Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Focus

The Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry focuses in publishing research articles in the field of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry. The target is in exploring, investigating, and developing chemicals sources from local and/or Indonesian to increase the value.

 

Scope

Scope of the journal is organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and physical chemistry. Included the topic also organic chemistry natural product, theoretical and computational chemistry.

Article type

Short communication
Original research article
Review article

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal very much considering the submitted paper should meet the following aspects:

 

1. Originality.

Is the article sufficiently novel and interesting to warrant publication? Does it add to the canon of knowledge? Does the article adhere to the journal's standards?

 

2. Structure.

Is the article clearly laid out? Are all the key elements (where relevant) present: Title, author, address, email contact, abstract and key words, introduction, experimental section, results and discussion, conclusions? Consider each element in turn:

Title

Does it clearly describe the article?

Abstract

Does it reflect the content of the article?

Introduction

Does it describe what the author hoped to achieve accurately, and clearly state the problem being investigated? Normally, the introduction should summarize relevant research to provide context, and explain what other authors' findings, if any, are being challenged or extended. It should describe the experiment, the hypothesis(es) and the general experimental design or method.

Experiment section/Method

Does the author accurately explain how the data was collected? Is the design suitable for answering the question posed? Is there sufficient information present for you to replicate the research? Does the article identify the procedures followed? Are these ordered in a meaningful way? If the methods are new, are they explained in detail? Was the sampling appropriate? Have the equipment and materials been adequately described? Does the article make it clear what type of data was recorded; has the author been precise in describing measurements?

Results and discussion

This is where the author(s) should explain in words what he/she/they discovered in the research. It should be clearly laid out and in a logical sequence. You will need to consider if the appropriate analysis has been conducted. Are the statistics correct? If you are not comfortable with statistics, please advise the editor when you submit your report. Interpretation of results should not be included in this section.

Conclusion

Are the claims in this section supported by the results, do they seem reasonable? Have the authors indicated how the results relate to expectations and to earlier research? Does the article support or contradict previous theories? Does the conclusion explain how the research has moved the body of scientific knowledge forward?

Language

If an article is poorly written due to grammatical errors, while it may make it more difficult to understand the science, you do not need to correct the English. You should bring this to the attention of the editor.

 

3. Previous Research.

If the article builds upon previous research does it reference that work appropriately? Are there any important works that have been omitted? Are the references accurate?

 

4. Ethical Issues

Plagiarism: If you suspect that an article is a substantial copy of another work, please let the editor know, citing the previous work in as much detail as possible.

Fraud: It is very difficult to detect the determined fraudster, but if you suspect the results in an article to be untrue, discuss it with the editor.

Other ethical concerns: For medical research, has confidentiality been maintained? Has there been a violation of the accepted norms in the ethical treatment of animal or human subjects? If so, then these should also be identified to the editor.

 

The evaluation result can be divided into three options:

1. Acceptance with minor revision,

2. Acceptance with major revision,

3. Rejection

 

Publication Frequency

Publication for each year (volume) has three numbers, and the schedule:

Number 1 : January-April

Number 2 : May-August

Number 3 : September-December

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Advertising Policy

The Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research accept online advertising. The objectivity and transparancy evaluation of the editors, peer-reviewers will not be affected funding of from advertising and third party.

 

Publication Ethics

The editor(s) and publisher of this Journal believe that there are fundamental principles underlying scholarly or professional publishing. While this may not amount to a formal "code of conduct", these fundamental principles with respect to the authors' paper are that the paper should:

  • be the authors' own original work, which has not been previously published elsewhere
  • reflect the authors' own research and analysis and do so in a truthful and complete manner,
  • properly credit the meaningful contributions of co-authors and co-researchers,
  • not be submitted to more than one journal for consideration (ensuring it is not under redundant simultaneous peer review), and
  • be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research.

For a full description of the standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the publishing process (the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society for society-owned or sponsored journals) please see: http://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/1.-authorship-complaints/publishing-ethics.

Of equal importance are ethical guidelines dealing with research methods and research funding, including issues dealing with informed consent, research subject privacy rights, conflicts of interest, and sources of funding.

While it may not be possible to draft a "code" that applies adequately to all instances and circumstances, we believe it useful to outline our expectations of authors and procedures that the Journal will employ in the event of questions concerning author conduct. Relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed (see http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/conflictsofinterest).

I. Research Misconduct Policy of MJS
The purpose of this policy is to prevent any misconduct related to research conducted for the journals and to suggest the fundamental principles and structural procedures in relation to research integrity deliberation required to ensure research ethics.

II. The range of research misconduct
Research misconduct suggested in this policy pertains to fraud and refers to data fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and improper authorship.
  • Fabrication refers to any act involving the creation of false information about non-existing data or findings.
  • Falsification refers to artificial manipulation of the research materials/equipment/process or randomly modification/deletion of data resulting in distorted research contents or research results.
  • Plagiarism refers to acts of pirating others’ ideas, research contents, and research results without justifiable approvals or quotations.
  • Improper authorship refers to cases where the person who has contributed to research contents or research results is scientifically and technically unqualified as an author or where someone who has not contributed to the research contents or research results scientifically and technically but has been listed as an author merely to express gratitude or courtesy.
  • Intentional acts to disturb a fraud investigation about themselves or others or the acts which can be harmful to informants.
  • Unfair evaluation regarding research of others or a disclosure or pirating of research ideas or research results acquired during the evaluation process.
  • Severely aberrant acts that cannot be accepted in the community of the field of scientific and technology.

Beside that, the research must follow ethical on Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest, and Fundamental errors in published works

III. How does the journal address misconduct in the publishing process?
Editors and publishers have an ethical obligation to:
  • Support the quality and ethics of the review process (pre-publication: weed out;  prevent)
  • Ensure the correctness of the published literature (post-publication: correct; communicate)
  • Educate (prevent)

Editors/journals have an ethical obligation to respond to and address ethical allegations that may arise about published papers or papers in review. Systems and procedures are in place for investigating and addressing situations of misconduct, including cooperation with investigations from institutions or funding bodies.

IV. How do editors address an allegation of publication misconduct?
  • The first course of action is usually to contact and discuss the issue with the authors (and reviewers).
  • The author’s university, institution, funding agency, and/or government agencies will be notified.
  • Investigation has typically been seen as the responsibility of research institutions and funding agencies; it is NOT usually the journal’s domain.

 

V. Possible sanctions
If there is evidence of misconduct/fraud:

  • Prior to publication (during review): The manuscript can be withdrawn from review
  • Post-publication (literature correction) The journal may publish Retraction, Note of Editorial Concern, Errata/Correction with the author or authors’ (some or all) signature or editorial of an appropriate statement about the situation. The paper can be “marked” in the literature/PubMed.
  • Editors determine whether retract or correct after considering whether the case is fraud or an honest mistake. They consider the intent And then extent to which the data is incorrect/misleading
  • Author may be banned from submitting to the journal.
  • Editors may, in some cases, provide information for other editors/publishers.
  • Editors may publish of an editorial in the journal to discuss the issue generally and raise awareness of the issue.



All the publishing ethics materials here were adopted from http://www.elsevier.com/ethics/toolkit