Submissions

Author Guidelines

Bulletin of Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (BICCT) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal edited by Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences. It publishes original peer-reviewed scientific articles on all fields of chemistry. The journal is published annually. Review articles will be published only in special invitation.

BICCT publishes papers without article processing charge to authors.

Preparation of the manuscript

General requirements: Submitted manuscripts must describe original research not previously published and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

When submitting, the authors should be required to confirm that:

1. The paper, or any version, has not been submitted, or is under review elsewhere
2. The paper will not be submitted elsewhere until the BICCT. review process is complete
3. All authors agree to the paper being submitted (all authors email address is required)
4. Authors who submit a manuscript for review should suggest the names and e-mail addresses of up to three specialists as peer reviewers in their cover letter.

1. All manuscripts must be clearly written in Mongolian. However, the manuscript title, affiliations, Abstract and keywords must be included in English additionally.

Rewrite the sections mentioned in the following article in English (American or British usage is accepted but not a mixture of these):

1. Manuscript Title
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Affiliations
5. Authors name, Author addresses, plus email addresses of the all authors, ORCID® of the corresponding author.

The Editorial Team reserves the right to decide whether to accept or decline these suggestions, and is not required to communicate their decision to the authors.

Organization of manuscript
The manuscript should contain the following information: Title; author(s); Author addresses, plus email addresses of the all authors, ORCID ® of the corresponding author; Abstract; Key words; Introduction; Experimental including materials and methods; Results and discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements (if any) and References.

Title page

Title: should be informative and concise (no more than 2 lines) and describes the topic of the manuscript in terms understandable to a broad readership. Non-standard acronyms or abbreviations should be avoided. Capitalize only the first word of the title.

Authors: contains names of all authors and their complete mailing and e-mail addresses.

Author affiliation: The affiliated institutions are to be listed directly below the names of the authors including department, institution, and complete address with the ZIP/postal code, city/province, and country name for each author. Multiple affiliations should be marked with superscript Arabic numbers, and they should each start on a new line.

Corresponding author: The name, complete address, and e-mail address of the author to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent. Mailing and e-mail addresses will appear in print and online. The name of the corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*) and provide him/her ORCID.

Abstract

Provide an abstract giving a brief, structured but informative summary of the contents and conclusions contained in the paper. The abstract should be within 150-200 words and not contain abbreviations or specialized terms.

Keywords

Authors must give about 4-5 keywords or phrases, which identify the most important subjects covered by the manuscript. Font: 9 pt Times New Roman, Italic.

Introduction

The introduction should provide the necessary background information with succinct words to give a proper perspective for the study. Only the necessary background information should be provided, instead of a detailed review of the field. Previous publications that provided the groundwork for the paper submitted must be mentioned. All symbols and abbreviations used must be defined, unless they are common abbreviations, symbols of chemical elements or standard units of measurements. Subheadings are not used in this section.

Experimental

All experimental procedures and compound characterization data need to be included in the manuscript's experimental section. This section must be described with sufficient details so that others could repeat the procedures, in conjunction with cited references. Procedures such as appropriate experimental design and statistical methods should be described. Methods for quantification of levels or differences in levels of molecules in biological samples must be described fully and shown to be quantitative and reproducible, using appropriate replicates and statistical analyses. Additional information could be included as Supplementary Data if necessary. If the study characterizes the activity of new compounds, compound structures must be provided. Quantification of gel or blot intensities must be performed with data obtained within a linear range of exposure.

Results and Discussion

Results should be clear and concise and presented with tables or illustrations for clarity. Discussion focused on the interpretation of the results rather than a repetition of the Results section. This section may be subdivided further if subheadings give the manuscript more clarity.

Conclusions

Should provide the main conclusions, including why the results are significant and advance the field.

Acknowledgements

All financial and material support for the research and the work reported should be clearly identified in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript.

References

References should include only articles that are published or in press and cited in text by number rather than author and date. Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. The cited scientific article must be listed with a DOI number in the references and the DOI link of the article should enable to access to the article.

Note: "et al." should only be used after 5 authors. Please write all references using the Latin alphabet. If the title of the book you are referring to is, e.g., in Russian, Mongolian or Chinese, then please write (in Russian) or (in Chinese) at the end of the transcript or translation of the title.

Please, use the following style for references:

Article in a Periodical:

1. Etteieb, S., Cherif, S., Tarhouni, J. (2017) Hydrochemical assessment of water quality for irrigation: a case study of the Medjerda River in Tunisia. Appl Water Sci 7:469–480. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/ s13201-015-0265-3

1. Namnandorj, О., Ariunaa, J. (2015) Article title. Journal name. Number. Issue. p.145-150. DOI:http://sci-hub.tw/10.1093/jmcb/mjq039
   

Article in a Book:

1. Sambrook, Fritsch, E.F., Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
2. Pyle, M., Lambowitz, A.M. (2006) Group II introns: ribozymes that splice RNA and invade DNA. The RNA World, 3rd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY. p. 469-506.

