Manuscript fit
Journal of New Developments in Chemistry (JNDC) publishes fundamental and applied research across the chemical sciences, including medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. A substantive contribution to chemistry must be central to the work.
Chemical questions, methods and evidence connect the journal's subject areas.
JNDC considers experimental, theoretical and computational work on the composition, preparation, structure, transformations, properties, measurement and interactions of chemical substances and materials. Research may address a fundamental question or a defined application in the laboratory, industry, environment or biological systems.
A manuscript should state what it adds to chemical knowledge or practice. New synthesis, reliable chemical measurements, molecular design, structure–activity relationships and advances in chemical processes can all provide a substantive contribution. A complete molecular mechanism is not required for every kind of study; conclusions must be supported by evidence appropriate to the contribution.
What does the work contribute to chemistry? Developing or characterizing chemically defined molecules and materials, advancing chemical measurements, or explaining chemical behavior can meet this test. Routine use of an established chemical technique to answer an unrelated question does not by itself establish scope fit.
These connected domains describe the journal's principal scientific coverage. Work may span more than one domain; the examples are illustrative, not an exhaustive list of permitted topics.
Organic reactions, synthetic methodology, reagents, stereochemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, natural-product synthesis, and nucleoside, carbohydrate and heterocyclic chemistry. Preparative routes and reaction development belong here when they make a substantive chemical contribution.
Main-group, transition-metal, organometallic, coordination, cluster and bioinorganic chemistry, including synthesis, bonding, speciation and reactivity. Metal–ligand interactions, catalyst design and chemically defined self-assembly are included.
Thermodynamics, equilibria, kinetics, reaction mechanisms, electrochemistry, photochemistry and chemical dynamics. Spectroscopy and chemical physics may address molecular interactions, electronic structure, excited states, surfaces and interfaces.
Separation science, chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, electroanalysis, chemical sensors and biosensors. Method development, validation, uncertainty, reference methods and bioanalytical or pharmaceutical measurements are considered when the analytical contribution is substantive.
Synthesis, composition and chemical characterization of functional solids, polymers, nanomaterials, porous frameworks, composites and biomaterials. Studies may establish structure–property relationships, chemical stability, surface functionalization or interfacial behavior.
Quantum chemistry, electronic-structure theory, molecular simulation, statistical mechanics, chemoinformatics and data-driven chemical methods. Predictions, models and algorithms should address a chemical question and include verification or validation suited to their claims.
Medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, molecular biochemistry, molecular design and synthesis, structure–activity relationships, chemical probes, enzyme chemistry and biomolecular interactions. Biological evaluation, including antiproliferative testing, may support chemical advances; molecular toxicology, metabolite identification and biotransformation chemistry are also within this remit.
Energy conversion and storage, hydrogen chemistry, electrocatalysis, corrosion, atmospheric and aquatic chemistry, pollutant fate and remediation. Green synthesis, renewable feedstocks, biomass conversion and resource recovery fit when chemical processes, measurements or materials are central.
Specialized chemistry areas are eligible when the scientific contribution falls within the journal’s scope. The scientific contribution, rather than the application label, determines fit.
Isolation, structure elucidation, composition, transformations and chemical analysis of natural products, food constituents and agricultural materials. Activity or yield observations alone need a substantive chemical question to fit.
Chemical identification, trace analysis, metabolite characterization and molecular mechanisms of toxicity. The contribution must be chemical or analytical rather than solely a case narrative or health-outcome survey.
Reaction scale-up, catalysis, separation processes, formulation, chemical stability and manufacturing methods. Engineering studies fit when chemical transformations, interactions or measurements are a substantive part of the advance.
Molecular recognition, host–guest systems, self-assembly, adsorption and chemically controlled interfaces. Work may connect fundamental bonding and interactions with materials, sensing or biological applications.
Biological, medical, environmental, agricultural and engineering applications are considered when a chemical question, method, material or explanation is central to the contribution.
Subject fit and scientific reliability are separate considerations. An in-scope topic still requires evidence proportionate to its claims. Unsupported conclusions, data-integrity concerns and reporting deficiencies are assessed as scientific or editorial issues, not as subject categories.
State the chemical question and distinguish the advance from prior work.
Use the structural, spectroscopic, analytical, or computational evidence needed to establish the reported result.
Report materials, conditions, procedures, controls, and analytical methods with enough detail for scrutiny and replication.
Provide data and, where applicable, statistical treatment that directly support the conclusions.
Separate what was observed from the mechanism proposed to explain it, and identify evidential limits.
Present uncertainties, limitations, competing interpretations, and relevant ethical or safety considerations transparently.
The Instructions for Authors provide preparation requirements for the formats below. Each manuscript must make a contribution within the scientific scope, regardless of its format.
Consult the Instructions for Authors for formatting, word limits and supporting information. For a format not covered there, discuss suitability with the editorial office before preparing the submission.
Use these checks before preparing a submission. They guide fit but do not replace editorial screening.
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