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Prepare your manuscript for International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization.

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Article types

Review
Original Article
Review Article
Letter to the Editor
Book Review
Protocol
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • Should contain a structured abstract of 250 words.
  • The abstract structure should be as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.
  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 3 and 6 keywords.
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  • Authors should provide 3 to 5 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Short Communications not exceeding 4 printed pages, including maximum one Figure, one Table, and References, will be published in the nearest issue.
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  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Research Papers must not exceed 15 printed pages (double spaced draft in.doc file) including the figures (usually ½ page is necessary for 1 figure) and tables.
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  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.

Funding statement

  • 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].

Competing interests

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

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

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

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
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  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

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.

Title page and author information

  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
  • If submitting your manuscript on a disk, the disk should be clearly labeled with the corresponding author’s name, manuscript title, and the name of the word processing program you used.
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  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Book Review: Book Reviews should not be exceeding 1 printed page will be published in the nearest issue of the IJPAC.
  • Should be between 2500 and 4000 words in length.
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  • It should not be exceeding 30 pages.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Review: Review Articles must be covering important, monothematic topics related to the analysis and characterization of polymers.
  • Letter to the Editor: Casual Letter to the Editor (one page maximum) which can be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief and reacting critically to the published Short Communications.
  • Such a critical letter must be written with scientific rigour but in a non-aggressive manner.
  • Should include adequate and appropriate validation to be considered.
  • Any datasets associated with the paper must publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible.
  • If there are concerns about identifying factors in datasets, these should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
  • Please note, this is not required for submission but is encouraged.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • It should contain a general overview of a particular field, providing the reader with an appreciation of the importance of the work, a summary of recent developments, and a guide to the relevant literature.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Editorial: Submitting Your Paper All manuscripts for International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization must be submitted via the Editorial Manager site by clicking on the Submit an Article button above.
  • Your manuscript must also be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere.
  • 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.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

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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  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparatio n to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Preparing Your Paper Structure Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Word Limits Please see the maximum page limit for each type of papers above, under the About the Journal section.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: double spacing

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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