Sciences of Phytochemistry
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Sciences of Phytochemistry

e-ISSN 2962-553X | p-ISSN 2962-5793
DOI 10.58920/sciphy

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0.375

Sciences of Phytochemistry (SciPhy, Sci Phytochem) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by ETFLIN. SciPhy aims to offer a widely visible and highly indexed platform for scholars and intellectuals to share their insights and works. From July 2023 onwards, SciPhy will accept only four types of articles: Research, Review, Mini-review, and Opinion. To submit an opinion article in SciPhy, the author(s) must be highly experienced intellectuals such as Professors, Scientists or Eminent Scholars. For any queries, contact us at our official email: sciphy@etflin.com

Submitting/processing/publishing an article in SciPhy is free. SciPhy accept articles that are written in English language only. SciPhy provides an immediate access to all the published articles in their HTLM versions and PDF versions. Since 2022, SciPhy publishes 2 issues per year.

Journal speed
First decision: 1-7 days; Peer review: 15-30 days; Acceptance to publication: 1-7 days

Scope
SciPhy accepts research, review, mini-review, and opinion/perspective that falls within the scope of the journal. SciPhy will publish articles that describes new and relevant findings on the following topics: 

  1. Pharmacognostical characterization of medicinal plants.
  2. Phytochemical screening of plant extracts and purified fractions.
  3. Isolation, purification and characterization of phytocompounds.
  4. Evaluation of the pharmacological activity and toxicity of medicinal plants, phytocompounds and herbal formulations.
  5. Field survey and documentation of traditionally important medicinal plants used by ethnic/tribal groups.
  6. Foods/vegetables with medicinal value and medicinal plants regularly consumed as vegetables.
  7. Development, characterization, and evaluation of herbal formulations wherein medicinal plant(s) or phytocompound(s) acts as the main active ingredient.
  8. Isolation and characterization of polymers from plants having pharmaceutical importance.
  9. Application of nanotechnology for herbal formulation development, increasing bioavailability of phytocompounds and site-specific delivery of phytocompounds.
  10. Computer-aided drug design, bioinformatics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, network pharmacology, and systems biology for evaluation of the in-silico pharmacological activity (or ADMET profile) of phytocompounds including lead identification and drug target predictions.
  11. Clinical studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of medicinal plants, phytocompounds and herbal formulations.
  12. Pharmacovigilance of medicinal plants such as drug-phytocompound interactions and adverse drug reactions due to consumption of medicinal plant products.
  13. Development and validation of bioassay, analytical, qualitative or quantitative methods with significant utility in the field of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry.
  14. Medicinal plant biotechnology, medicinal plant chemistry, and cultivation of medicinal plants.

Factors that lead to direct editorial rejections: Lack of originality and novelty; poor grammar that is difficult to read and understand; studies that are too simple; any unethical practice.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

James H. Zothantluanga
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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MANAGING EDITOR

Bharath Kumar Chagaleti
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India
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EDITORS

The editorial board of SciPhy comprises of 10 professionals from 6 different countries. Our editors bring a diverse range of knowledge, skills and experiences to the table, enabling us to provide a broad perspective on various topics.

Bethsebie Lalduhsaki Sailo
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Yale University, USA

Jonathan Lalsiamthara
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

Ejiofor InnocentMary IfedibaluChukwu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Mohnad Abdalla
Pediatric Research Institute, Children’s Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Sanchaita Rajkhowa
Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India

Samir Chtita
Department of Chemistry, Université Hassan II de Casablanca, Morocco

Faruk Jayanto Kelutur
Department of Chemistry, Pattimura University, Ambon, Indonesia

F. Nghakliana
Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India

Himangshu Sarma
Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility, Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India

Mary Lalfakzuali
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Lengpui, Mamit, Mizoram, India

Flowchart of Submission Process
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Authors are requested to read the journal guidelines carefully.

Journal template
The authors should use the journal template to draft their manuscripts (
Download Journal Template). The authors may use the most recent published papers as a reference to help them improve their understanding about the journal formatting style.

Submission of manuscript
The authors should use the online submission system to submit their manuscript. The authors should not submit their papers through e-mail.

How to submit a manuscript? (in brief)

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  • Fill the necessary data
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Submission checklist

  1. Graphical abstract (optional)
  2. Manuscript (should include the tables and figures inserted at appropriate places)
  3. Supplementary files (if any)

Tracking of submitted papers
The submitting authors can track the real-time status of their manuscripts through the online submission system.

Title
The title of an article should not be too short and not too long. A desirable title should be short, simple and scientifically catchy. It is preferable for a title to contain multiple words that could be used as keywords to help increase the visibility of the article. 

Authors
The names of the authors should be entered correctly (First name, middle name, last name). It is mandatory to provide the email address of all the authors during the online submission process. If possible, the ORCID ID of the authors may also be provided.

Affiliations
The authors should provide their full affiliation in the manuscript as well as in the online submission system. The authors should provide all the necessary information regarding their Department, Faculty/School, College/University, City, PIN code, State, and Country. Example: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India.

