Updated in
Jan 30, 2008.
General Overview of the Manuscripts
Evolution of manuscripts submitted
and published in the JBCS :
Table 1.
Processing of manuscripts submitted from 2004 to 2007
Manuscripts
2004
2005
2006
2007
Published
143
68
100
59
Accepted *
5
50
78
117
Under evaluation
14
132
173
84
Rejected
135
190
376
393
Total
332 **
440
727
698
* accepted, but not yet available
in the website, ** includes 34 manuscripts submitted
in hardcopy (not considered in the statistics).
Table 2. Submitted manuscript
according to country of origin
Origin
of authors
2004
2005
2006
2007
Brazilians
191 (64%)
240 (55%)
330(45%)
315(45%)
Non-Brazilians
107 (36%)
200 (45%)
397(55%)
383(55%)
Table 3. Distribution of manuscripts
according to subject
Areas
2004
2005
2006
2007
Analytical/Environmental
Chemistry
61
(20%)
113
(26%)
174
(24%)
170
(24%)
Electrochemistry
59
(20%)
54
(12%)
84
(11.5%)
143
(20 %)
Inorganic
Chemistry
27
(9%)
56
(13%)
113
(15.5%)
76(11%)
Organic
Chemistry
64
(21%)
83
(19%)
149
(20.5%)
120
(17%)
Natural
Products
36
(12%)
57
(13%)
78
(11%)
74
(11%)
Physical
Chemistry
51
(17%)
76
(17%)
127
(17.5%)
115
(17%)
Table 4. Type of submited
manuscripts
Type*
2004
2005
2006
2007
Article
241
364
612
617
Review
5
10
13
14
Communication
10
8
7
9
Short report
42
58
95
63
*see instructions for authors
(in the JBCS website) for description.
Table 5. Origin of reviewers
consulted by the JBCS
Origin*
2004
2005
2006
2007
Brazil
248 (73%)
342 (67%)
457
(69%)
484
(70%)
Abroad
91 (27%)
165 (33%)
206
(31%)
203
(30%)
Total
339
507
663
687
*according to Institutional
address.
Evolution of publication times (between
submission and publication in the website).
Issues 16(3A), 16(6B), 17(6) and 17(8) are related to Special numbers:
