Instructions for Authors

Article Types

  • Original Research Articles: Please furnish title, full author information, an abstract (not more than 200 words) and a set of keywords on the title page. Supplementary information may be published, if necessary, within the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to be concise and comprehensive although there are no limitations on the size of a research paper.
  • Short Communication offers brief or sometimes initial but ground-breaking research findings that might be less important than a full original research article. Short Communication is limited to 3000 words. It should include an abstract and a set of keywords, the outcomes and conclusions. The conclusion should be combined with the Results and Discussion Section. It should have a separate section for Materials and Methods. The total number of displays (figures and/or tables) should not be more than 4 and the number of references is limited to 30.
  • Review should be authoritative syntheses of topics of high interest to audience written by leaders in their fields. It is expected from the review to survey and discuss the current developments in a research area, and it should be well-engrossed and systematized. A maximum of 6-8 illustrations (figure/table) and not more than 8000 words should be included in the review. Authors should avoid general text-book style while preparing the manuscript of this kind.
  • Mini-review: This is the article wherein the author can discuss current trends in science and research, in general, that would be of interest to readers. Mini-review may also include interdisciplinary topics, science policy, science ethics, and science administration and/ or controversial issues, viewpoints, and aspects of the application of biology and technology to human needs or their impact on society/ecosystem. It is limited to a maximum of 3-5 illustrations (figure/table) and not more than 4000 words should be included in the mini-review.
  • Perspectives: This type of article expresses a new and unique viewpoint on existing research problems, fundamental perceptions, or ubiquitous notions on a specific subject. The author needs to have in-depth knowledge of the topic. It is considered secondary literature since it does not involve original research findings and has immense value in addition to the prevailing literature. It supports a new hypothesis or discusses the inferences of a novel applied idea. Perspectives may emphasize recent developments and future directions on a topic and may comprise original data as well as independent opinions. It should contain less than 3000 words and a short abstract of around 150 words. It should not have more than two illustrations (tables and figures) if required.

Manuscript Preparation

Your Manuscript Your Way

The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal (TABCJ) gives authors the freedom to submit their manuscripts in the general standard format for consideration. Once the manuscript is accepted for publication after the peer review process, the authors will be indicated to format the manuscript within the Template for Accepted Manuscript. 

However, it is strongly recommended to prepare your manuscript according to the detailed guidelines given below.

Title Page

The title page should include the following information

  • Article type
  • Title of the manuscript (should not be more than 15 words)
  • The name(s) of the author(s) and a clear notation of the author's contribution
  • The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, department, city, state, country
  • A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
  • Include the direct link of the ORCiD of the author(s), if available. ORCiD of the corresponding author is mandatory.
  • A concise running title (maximum 55 characters; including spaces)

The address information furnished with the affiliation(s), will also be published. The author(s) who is/are temporarily don't have any affiliations, only their city, country, and email addresses will be picked up for publication.

A sole author who is temporarily unaffiliated can submit their manuscript as an independent or freelance researcher. Their article type is limited to Review, and Mini-review and cannot publish Original Research or Short-communications.

Declarations

All manuscripts should include the following sections under the heading 'Declarations'. If any of these sections do not apply to your manuscript, then write 'Not applicable' for that section.

  • Authors' contributions: Authorship should be assigned only to those who have a substantial contribution to the reported work or study in either of the following categories: conceived of the idea or designed the study, conducted the research, analyzed the data, contributed new methods or models or wrote the paper.
  • Funding: Please add the funding details for the reported work. Please verify the accuracy of the furnished details carefully.
  • Acknowledgments: Any support or assistance provided, which is not covered in the author contributions or funding section can be duly acknowledged in this section. Authors may add administrative and technical support or donations in kind (e.g., materials provided for experiments) in this section.
  • Conflict of Interest: Declare conflicts of interest, if any.
  • Ethical approval: Include appropriate permissions or waivers.
  • Availability of data, material, and codes: Data transparency, software application, or custom codes.
  • Consent for participation & publication: Include appropriate statements.

Abstract

The abstract should not exceed 200 words. For research articles, abstracts should give a relevant synopsis of the work. We strongly recommend authors use the following structure of abstracts but without headings: (1) Highlight the purpose of the study and place the question addressed in a broad context; (2) Briefly describe the main method or approach in the study; (3) Summarize the article's main outcomes; and (4) Indicating the final interpretations. The abstract should be written as an objective illustration of the article, and it must not comprise results, which are not presented and validated in the main text and should not overstate the core conclusions.

Keywords: List at least four to seven relevant keywords explicit to the article separated by (;), and are reasonably common in the subject area. Please ensure that your article is optimized for search engines. Keywords should appear in the title, abstract, and throughout your article to increase your article's online visibility.

Abbreviations: Abbreviations in the main text should be expanded/ defined at first mention and then used consistently thereafter. A list of abbreviations should be provided after the keywords, however, it is not mandatory if the universally defined abbreviations are mainly used. The following should be the format for preparing the list of abbreviations (in alphabetical order):

TABCJ: The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal

TLA: Three-letter acronym

Main Text Formatting

The main text should be prepared on the word processor (e.g., MS Word) and submitted as a .docx file.

  • Use a standard, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times New Roman) for text.
  • Use single-spacing in the text
  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Use no more than three levels of demonstrated headings.
  • Do not use field functions.
  • Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
  • Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
  • Use the equation editor for equations.

