MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

It is essential for us that authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the instructions
and specifications listed below. The length and effectiveness of the peer review process will
largely depend upon the care used by authors in preparing their manuscripts. Therefore,
contributors are strongly encouraged to read these instructions carefully before preparing a
manuscript for submission, and to check the manuscript for conformance before submitting it for
publication.

Manuscripts preferred for publication in Der Pharma Chemica are those which:

1. Contain original work

2. Are focused on the core aims and scope of the journal
3. Are delivered in electronic format only

Please read the following instructions carefully and convert your research in manuscript as:

Page format: Manuscripts should be prepared as word processing documents on A4, or Letter
size paper, leaving a liberal margin (2 cm) on all four sides. The manuscript should be typed
double-spaced throughout (with a space of 24 points, that is, 6 mm, between lines) including
references and tables.
Fonts: Serif fonts such as Times, Times New Roman and point size should be 12.
Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic. Each table should have an
explanatory caption which should be as concise as possible.
Figures: Authors may use line diagrams and photographs to illustrate these from their text. All
figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals. All the figures and tables should be placed at
appropriate in the text itself

1. Title page with Title (short title), Name of author(s), address of workplace(s) and Personal e-
mail address (es)
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Introduction
5. Materials and Methods
6. Results and Discussion
7. Conclusion
8. Acknowledgements
9. References

The deails of each section is as follows:

1. Title page
The title should be relatively short but informative. A list of all authors of the paper should be
prepared. It will contain full first name, initial(s) for middle name(s) and full last name. Authors’
affiliations should be indicated in this section. At least one e-mail address is needed as the
corresponding author’s email address.

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2. Abstract
An abstract must accompany every article. It should be a brief summary of the significant items
of the main paper. An abstract should give concise information about the content of the core idea
of your paper. It should be informative and not only present the general scope of the paper but
also indicate the main results and conclusions.
An abstract should not normally exceed 250 words.

3. Keywords
List of all keywords proposed by the authors, separated by commas. Up to 5 key terms can be
selected.

4. Introduction
Present the subject of paper clearly, indicate the scope of the subject, present the goals of paper,
novelty of research work and finally the organization of paper.

5. Materials and Methods

It should be written in sufficient detail to enable others to repeat the authors’ work. Chemical
compounds should be named according to the systematic rules of IUPAC or Chemical Abstracts.
Common trivial names that are accepted by IUPAC can also be used. Units and dimensions
should be expressed according to the metric system and SI units. Animals and chemicals should
be described in the first two paragraphs. The permission from animal ethical committee should
be mentioned. The source of chemicals and drugs may be given.

6. Results and Discussion

It may be combined or kept separate and may be further divided into subsections. This section
should not contain technical details.

7. Conclusion
It should be representing the summary of the important findings.

8. Acknowledgements
Information concerning research grant support, assistance of colleagues or any other notes of
appreciation should appear in this section.

9. Reference list
The references should be cited in the text in large brackets e.g. [1] not in superscript or
subscript. A complete reference should comprise the following:

An article in a journal
Author's Initials Surname, journal, year, volume, issue, page no.
H. Li, J. Kim, L. Groy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 4867.

A book
Author's Initials. Surname, Title, Publisher, Place of publication, Year of publication, Edition,
page no.

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C.N.Rao, A. Muller, A. K. Cheetham; The Chemistry on Nanomaterials. Synthesis, Properties
and Applications, Wiley-Vch, Weinheim, 2004, 1, 115.

A part/chapter book
Author's Initials. Surname, In: Editor’s Initials. Editor’s Surname (Ed.), Book Title, Edition -- if
not the first, (Publisher, Place of publication, Year of publication) page number.
C.K. Clenshaw, K. Lord, In: B.K. P. Scaife (Ed.), Studies in Numerical Analysis (Academic
Press, London and New York, 1974) 95.

A conference proceeding
Author's Initials. Surname, In: Editor’s Initials. Editor’s Surname (Ed.), Conference, date, place
(town and country) of conference (Publisher, place of publication, year of publication) page
number.
A. Kaczanowski, K. Malarz, K. Kulakowski, In: T.E. Simos (Ed.), International Conference of
Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, 12-16 Sep. 2003, Kastoria, Greece (World
Scientific, Singapore 2003) 258.

A thesis
Author's Initials. Surname, DSc/PhD/MSc/BSc thesis, University, (town, country, year of
publication).
A.J. Agutter, PhD thesis, Edinburgh University (Edinburgh, UK, 1995).

An article in a newspaper
Author's Initials. Surname, Newspaper Title, date of publication, page number.
A. Sherwin, The Times, 13 Jul. 2007, 1.

Patents
Patents: A. B. Inventor, C. D. Inventor, (Holder), Country Code and patent number
(registration year).

Submission Checklist:
1. Manuscript
2. Cover Letter
3. Name of potential referees with contact details (if any).

If you have any questions, please contact the Managing Editor at:

editor@derpharmachemica.com or submit@derpharmachemica.com

Thanks
Looking forward for your valuable manuscript
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