Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The scope of the journal includes all issues in the field of chemistry ranging from organic or inorganic chemistry to environmental or medicinal chemistry, among others.

During the submission process, authors may choose the appropriate section corresponding to the submitted manuscript.

 

Section Policies

Analytical Chemistry

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Biochemistry

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Bioinorganic Chemistry

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Agrochemistry

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Biological Chemistry

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Bioorganic Chemistry

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Catalysis Chemistry

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Coordination Chemistry

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Electrochemistry

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Engineering Chemistry

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Environmental Chemistry

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Food Chemistry

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Medicinal Chemistry

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Microwave Chemistry

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Nanochemistry

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Organic Chemistry

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Organometallic Chemistry

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Physical Chemistry

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Phytochemistry

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Polymer Chemistry

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Sonochemistry

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Theoretical Chemistry

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Other

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Computational Chemistry

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Sensors/Graphene

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Petroleum Chemistry

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Nanomaterials Chemistry

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Nanomaterials Chemistry

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Materials Chemistry

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Geochemistry

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Chemistry Education

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Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscripts are scanned by the Editor for their originality and importance to the journal readers. Those not responding to these conditions or those subject to plagiarism are automatically rejected.
The accepted for review are sent to Associated Editors, who assign them to at least three referees.
Once the reviews are achieved, Editorial comments are sent to the author, who is expected to reply by performing adequate corrections.
The final decision to accept or reject the manuscript depends on the answers  provided by the authors to the reviewer's comments and the established corrections in the revised manuscript.

The journal follows the practice of single-blind review keeping reviewer identities anonymous to the authors. 

Direct submissions are accepted by all researchers. Authors do not need to have any connection with the editorial members to publish in the Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry. The Editors are due to treat all authors with fairness, objectivity, honesty, and transparency.

Submissions that do not conform to the general criteria for publication will be returned to the authors without detailed review, typically within 1 to 3 days. Otherwise, manuscripts will go through the revision process, and a first decision will be sent to the authors within 4 weeks, on average.

The possible decisions on a manuscript are:

  • Accept submission
  • Revisions required
  • Resubmit for review
  • Decline submission

Authors should return a revised version within 15 days if minor revision is required. If other experiments are necessary, authors may ask for a derogation.

Once accepted, the revised papers can be made immediately available online. If the review process takes longer due to special circumstances, authors will be informed by email. 

 

Publication Frequency

Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry works in continuous publication, the manuscripts are published in the current issue immediately after their final acceptance.

 

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. It permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Publication Fee and Payment policy

No fee

No charges

Manuscript are published in open-access mode.

 

Withdrawal policy

Some authors may present a withdrawal request signed by all the manuscript authors. This should be made within 2 days after submission before starting the reviewing process.

 

Plagiarism

We are looking for original material that has never been published before. Any overlap in the submitted manuscript with another work will be rejected. If the overlap is minor, less than 15%, authors will be asked to modify the text in accordance with the similarity report.