Focus and Scope
Eclética Química (Eclét. Quím.) is a peer-reviewed and continuous publication maintained by the Institute of Chemistry of Sao Paulo State University (IQ- UNESP). It publishes original research articles, reviews, and short reviews in all areas of Chemistry, as well as Educational Articles in Chemistry for various educational levels, and Technical Notes of interest to chemists.
Eclética Química's editorial policy is based on the responsibility of providing quality scientific communication in the field of Chemistry. Thus, Eclét. Quím. requires its editorial board, reviewers, and authors to adhere to ethical principles and maintain integrity, and is committed to Open Science, strongly supporting and encouraging its practice in publishing research results. Eclética Química is committed to following the trends in scientific publications.
Types of papers
a. Original articles
b. Reviews
c. Short reviews
d. Communications
e. Technical notes
f. Articles in education in chemistry and chemistry-related areas
g. Letters
h. Thematic sections dedicated to specific subjects inside the journal's scope, and articles from Symposia and Congresses.
Manuscripts submitted for publication as full articles and communications must contain original and unpublished results and should not have been submitted either partially or whole elsewhere. Manuscripts originating from scientific initiation, course completion monographs, Dissertations or PhD Thesis already deposited in Universities' repositories are accepted without considering it a violation of the journal's rules. Eclética Química also accepts preprints, provided they include the corresponding DOI and repository information.
a. Original articles
The manuscript must be organized into sections as follows:
- Introduction
- Experimental
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
References
Section, subsections and sub-subsections titles should be written in bold and sequentially numbered as exemplified; only the first letter should be in the upper case.
Example:
1. Introduction
1.1. History
2. Experimental
2.1. Surface characterization
2.1.1. Morphological analysis
b. Reviews
Review articles should be original and present state-of-the-art overviews in a coherent and concise form, covering the most relevant aspects of the topic being revised and indicating the likely future directions of the field. The addition of an Outline and the criteria used to make the bibliography review are highly recommended. Therefore, before beginning the preparation of a Review manuscript, send a letter (one-page maximum) to the Editor with the subject of interest and the main topics that would be covered in the Review manuscript. The Editor will communicate his decision in two weeks. Receiving this type of manuscript does not imply acceptance to be published in Eclét. Quím. It will be peer-reviewed.
c. Short reviews
Short reviews should present an overview of the state-of-the-art in a specific topic within the scope of the journal and be limited to 5,000 words. Consider a table or image corresponding to 100 words. Before beginning the preparation of a Short Review manuscript, send a letter (one-page maximum) to the Editor with the subject of interest and the main topics that would be covered in the Short Review manuscript.
d. Communications
Communication should cover relevant scientific results and be limited to 1,500 words or three pages of the journal, not including the title, authors’ names, figures, tables, and references. However, communications suggesting fragmentation of complete contributions are strongly discouraged by Editors.
e. Technical notes
Descriptions of methods, techniques, equipment, or accessories developed in the authors’ laboratory, if they present chemical content of interest, are taken into consideration, and Eclética Química stimulates their submission. They should follow the usual form of presentation, according to the peculiarities of each work. They should have a maximum of 25 pages, including figures, tables, diagrams, and other relevant content.
f. Articles in education in chemistry and chemistry-correlated areas
Research manuscripts related to teaching in Chemistry and innovative experiences for different educational levels, primarily in undergraduate and graduate education, are welcome. They have no limit on pages and may include literature revision, experimental design, planning of studies, figures, tables, diagrams, and other supplementary elements.
g. Letters
This section publishes obituaries of important scientists in chemistry or related areas, letters for the Editor or comments about published articles. Letters must be uploaded to the system in the Letters section. A paragraph informing the main reason for sending the letter is recommended. The corresponding author should provide the institution and ORCID of all authors, a Phone number, and an email. (This information should be uploaded as a supplementary file or added to the discussion topics in the OJS system).
Letters are published only by the Editor-in-Chief decision.
h. Thematic sections dedicated to specific subjects inside the journal's scope, and articles from Symposia and Congresses
Thematic sections with complete articles dedicated to Symposia and Congresses, as well as specific themes in chemistry and related areas, can be published by Eclét. Quím. under the condition that a previous agreement with the Editor-in-Chief is established. Authors can submit manuscripts to the open Thematic Section, and the Editor-in-Chief decides on the suitability of the manuscript to the theme of the respective Thematic Section. The authors must adhere to all the journal's guidelines.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Manuscripts submitted for publication as full articles and communications must contain original and unpublished results and should not have been submitted elsewhere either partially or whole. Manuscript originating from scientific initiation, course completion monographs, Dissertations or PhD Thesis already deposited in Universities' repositories is accepted without considering it a violation of the journal's rules. Eclética Química accepts manuscripts already published in the preprint (SciELO Preprints, EmeRI, ChemRxiv, …). Since it is considered reliable by the editorial committee, the corresponding preprint DOI and the name of the repository should be informed upon submission.
Research involving human beings and animals must present an approval opinion from an institutional ethics committee upon submission.
All articles published in Eclética Química receive the Digital Object Identification (DOI).
Eclética Química has no article submission nor processing charges. All articles are available with open access to readers.
The editor-in-chief should apply projects to financial agencies and the university in response to specific notices to raise funds for Eclética Química.
The history of Eclét. Quím. is updated by the Editor-in-Chief.
PUBLICATION ETHICS POLICY
The journal adheres to all recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding plagiarism, multiple publications, conflicts of interest, and any other forms of misconduct. Details on Ethical conduct are in the Guide for Authors.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data availability statement informs the reader where the data associated with your work is available and under what conditions they can be accessed. They also include links (where applicable) to the data set.
- The data are available in a data repository (cite repository and the DOI of the deposited data).
- The data will be available upon request.
- All data sets were generated or analyzed in the current study.
- Data sharing is not applicable (in cases where no data sets have been generated or analyzed during the current study, it should be declared).
SPONSORS
The Institute of Chemistry/UNESP supports the Eclética Química, and publication is free of charge for authors. Public Institutions such as CNPq and FAPESP may contribute to the journal if the Journal’s projects are applied to CNPq and/or FAPESP Public Notices.
FLOWCHART FOR THE EDITORIAL PROCESS
To ensure transparency in the editorial process for authors, readers, members of the Editorial Team, and the broader community, the flowchart is published on the journal's website.