《应用天然产物（英文）》（Natural Products and Bioprospecting）作者须知
Instructions for Authors – Natural Products and Bioprospecting
Thank you for your interest in Natural Products and Bioprospecting. Please read the complete Instructions for Authors carefully prior to submission.
Natural Products and Bioprospecting serves as the international forum for essential research on natural products and focuses on, but is not limited to, the following aspects:
• Natural products: isolation and structure elucidation
• Natural products: synthesis
• Biological evaluation of biologically active natural products
• Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry
• Biosynthesis and microbiological transformation
• Fermentation and plant tissue cultures
• Bioprospecting of natural products from natural resources
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review. In addition to original research articles, Natural Products and Bioprospecting publishes reviews and short communications, aiming to rapidly disseminate the research results of timely interest, and comprehensive reviews of emerging topics in all the areas of natural products. It is also an open access journal, which provides free access to its articles to anyone, anywhere.
Natural Products and Bioprospecting is a fully open access journal. All articles accepted for publication will be published under a CC-BY license. The Article Processing Charge is currently covered by Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Table of Content
I. Types of Manuscripts
II. Submission Online
III. Manuscript Preparation
1. Format and Style
2. Manuscript Structure
IV. Editorial Procedure
V. After Acceptance
VI. Open Access and Article Processing Charge
VII. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
I. Types of Manuscript
The Journal publishes Reviews, Regular Articles, and Short Communications.
1. Reviews: (1) Regular Reviews: Describing the research results of the author; (2) Invited Reviews:
Reviews are submitted by invitation from the editorial board, and encompass recent important scientific discoveries.
2. Regular Articles: The manuscript being submitted must consist of original research performed by the authors and the research must include new information that is of significance.
3. Short Communications: Papers containing new facts and important data derived from incomplete or partial studies may be suitable as a Short Communications. In general, a Short Communications should not exceed 2,000 words (approximately 4 printed pages).
II. Submit Online
1. Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
2. Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
3. Online Submission
Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
III. Manuscript Preparation
Format and Style
(1) Text Format
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
- Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
- Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
- Do not use field functions.
- Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
- Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
- Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
- Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
(2) Headings
Please use the decimal system of headings with no more than three levels.
(3) Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter. Please limit to an absolute minimum the use of abbreviations in the title. However, the following need not to be defined:
ADP (adenosine 5'-diphosphate), AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), AMP (adenosine 5'- monophosphate or adenylic acid), ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate), cAMP (adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate), cDNA (complementary DNA), CoA (coenzyme A), DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), ED50 (50% effective dose), ESR (electron spin resonance), FABMS (fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry), FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide), GCMS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry), GLC (gas-liquid chromatography), GMP (guanosine 5'-monophosphate), HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography, high-pressure liquid chromatography), IC50 (inhibitory concentration, 50%), IR (infrared), LC (liquid chromatography), LC/MS (liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry), LD50 (50% lethal dose), mRNA (messenger RNA), MS (mass spectrum), NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), P450 (as in cytochrome P450), RNA (ribonucleic acid), TLC (thin-layer chromatography), tRNA (transfer RNA), UV (ultraviolet)
(4) Affiliations
When there are two or more authors and they belong to more than one affiliation, the connection between each author and his or her affiliation should be indicated by a, b, c… placed after each author’s name and before each affiliation.
Examples for describing affiliations and mailing addresses:
a. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
b. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
(5) Units
The following units should be used: length (m, cm, mm, μm, nm, Å), mass (kg, g, mg, μg, ng, pg, mol, mmol, μmol), volume (L, mL, μL), time (s, min, h, d), temperature (°C, K), radiation (Bq, dpm, Gy, Sv), and concentration (M, mM, mol/L, mmol/L, mg/mL, μg/mL, %, % (v/v), % (w/v), ppm, ppb)
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