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Articles submitted to Prog. Chem.  Biochem. Res.   are usually sent out to peer reviewers, although submissions that are out of scope for the journal or are of an unacceptably low standard may be rejected without review. Potentially suitable manuscripts will generally be reviewed by at least two experts in the field with the aim of reaching a first decision as soon as possible.

First name. Last name, Title, journal name (italic), Vol (Year) Pages.

For example:

[1] C. Opara, Studies on the use of Alchornia cordifolia leaf meal as feed ingredient in poultry diets. International Journal of Poultry Science,  9 (1996)  363-367.

Reference to a journal publication with an article number:

[2] J.Van der Geer, , J.A.J. Hanraads, , R.A. Lupton, , The art of writing a scientific article. Heliyon. 19 (2018) e00205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00205.

Reference to a book:

[3] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New York (2000).

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

[4] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, (2009) 281–304.

Reference to a website: 

[5] Cancer Research UK, Cancer statistics reports for the UK. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/, 2003 (accessed 13 March 2003).

Reference to a dataset:[ dataset]

[6] M. Oguro, S. Imahiro, S. Saito, T. Nakashizuka, Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt
disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1

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No. However, it is a duty of reviewer to explain his / her situations, why review was not completed to editorial office through mail.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. In such a case a reviewer should contact the editor and excuse himself / herself from the review process for that particular paper.

Prog. Chem.  Biochem. Res. encourages authors to double verify the grammatical corrections before being submitted to the editorial office. Before assigning the submitted manuscript by the authors to the reviewers, editorial office ensures that manuscript with very poor English is not sent to reviewers. However, a paper with poor English and with the errors, the paper should be returned to the editor with the request that the authors have the material edited for content before re-submitting it for peer review.

Authors are required to adhere to the journal’s Guide for Authors. If the paper is good, the editor may choose to overlook the formatting issues, else, editor may ask the authors to restructure the manuscript before publication.

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript should notify the editor and excuse himself / herself from the review process. This should be done as soon as possible by return email.

Deadlines for reviews vary per journal. The editors will provide information on deadline expectations with the review request. Editors appreciate being informed that reviewers have received their request within a day or two and are able to complete the review. If reviewer feels the review will take longer time to complete than normal, please contact the editor to discuss the matter. The editor may ask reviewer to recommend an alternate reviewer, or may be willing to wait a little longer. As a general guideline, reviewer should decline to review the paper. It is important that reviewer keep the editor informed if the review is taking longer than expected.

Anyone can have queries relating to the content of the paper, contact the journal Editor-in-chief or the editorial office.

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Assistant Editor: (Dr. Alireza Taheri):   alirezachem@yahoo.com, alirezachem@gmail.com,

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Any claim that an observation, derivation or argument has been previously published should be accompanied by a relevant citation. A reviewer should call the editor's attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

No. In some cases, if reviewers have called for substantial changes or additions, the editor may send a revised copy of the paper for reviewer to check, to ensure that the changes made meet reviewer’s expectations. In some cases reviewer may be asked to also look at a third submission of a paper.

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The final decision of whether to accept or reject a particular manuscript lies with the Editor-in-chief or assigning Editor. The editor will weigh both views and may call for a third opinion or ask the author for a revised paper before making a decision.

No. If the concerned reviewer really interest on the particular manuscript, then the reviewer may request the editor to get the other reviewers’ comments.

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