Abstract
The abstract should be written in an unstructured format in not more than 250 words. The abstract should briefly highlight the background, methods, main results, conclusions, and future scope of the study.

Graphical abstract (optional)

  • Graphical abstract is not mandatory for SciPhy, but it is highly encouraged (especially for research articles).
  • The graphical abstract should have a minimum quality of 300 dpi.
  • The graphical abstract can be submitted in either JPG or PNG file format.
  • The graphical abstract should not be included in the manuscript. It should be submitted separately as a 'Figure' type during the submission process.
  • If a graphical abstract is not provided by the authors, the journal will randomly select a figure within the manuscript to be used as a graphical abstract for the HTML version. 

Keywords
A total of 3-5 keywords should be provided for each article. The keywords must be separated with a semi-colon (;). For each keyword, the maximum word limit is three. Do not put full-stop (.) at the end of the keyword.

Types of Manuscript

  1. Research Article: A research article should have the following sections - Introduction, Experimental section, Results and Discussion, Conclusion. There is no word limit for a research article.
  2. Review: A review article should have the following sections - Introduction, Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Conclusion. A review article can have multiple headings and sub-headings depending on the requirements. There is no word limit for a review article.
  3. Mini-review: A mini-review is similar to a review article. But the word limit is 3000 words excluding the references.
  4. Opinion/Perspective: An opinion/perspective article should have the following sections - Introduction, Discussion of the present knowledge, Authors perspective (supported by published literatures), Conclusion. The word limit should be around 2500 words excluding the references.

Figures

  • The authors should use an image editing software/tool to edit the figures.
  • The authors should use a software/tool, especially for figures containing multiple images, so that a single figure can be obtained. For example, when compiling 10 different chemical structures for Figure 1, do not adjust the 10 structures manually in the MS Word. Instead, use an image editing software/tool to compile the 10 chemical structures as a single figure. In the Figure, label the 10 structures as (A), (B), (C),..., (J).   
  • Figures should have a minimum quality of 300 dpi.
  • Figures can be submitted in either JPG or PNG file format.
  • Figures should be placed at the appropriate places in the manuscript. 

Reproduction of figures
To reproduce any figures that are already published in other articles, the authors should obtain a permission from the corresponding author of that paper from which the original figures are to be copied. For those type of figures, a statement 'Reproduced with permission from Hmar et al. 2022' must be written in the figure caption. If any figures are reproduced without proper permission, it will be considered as a case of plagiarism.

Tables
Tables must be created with the insert table feature of the MS Word.

Equations
Equations must be created with the insert equation feature of the MS Word.

Funding
If an author receives funding from a funding agency to carry out the reported research work, the information should be mentioned in the manuscript as well as in the online submission system. Otherwise, the author should mention that they did not receive any funding for the study. 

Acknowledgement

  • The authors should use this section to give thanks to anyone they are grateful of.
  • It could be their peers that contribute to the work but did not qualify the criteria for an authorship.
  • If an author receives funding for any other project that is not directly related to the submitted work, the author may use this section to thank the funding agency for providing them fellowships/grants.
  • If the author do not have anything to write in this section, the authors should write 'Not applicable'.

Conflict of interest
The authors should declare a potential conflict of interest if:

  • There are conflicting interest among the authors
  • A funding agency/collaborator is influencing the outcome of the study
  • An internal/external personal relationship is influencing the outcome of the study

Authors contribution
For articles that contain multiple authors, the authors must highlight the contribution of each author such as conceptualization, methodology, investigation, visualization, and supervision. For articles with a single author, this section is not mandatory.

Software to reduce grammatical errors
The use of grammarly (or any other software) is encouraged to help the authors to minimize grammatical errors.

Disclosure for the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
AI models like ChatGPT do not qualify as authors for SciPhy. The use of AI should be limited to correction of grammatical errors or improvement of the language. AI should not be used to entirely draft a paper. If authors are using AI to improve the quality of the grammar or language, they should make a new section heading as "Disclosure for the use of artificial intelligence". Under this section, the authors should state that "An AI model (name of the model) was used to improve the quality of the grammar/language". This section should come after the Acknowledgement section. The authors should not use QuillBot AI to paraphrase their manuscripts.  

Reference managing software
Authors are encouraged to use software such as Mendeley, etc. to assist them while arranging the references.

Reference style

The references should be arranged in the Vancouver format. We do not accept other styles. Few examples are provided in the journal template.

Reference category

If possible, the authors should cite the most recent references to keep up with the scientific trends. This will not include review papers or few research fields that has less publications. Based on their publication year, the references are categorized into:

  1. Too old (before 2000)
  2. Old (2001-2010)
  3. New (2011-2020)
  4. Fresh (after 2021)

Authorship policy
In terms of planning the study design, data analysis, statistical analysis, software, executing work, writing, and editing, a significant contribution should be made by all contributing authors such as the first author, co-authors, and corresponding authors. Authors are encouraged to get familiar with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Corresponding author
The corresponding author will take the responsibility of communicating with the editors from the initial submission till publication. Depending on the requirement, there may be two corresponding authors. In case of two corresponding authors, the asterisk '*' sign should accompany their names in the manuscript and the initials of the authors should accompany their email address in the manuscript.