The main text of the manuscript should be divided into the following numbered sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Materials and methods
  3. Results

This section may be divided into subsections and subsubsections

3.1 Subsection

3.1.1 Subsubsection

  1. Discussion

This section should be separated from the results and also should not recapitulate the results

  1. Conclusion

This section is not a mandatory requirement until and unless the discussion is unusually long or complex.

  1. Patents

This section is not a mandatory requirement but can be added if there are patents resulting from the work reported in this manuscript.

The headings of the review articles, mini-reviews, perspectives, and editorial are of the authors' choice and they can select the headings as per the demand of the article.

References

The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal (TABCJ) uses TABCJ - Vancouver Reference Style that follows a system of numbers in square brackets within the text when you are citing work and a numbered reference list at the end of your document. If you cite the same source more than once, use the same citation number for all citations. In-text numbers are matched to an entry in the Reference List. See the examples:

Citations within the text

[1]; [1, 3]; [1, 2, 4]; [1–4]

References

[1] Hisakata R, Nishida S, Johnston A (2016). An adaptable metric shapes perceptual space. Curr Biol; 26:1911–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.047.

[2] Musk E (2006). The secret Tesla Motors master plan (just between you and me). Tesla Blog. https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me (accessed September 29, 2016).

[3] Hogue CWV (2001). Structure databases. In: Baxevanis AD, Ouellette BFF, editors. Bioinformatics. 2nd ed., New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience; p. 83–109.

[4] Sambrook J, Russell DW (2001). Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: CSHL Press.

Reference List:

  • Comes at the end of your document;
  • Lists all the sources you have cited;
  • Lists publications in the order they are given in your text (not alphabetically), giving a numerical reference followed by the full reference for the publication you are citing
  • Contains full details of the sources you have cited, including DOI and PubMed ID if available. Depositing DOIs for each of your references will ensure precise citations.
  • If the table contains the reference citations, then the references should be cited by the text after which the table should come in the content, i.e., where the table is cited for the first time within the text.

Figure Legends

Figure legends should be placed and numbered sequentially after References. It should be inclusive and each subfigure should be mentioned in the legend itself.

Figures/Schemes

Figures and Schemes should be numbered sequentially. Citation of figures should use the following format: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, ..., .... Parts in a figure can be identified by A, B, C, D, ... and cited as Fig. 2A, Fig. 2B, Fig. 2C.

Figures should be of high quality and the following are the resolutions for different figures: for line art, it must be at least 1200 dpi, for color photos 600 dpi or higher, and single tone or black and white photos 600 dpi or higher. Internet-downloaded graphics are not acceptable because those graphics have 72 dpi resolution which is too low for satisfactory reproduction. The figures should be placed separately in one figure per page format. It is recommended to submit the highest quality figures as an upload during online submission through the manuscript submission form. Figures should not be stretched or compressed from the sides but from the corners to fit in the content space within the pages. Please remove the word "Figure" or "Fig" from the image itself. 

Tables

Tables should be created/formatted using Microsoft Word table format. Tables must be editable, and not as images. Tables should be numbered sequentially and should use the following format: Table 1, Table 2, ..., .... Do not abbreviate the word "Table" to "Tab.". The table should be placed within the text

Supplemental Data

Supplemental data can be a useful way for an author to include important but ancillary information for the completeness of the manuscript. This is a section wherein authors can provide details and data that are crucial to understanding the research but that would disrupt the flow of the main text. All supplemental data must be cited in the main text. Figures, Tables, etc. in the supplemental data should be labeled starting with ‘S’, e.g., Fig. S1, Fig. S2, Table S1, Table S2, etc.

 

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Welcome and thank you for considering The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal to submit your work.

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors ensure that they strictly follow the journal's manuscript preparation guidelines and ethics.

Submission of a manuscript infers that

- the effort described has not been published earlier (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis);

- it is not under consideration for publication somewhere else;

- all co-authors have approved its publication if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out;

- if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to the copyright terms with the journal and according to CC BY-NC 4.0 license Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International;

- the manuscript will not be published somewhere else in any language lacking the consent of the copyright holders;

- the authors get the written permission of the copyright holder for material used from other copyrighted sources; and

- any expenses related to the procurement of this permission are solely the authors' concern.

Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, through online submission. If authors face any technical problem with online submission, they can report the issue through an email to the editorial office at editor@theabcjournal.com. The submitting author takes responsibility for the article from submission until publication (during peer review and in-house process).

The documents for new manuscript submission should comprise:

  • A cover letter
  • Manuscript file (Including title page, full manuscript body text, conflict of interest statement, funding information, and references)
  • All tables and table legends (in order of citation within the manuscript text)
  • All figures and figure legends (in order of citation within the manuscript text)
  • Supplemental data (if any)
  • Full name and e-mail address of the contact author who will check the proof of the paper.

A cover Letter that explains the main purpose of the work, must accompany the manuscript. It should explain the manuscript's suitability for this particular journal based on the topic, theme, and methodological or theoretical approach. It should briefly describe the research that is being reported in the paper, why it is important, and why the readership of the journal would be interested in it.

Once the manuscript is modified/corrected according to the reviewer’s suggestions and finally approved for publication, there will be no further opportunity to edit it. Any essential changes after this point will be published as corrigenda. After acceptance of the article and before its publication, our editorial staff will respond to any submission inquiry within two working days. On publication of the article, all authors of the manuscript will receive a web link, which directs you to the published article on the Journal website.

The Applied Biology & Chemistry Journal (TABCJ) publishes high-quality papers on applied biology, biological sciences, and biomedical sciences. Submission of a manuscript to TABCJ implies that the manuscript has not been published earlier in any form and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; and further, that if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere.