Guidelines
for Authors
Contributors
are advised to submit their manuscript as electronic files, and
uploaded on the website trendscarbo.com. The preferred software
for text is MS Word for Windows version 6.0 onwards or upwards.
Illustrations may be provided in Corel Draw, ISIS Draw, Chem Draw
or any compatible format software or as picture in MS Word Version
6 onwards.
Manuscripts should be divided into: Title, Authors, Affiliations,
Abstract, Introduction, Results and Discussion, Materials and
Methods, Experimental Section, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References,
Tables, Figures, Schemes, Captions and Graphical Abstract for
table of contents. All text must be double spaced throughout and
pages numbered. Abbreviations should be defined the first time
they are used, and a list of all abbreviations used should be
provided. Suggestions for reviewers are welcome. The corresponding
author’s full mailing address, FAX numbers, and E-mail address,
may be provided for speedy communications. While entering the
data following points with respect to text, references, and tables
should be taken care of:
TEXT
a) The running text should be entered with paragraph indent (preferably
in font size 12) and no extra space between paragraph and headings
etc.
b) All the Tables, Figure and illustrations should be in separate
files.
c) Software which should be preferably used is MS Word 6.0 for
Windows onwards.
d) In the text references should be numbered as superscript in
the order they are cited, being identified in the text by Arabic
numerals.
REFERENCES
a) No full stop marks are needed any where, e.g.
1. Kumar Vineet, Rani Anjana and Soni P L, Recent developments
in galactomannan applications, Trends in Carbohydrate Chemistry
6, 2000, 129.
b) Italics/slanted characters be used for underlined portions,
e.g. Trends in Carbohydrate Research should be set as Trends in
Carbohydrate Research (no underline)
c) After references number uses only TAB and not the variable
space or full stop.
d) No brackets should be used while indicating refrences.
TABLES
a) Tables should be set using TAB only, not by
SPACE BAR etc.
b) Lines should be used separating columns or rows.
c) Column matter should be entered in continuation.
KEYWORDS
At the end of the abstract, provide a list of keywords (typically
3–6), i.e., expressions that might serve as search terms
in an electronic search of a database. The keyword list may include
chemical names and multiple-word terms in which the order is inverted.
General terms such as ‘organic synthesis’, ‘NMR’,
‘structure’, etc., are to be avoided. For example:
“Keywords: Galactomannans; Conformational isomers; Polysaccharide
structure etc”. Note that the first word of each Keyword
is capitalized.
COPYRIGHT
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer
copyright. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination
of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author
confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer
of copyright will be provided.
If excerpts
from other copyrighted works are included in the manuscript, the
author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners
and credit the source(s) in the article.
