About the Journal
About the Journal updated on July 08, 2026
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 and Related Areas, as well as in Chemistry Education for various educational levels, and Technical Notes of interest to chemists and Letters. Eclética Química may open thematic sections on topics of interest to the Chemistry community, such as those presented at scientific meetings. Manuscripts submitted to these sections are subject to the journal's standard peer-review process and publication rules.
Types of papers
a. Original Articles in Chemistry and Related Areas
b. Original Articles in Chemistry Education
c. Reviews
d. Short Reviews
e. Technical Notes
f. Letter
Original articles (a and b)
Manuscripts submitted as full articles in Chemistry and Correlated Areas, and Chemistry Education must present original and unpublished results and must not have been submitted, either in whole or in part, to another publication.
Research manuscripts focusing on Chemistry and innovative educational practices at different educational levels, particularly in undergraduate and graduate education, are welcome. Original articles may include figures, tables, diagrams, videos, and other supporting elements.
Eclética Química encourages authors to publish all experimental data and supplementary materials associated with their manuscripts. Submissions derived from undergraduate research projects, course completion monographs, master’s dissertations, or PhD theses that have been deposited in institutional repositories are accepted and are not considered a violation of the journal's publication policies.
Eclética Química also accepts manuscripts previously posted as preprints, provided that the corresponding DOI and repository information are clearly indicated in the submission.
c. Reviews
Review articles on relevant and up-to-date subjects of interest to chemists or chemistry educators should be original and present a state-of-the-art overview in a coherent and concise manner, covering the most relevant aspects of the topic under review and indicating likely future directions for the field. The inclusion of an Outline and a description of the criteria used for the literature review is mandatory. Critical analysis of literature is also mandatory.
Before beginning the preparation of a Review manuscript, send a letter (one-page maximum) to the Editor with the subject of interest and its justification. The letter should also inform the title, the main points that would be covered in the Review manuscript and up to 5 main references. 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.
d. Short reviews
Short Reviews should present a state-of-the-art overview of a specific topic within the scope of the journal and should be limited to 5,000 words. For word-count purposes, each table or figure may be considered equivalent to 100 words.
Before preparing a Short Review manuscript, authors should submit a letter (maximum one page) to the Editor describing the topic of interest, its justification, and the main issues to be covered in the manuscript, together with at least three key references. The Editor will communicate a decision within two weeks.
The submission of a Short Review manuscript does not imply its acceptance for publication in Eclét. Quím. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review.
e. Technical notes
Descriptions of methods, techniques, equipment, or accessories developed in the authors' laboratories may be considered for publication if they present chemical content of interest. Eclética Química encourages the submission of such contributions.
Considering the continuous advances in computing, algorithms, and software, tutorials in chemistry—particularly those that facilitate the application of indispensable tools for investigating the structure, dynamics, and energetics of molecules and biomolecules—are welcome. For example, acquiring essential skills in performing molecular dynamics simulations can enable researchers to access biologically relevant time scales within feasible computational times.
Technical notes should follow the usual form of presentation, according to the peculiarities of each work. They may include figures, tables, diagrams, and other relevant content.
f. Letters
This section publishes Letters to the editor with comments on published articles and Letters addressing specific topics of significant interest to the chemistry community that deserve wider dissemination to stimulate further research in the area. Preference is given to topics that are also of interest to society at large.
Letters must be submitted through the system under the Letters section. Authors are requested to include a brief paragraph explaining the main reason for submitting the letter.
The corresponding author should provide the institutional affiliation, ORCID, telephone number, and email address of all authors. This information should be uploaded as a supplementary file or included in the discussion section of the OJS system.
Letters are published solely at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief, who may ask for one or more specialists to evaluate the letter.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MANSUCRIPTS
Manuscripts should be organized into sections, which may include Introduction, Experimental, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, and References. Sections may contain subsections and sub-subsections. The number of sections and subsections depends on the type of manuscript: Original Manuscripts, Reviews or Short Reviews, and Technical Notes.
The experimental or methodology section is mandatory for all manuscripts, including reviews and short reviews.
For reviews and short reviews, the methodology for these manuscripts should describe how the literature search and selection were conducted, and any specific method was used in the initial screening and final selection of the articles used. It should also contain, after the graphical abstract, a "content" or "outline" heading, with the titles of the sections, subsections, and sub-subsections. It is recommended to include a list of abbreviations and symbols with their respective meanings if is the case.
Letters do not necessarily need subsections and may contain 1 to 4 pages. One or two figures may also be included, and the graphical abstract is optional.
Sections, subsections and sub-subsections titles must be written in bold and sequentially numbered as exemplified; always use at least two subsections or sub-subsections at any level, or use none at all; only the first letter should be in uppercase letter, except for proper names. Use italic only for foreign words and scientific names (e.g. Homo sapiens; Canis lupus, Escherichia coli).
Example:
1. Introduction
1.1. History
1.2. Literature review
1.2.1. Theoretical analysis
2. Experimental
2.1. Surface characterization
2.1.1. Morphological analysis
GENRAL INFORMATION
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 of scientific research.
-Open Science: Eclética Química is committed to the principles of Open Science and strongly supporting and encouraging its practice in publishing research results. The following policies are adopted:
- Open access to all published articles.
- Immediate access to all published articles.
- Request for a data availability declaration.
- Inclusion of the Section Editors who oversaw the evaluation process in the article's publication.
- Acceptance of articles deposited in preprint repositories.
- Possibility of open evaluation.
- Possibility of publishing the article evaluations and authors' answers.
- Possibility of including the reviewers' names with the published evaluations.
-FAIR principles: Eclética Química is also aligned with the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) principles). The published articles in Eclética Química are locatable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
-Eclética Química is committed to following the trends in scientific publications.
-Preprint: 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 humans and animals: Research involving human beings and animals must present an approval opinion from an institutional ethics committee upon submission.
-DOI: All articles published in Eclética Química receive the Digital Object Identification.
-ROI: Eclética Química informs the Research Organization Registry (ROR) of authors’ institutions since April 1, 2023 (vol. 48, issue 2).
-ORCID: All articles published in Eclética Química since 2017 have the authors Open Researcher and Contributor ID registry informed.
-Section editor(s): All articles published in Eclética Química since 2024 have the Associate (Section) editor(s) clearly indicated.
-History: The history of Eclét. Quím. is updated each year by the Editor-in-Chief.
-Processing charges: Eclética Química has no article submission nor processing charges. All articles are available with open access to readers and are published under CC BY 4.0 license (Platinum / Diamond Open Access).
The editor-in-chief should apply projects to financial agencies and the university in response to specific notices to raise funds for Eclética Química.
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 on 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.