbered with Arabic numerals and should be referred to in the text by their number (Fig. 1, Table 1). (ii) Figures must be provided in JPEG / EPS formats.
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  • The figure captions must be shown on a separate page.
  • The figures of spectra and tables etc, should be as follow strictly.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].
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  • If there is a conflict of interest, all sources and nature of potential conflicts including affiliations, funding sources, and financial or management relationships must be revealed.
  • The authors must identify the institutional and/or licensing committee/ethical committee that approved the experiments, including any relevant details; and (ii) affirm that all experiments were carried out in accordance with statutory norms and regulations (iii) provide adequate details of the experimental material such as the details description of radioactive substances or radiation etc.
  • Funding details In order to support transparency and avoid concerns being raised about undeclared funding support, please declare all sources of financial support that helped to cover the expenses associated with the preparation of your article.

Competing interests

  • Add or confirm the author-written Conflict of interest statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Declaration of Conflict of Interest The manuscript after ‘Acknowledgement’ must contain a statement whether there exists a conflict of interest or not which will be published in the final paper if the manuscript is accepted.
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  • If no conflict of interest exists, the authors must provide the following statement: “The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.” Human and Animal Rights In the Materials and Methods section, authors who publish data from in vivo experiments involving animals, humans, or living vertebrates and/or higher invertebrates should disclose whether proper approval for conducting these experiments was acquired from the relevant ethics committees.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • In the Materials and Methods section, authors who publish data from in vivo experiments involving animals, humans, or living vertebrates and/or higher invertebrates should disclose whether proper approval for conducting these experiments was acquired from the relevant ethics committees.

Blinded manuscript

  • Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • Use of Radioactive Substances or Radiation In the Materials and Methods section, if there is the use of radioactive substances or radiation, and the data or results of experimentations are incorporated in the MS, in this case, it is mandatory to take permission from the competent authority.
  • Graphical abstracts should be submitted in the online submission system as a separate file.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.
  • Responsibility of the Author(s) (i) To obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article if excerpts from other copyrighted works are included. (ii) To accept the factual accuracy of the data presented and should obtain any authorization necessary for publication. (iii)To provide the correct nomenclature of compounds in accordance with IUPAC rules.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Guidelines for supplementary Information (SI) Supplementary Information should be sequentially numbered.

Title page and author information

  • Manuscript Presentation Manuscripts must be typed double spaced with margins of one inch (2.5 cm) at the top, bottom and the sides and all pages numbered starting from the title page.
  • Footnotes Footnotes, contain authors, including affiliations, address, email etc should be at the bottom of the first page of the article.
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  • The title page should contain title of the article with affiliation and addresses of all the authors, including corresponding author with an asterisk.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author should be provided as a footnote on the title page.
  • Proofs and Reprints Proofs will be emailed to the corresponding author indicated on the title page and should be returned with corrections (complete and in one communication) within the indicated deadline.

Article structure and word limits

  • Subscripts and superscripts should be distinguishable.
  • At a size of 5 13 cm and a screen resolution of 600 dpi, the image should be clearly visible.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Authors should prepare and upload a complete anonymized text to be sent to referees.
  • Lines should be numbered in the margins with a continuous numbering from the start of the manuscript.
  • Font’s size should be twelve and it must be Times New Roman be used and remain uniform throughout the text.
  • It should summarize the article’s contents in a brief, graphical format geared to attract the attention of a large online readership.
  • Images that clearly represent the work described in the article must be provided by the authors.
  • Photographs should be high-resolution JPEG files.
  • Greek letters and other non-Roman or handwritten symbols should be explained in the margin when they are used for the first time.
  • It should be noted that this journal checks submitted manuscripts for instances of overlapping and similar text using iThenticate's CrossCheck software.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • The authors must identify the institutional and/or licensing committee/ethical committee that approved the experiments, including any relevant details; and (ii) affirm that all experiments were carried out in accordance with statutory norms and regulations (iii) provide adequate details of the experimental biological material such as herbarium deposit site and voucher number, location, month and year of collection in case of the material cultivated or from a natural habitat, and strain designation number and the culture collection in which they are deposited in case of microorganisms.
  • Please supply an image with at least 531 1328 pixels (h w) or proportionally greater.
  • Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s requirements, as described in the “Instructions to Authors,” will be rejected.
  • The contents of papers shall be the sole responsibility of the authors and publication shall not imply the concurrence of the Editors or Publishers.
  • Important and or Challenging Points Analytical Chemistry Letters do not take responsibility and/or take part in eventual lawsuits related to the published articles.
  • Image Descriptions This journal requires image descriptions (alternative text, alt text), to be provided for all images conveying information necessary for an understanding of your work.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Language and text style

  • The language of the manuscript should have been edited by a native English speaking colleague before submission.
  • Journal abbreviations should be those used by Chemical Abstracts.
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  • Words for which no abbreviation is given should be written in full.
  • Variables should, in general, be provided in italics.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).

Manuscript structure

  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 300 words
Paper: 300 words
Keywords: 3-5 keywords
References: Vancouver
Declarations: Funding, Conflict of interest, Ethics, Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: double spacing, 1" margins

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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