Author’s Guidelines

Instructions to Authors

CJST accepts research and review articles in Biological, Chemical, biopharmaceutical and Technological sciences. The manuscript would be considered under the clear areas/fields of biological, biochemical, biopharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. The areas/fields are as follows:

Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Microbiology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Immunobiology
Pharmaceutical biology
Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics
Pharmacoinformatics
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacy practice
Phytochemistry
Pharmacology & toxicology
Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine
Drug delivery systems
Drug metabolism
Medicinal chemistry
Organic, Analytical chemistry
Polymer sciences
Biomaterial sciences
Plant sciences
Animal sciences
Agriculture
Agricultural Biotechnology
All Engineering specializations

Hence, the corresponding author is requested to mention the specific area in which the manuscript fall under biochemical or biopharmaceutical or biomedical sciences in their cover letter.

All manuscripts are subjected to rapid double blinded peer review process and those of high quality would be published without any delay in subsequent issue. Submit your manuscript through online submission system.  Submit manuscript in the “Submit Manuscript” button or link present on the journal webpage. A manuscript ID will be mailed to the corresponding author as soon as we received the manuscript.

CopyRight Form

The copyright form can be downloaded from our website

• Authors should mention the title of article. All authors should sign the form. The corresponding author is the sole responsibility for the signatures appears in the copyright transfer form. If any of the co-authors is not available during signing the copyright transfer form, the corresponding author can sign the form with prior permission from the author.
• The copy right form should be submitted along with manuscript

Types of Articles

The journal accepts the articles of several types including short communications, Original article, Review article and Mini review article.

Research Article: The original research articles should evidentlydefine new and prudently confirmed results and experimental procedure which should be given in required details for others to verify the work. For proper referring and prompt publication, the manuscript should be in the journal format without typographical errors. The manuscript should be in English using “MS Word” with 2cm margin on all sides (Top, Bottom, Left and Right side) of the page. “Times New Roman” font should be used. The font size should be of 12pt but main subheadings may be of 14pt. All plant and microorganism's scientific names should be written in italic. All research articles should be typed double spaced and has the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.

Title Page: The title should appear on a separate page which should then followed by the author name and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should contain title of the paper in bold face, title case (font size 14), names of the authors in normal face, upper case (font size 12) followed by the address(es) in normal face lower case. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript whose email id, fax, telephone number can be given at the bottom left corner of the title. Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all co-authors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript.

Abstract: This section should start on a new page and should detail the problems, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion in one paragraph and should appear on the second page. Avoid abbreviation, diagram and references in the abstract. It should be single–spaced and should not exceed 150 words for full papers.

Keywords: Author(s) must give about 4-6 key words which can identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. They must be placed at the end of the abstract.

Introduction

The manuscript should include a brief introduction stating the purpose of the investigation and relating the manuscript to similar previous research. Only information essential to the arguments should be presented.

Materials and Methods

This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote.

If any animal study was carried out, then the necessary institutional animal ethical committee approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. If any human study was carried out, then necessary human ethical committee or appropriate approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. A written consent should be taken from the human subjects or patients involved in the study ensuring their acceptance in the study and publication of relevant datas/photos/images in the journal and should be mentioned in the manuscript. The journal will not be responsible if any of the above if not followed and the editor’s decision would be final if any litigation arises during processing or after publishing.

Results and Discussion

The results should be concisely presented. Results part should be clearly mention about the results obtained from the experiment. The discussion part should discuss the results with clear description.

(i) Tables:

Tables should be used wherever necessary and should have rows and columns to correlate the variables .It should be cell- based type (Microsoft word tables or Excel tables). Do not use tabs or hard returns during preparation of tables. Do not send us tables as graphics. Tables should be as compact as possible. Unnecessary rows and columns can be avoided. The table should be double spaced and separated from the text. The font can be of same size used in the text of the manuscript. Do not divide the table in to sub tables and not to use vertical or horizontal rules/lines. Table should be numbered accordingly in numeric order. The table should be numbered in roman numeral followed by the title. The title should be one-line title in bold text with font size 12.Abbreviations can be used if needed and abbreviations that are used only in a table should be defined in the footnotes to that table and should be designated with superscript/subscript letters. Avoid “Ditto” marks. The units used should be in SI nomenclature or the nomenclature common to a particular field. Unusual units or abbreviations can be defined in the legend.