Dissertation:

1. Trent, J.W. (1995) Experimental acute renal failure. Ph.D thesis, University of California, USA,

Conference Proceedings:

1. Bortun, I., Pardini, J.J., Butler, C.J., Khainokov, S.A., Garcia, J.R. (2004) Zirconium based inorganic ion exchangers. In Ion Exchange Technology for Today and Tomorrow, Proc. IEX 2004 Cambridge, UK, ed. Cox M, Society of Chemical Industry, London, p.125-132.

Patents:

1. Hegner, M.B., Wendt, K.L. (1977) Method of sorting seeds. UK Patent 1470133.

Text file formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document. The entire manuscript file, including the abstract, experimental section, results and discussion, references, and footnotes, must be formatted as single-column and single-spaced text.

The document must be typed in Times New Roman, 10 pt, regular, fully justified, normal. Italicize any words that should appear in italics. Don’t use the tab key to indent blocks of text such as paragraphs of quotes or lists.

Fonts and Typography: The Symbol font (rather than the normal text font) must be used for Greek letters and mathematical symbols.

Abbreviations: If abbreviations are used in the text either they should be defined in the text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided.

Page layout and styles

Page size, margins: A4 portrait (210 mm × 297 mm), all margins must be 2 cm.

Headings and numbering: Major headings in sentence case, bold, left-justified, subheadings should be in sentence case, regular, Italic, left-justified. Do not number any titles.

Title: 12 pt Times New Roman, sentence case, Bold, centered

Author and co-authors: 10 pt Times New Roman, sentence case, Regular, centered

Authors’ affiliation: 9 pt Times New Roman, sentence case, Italic, centered

Abstract: 9 pt Times New Roman, Regular, fully justified, normal, no indentation

Tables and Graphics: 10 pt Times New Roman, sentence case, Italic, left justified, normal, a sequential Arabic number.

Citations: 10 pt Times New Roman, Regular. For citations in the text, please use square brackets and consecutive [1, 2] or [1] numbers. The numbers in the references section are without square brackets. 

Abbreviations, Physical Quantity Symbols, and Units

Authors are encouraged to use abbreviations and acronyms. Nonstandard abbreviations and acronyms must be defined the first time they are used and should be avoided in manuscript titles and abstracts. Symbols for physical quantities should be italicized (for example, c, Ea, J, m/z, t1/2). The International System of Units (SI units) should be used.

Illustrations

All illustrations - tables and graphics (figures, reaction schemes, and chemical structures) need to be inserted within the manuscript text where they are first discussed. Illustrations should be submitted in black and white with no background color. The figures should be of high resolution (300 dpi minimum for photos, 800 dpi minimum for graphs, drawings, etc., at the size the figure will be printed) with TIFF or JPEG and placed in the text. Numbers and symbols incorporated in the figure must be large enough to be legible after reduction in figure size. Figure and diagram numbers should be placed at the bottom with Bold (Figure 1.), but the name should be written in Italic and usually not Bold. Leave a space of 1 pt above the diagram and below the figure caption.

Please NOTE: We cannot publish scans or photocopied figures or accept Power Point, Excel, Roshal Archive (RAR) or Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Suitable file types include Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and Microsoft Word (doc) files.

Figures, schemes, and graphics: Should have titles and explanatory legends containing sufficient detail to make the figure easily understood. The figure number and caption should be typed in the manuscript word-processor file directly below the figure (rather than included in the graphic). The caption should identify the content of the figure and should be understandable without reference to the text. If a figure has several parts, the individual parts should be labeled (A), (B), etc., and each part identified in the caption. The key to symbols used in a figure (for example, for marking experimental points in a graph) should be included in the figure itself whenever possible. Each figure must be referred to by its number at least once in the manuscript text.

If a figure has been published previously, acknowledge the original source in the figure caption. You must obtain written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the figure and upload this permission as supplemental data.

Tables: should be created with the Microsoft Word Table function and must have a title, and footnotes and/or legend and be clearly defined. The table number is written at the top of the table in Italic, Bold (Table 1.), but the title is Regular. Leave a space of 1 pt above and below the table number.

To facilitate layout of large tables, smaller fonts may be used, but in no case should these be less than 9 pt in size. Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Do not use the space bar to separate columns, and do not place an Excel table in a Word document. Use separate cells for all discrete data elements within a table. If a table cell is to be left empty, please type a hyphen (-) in it. All abbreviations within a table must be defined in the table legend or footnotes. Each table must be referred to by its number at least once in the manuscript text.

Proofs. Authors will be provided galleys for proofing, which must be returned with any corrections, within 5-working day. No new material corrections will be allowed on proofs.

 Submission of Manuscript

All submissions to Bulletin of Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (BICCT) can be send us via online and email.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
 Bulletin of Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (BICCT) journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. The journal articles distribute under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) International License and uses the Similarity Check, Crossref to screen for PLAGIARISMS.

Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavor. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include*:

• The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
• The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work. (Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).
• If data, text, or theories by others are presented, they should not exceed 30% or 2-3 figures of original work and self-plagiarism

If occur any conflict, the journal will follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.

Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results presented. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or proprietary data is excluded.

If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will carry out an investigation following COPE guidelines.

• If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author.
• If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction:
• an erratum/correction may be placed with the article
• an expression of concern may be placed with the article
• or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.