Change of authorship
During the review process, the corresponding author may make a request to the editor-in-chief to make changes in the authorship with valid reasons to justify the request. Addition or deletion of authors after acceptance of manuscript is not allowed.

Plagiarism policy
If possible, authors are requested to submit a plagiarism report from a commercial software (or from a free online server). For all types of articles, the plagiarism percentage should be kept as low as possible (maximum upper limit 20% excluding references). Even if the plagiarism percentage remains below 20%, the authors may be further asked to reduce the plagiarism to increase the authenticity of the manuscript.

Ethic policy
Studies involving animal, cell lines, or human participants should be carried out keeping in mind the standard guidelines set by OECDCPCSEAICH, Animal Welfare Board of IndiaICMJE recommendations, as well as other organizations. Ethical clearance with proper documents should be obtained from the concerned authority (for example, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee) to carry out the studies. Also, sufficient details regarding the document numbers should be mentioned in the manuscript. 

Plants
Medicinal plants should be collected in minimal amounts to avoid exploitation of natural resources and to avoid disturbing the local ecosystem. The World Health Organization guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices for medicinal plants should be followed.

Retraction policy
Retraction guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics will be followed. A notice of retraction will be given to a paper if the findings are unreliable, unethical, plagiarized, or manipulated. To maintain integrity, the retracted paper will remain visible on the journal page. However, a notice of retraction will accompany the paper.

Guidelines for editors
The editor-in-chief will be responsible for searching suitable reviewers that are experts in the concerned field. If potential reviewers are suggested by the authors, the editor-in-chief should contact the suggested reviewers. Following SciPhy's double-blind peer-review policy, the editor should make sure that the reviewer completes their task within 2-4 weeks. After peer-review, the editor-in-chief will evaluate the reviewer comments for a decision. Following this, the editor-in-chief will contact the corresponding author of the manuscript to inform about the decision and to check the status of their submitted manuscript in the online submission system. In case of revision, the editor-in-chief should direct the authors to submit the corrected manuscript to the editor-in-chief. After revision, the editor-in-chief will make the final editorial assessment. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the editor-in-chief will send a galley proof to the authors. The final corrected proofs must be submitted to the editor-in-chief. Following this, the manuscript will be published online.

The name of the editor will be made available on the first page of the published paper.

Guidelines for reviewers

  1. Reviewers for SciPhy should make an unbiased decision on the manuscript.
  2. Reviewers should not allow any external/personal factors to influence their decision.
  3. Rather than direct rejection, reviewers should search for ways to improve the manuscript.
  4. Reviewers should provide clear suggestions and directions for improving the manuscript.
  5. Reviewers should check the validity of the references.
  6. Reviewers should check the scientific correctness of each statement.
  7. Reviewers should cross check the in-text citations with the cited references.
  8. Reviewers must keep their task confidential till the papers are published.
  9. Reviewers should inform the editor-in-chief/editor if there are any conflicting interest.

Benefits for reviewers

  1. In recognition to their contributions, the name of the reviewer will be made available on the first page of the published paper. Reviewers can also choose to remain anonymous.
  2. A certificate of appreciation will also be provided to reviewers who had successfully completed their task.
  3. Papers communicated by reviewers of SciPhy will be provided with a special fast-track review to speed up the final decision.

Proposing Special Issues
To propose a special issue, a proposal should be submitted to SciPhy through the journal's email address. The proposal for a special issue should be submitted in a single MS Word file and it must contain:

  1. Title of the special issue
  2. Theme/Scope/Areas covered by the special issue
  3. Significance of the special issue
  4. CV of Guest Editors
  5. Projected Timeline (Call for papers and submission deadline)

Submission of manuscript for Special Issues

  • Authors should use the online submission system to submit their manuscripts.
  • Under New submission, authors should select the special issue under the issue option.
  • The Editor-in-Chief of SciPhy will initially evaluate the authenticity of all submitted manuscripts.
  • Following this, the manuscript will be handed to the Guest Editor.
  • The Guest Editor will be responsible for handling the peer-review process of all the manuscripts.
  • All manuscripts that are accepted by the Guest Editor shall be submitted to SciPhy for publication.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam

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Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University

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Department of Pharmacy, RIPANS, Mizoram, India

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Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Halim Sanusi, Bandung – 40273, Indonesia

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Pharmacy Department, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu 400103, Nigeria

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Department of Pharmacognosy and Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

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Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Damanhur Military Hospital, Behiera, Egypt

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Centre for Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmacognosy and Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-420110

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India

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Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam University, Silchar – 788011, India

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Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India

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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Rasiklal M. Dhariwal Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Maharashtra, India

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