(ii) Figures:

Figures should be used wherever necessary. The figures can be of GIF/TIFF/JPEG/PDF. The figures should be comprehensible for the readers and should help them in understanding the paper. Unnecessary figures should be avoided. Avoid unnecessary colouring and excessive details. The title should be one-line title in bold text with font size 12. Abbreviations can be used if needed and abbreviations that are used only in the figures should be defined in the footnotes to that figure. The title should describe the contents so each illustration can be understood on considering apart from the text. All figures should be numbered in roman numerals and should be cited in the text accordingly. The image/photograph should be cropped to show essential details. Magnification can be indicated by inserting the scale bar. The image/photograph should be clear and of high quality. Poor blurred or out of focus letters/symbols are not acceptable. The units used should be SI nomenclature or the nomenclature common to a particular field. Unusual units or abbreviations can be defined in the legend.

(iii) Acknowledgement:

This section can be kept at the end of the manuscript before reference section and should not be more than 50 words. This section can be used to acknowledge the help of those who do not qualify for authorship or to acknowledge funding, donated resources or significant contribution to the research.

Conclusion

Manuscript should have relevant brief conclusion (limit of 300) and should reflect the importance and future scope.

Conflict of Interest

Manuscript should have the declaration of conflict of interest. Include the following paragraph.

Conflict of interest declared none.

References

References to the literature cited for the manuscript should be numbered in order of appearance in the manuscript and cited in the text with superscript numbers. The references must follow the style below.

Journal Article Reference:

a) Regular article

Author name-1 Surname.; Author name-2 Surname. Journal abbreviation (Italic), Year (bold), Volume (Issue) (Italic), starting page (Normal font). DOI: (If available).

1. Pranita V. R.; Arvind S. D.; Sandeep T. A.; Narsimhaswamy D.; Ravi V. Carib. J. Sci. Tech., 2021, 9(1), 54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55434/CBI.2021.9104.

b) Review Article

• Chandra Mohan K.; Basavaiah Ch.; Chandra Sekhar D.; Lakshmi Prasanna Y.; Siva Jyothsna G.; Srihari Ch.; Hari Babu B. J. Sci. Tech., 2021, 9(1), 41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55434/CBI.2021.9109
• Balaji N.; Mohan K. C.; Babu A.V.; Bollikolla H. B.  J. Sci. Tech., 2017, 5(1), 80.

Book Reference:

Sidhu, S.S.; Geyer, C.R. Phage display in biotechnology and drug discovery: CRC Press, 2015, pp. 55-57.

Chapters in Book Reference:

Shiekh, R.A.; Pasupuleti, V.R. Mesoporous Silica Powder for Dental Restoration Composites from Rice Husk: A Green Sol–Gel Synthesis Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp. 245-258.

Patent Reference

Chang, C.-H.; Wu, T.-M. Method for producing gamma-aminobutyric acid and food produced thereby: Google Patents, 2014.

Citing CJST published articles in your manuscript references is appreciable.

 Information about Review and Mini review Article

The review article must be organized with the main and sub headings. The words of the review article can be up to 5000- 8000 words (For Mini review between 3000 - 5000 words). The structured review article must consist of abstract, key words, figures, tables, diagrams, illustrations, conclusion, acknowledgement and references.

Short Communication

The short communication must be organized with the main and sub headings. The words of the short communication can be up to 2000- 3000 words. The structured short communication must consist of abstract, key words, figures, tables, illustrations, conclusion, acknowledgement and references.

Ethical related Issues

Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research article should seek approval from the appropriate Ethical committee in accordance with “Principles of Laboratory Animal Care”. The Method section of the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained.

Manuscript Charges

As this is an open-access journal and if the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors need to pay US dollar $50 (2500 INR/-) per article towards processing, publishing and this may be intimated within one week from the date of manuscript submission. The modes of fee payment will also be intimated in the acceptance email letter.

Galley Proofs

Galley proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proof is to be returned to the editor within 48 hours in order to avoid the delay in the publication. The authors are sole responsible for the contents appeared in their published manuscripts.