GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
Chemistry. Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education, ISSN
0861-9255, provides a forum for sharing and discussing ideas and news about new ways of
teaching and presenting experimental and theoretical aspects of chemistry. We also
encourage the discussion of philosophical and historical issues that arise in chemistry.
The articles appearing in this journal are indexed and abstracted in CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS,
GOOGLE SCHOLAR and SCOPUS.
Topics
News; Letters to the Editor should not exceed 4-5
type-written pages; Articles should not normally exceed 8-10, standard, type-written
pages, and also include summaries of size not exceeding 15 lines: Education: Theory and
Practice, New Approaches, Curriculum Matters, Interdisciplinary, Teaching Efficiency,
Teaching Chemical Experiment, Problems, History of Education: Bulgarian Educational
Tradition, History of Education: Foreign Educational Tradition, Advanced Chemistry for
Teachers, From the Research Laboratories, People in Chemistry, Bulgarians Abroad, History
and Philosophy of Chemistry, Chemistry and Society, Reviews, New Information Media;
Archives.
Manuscript
Manuscripts should be written in Bulgarian or in English.
Manuscript should be organised in the following order:
a. Title (informative, without any abbreviations, written in
bold capitals).
b. Name of author(s) (bold, family names with capitals),
affiliation (if wish) - in small bold letters.
c. Text (in usual sections: e.g., introduction, discussion,
acknowledgements, appendices, etc.)
d. References
The list of references should be numbered with arabic numerals.
Citations in the text should be numbered in square brackets: [4], [1-4], [2,7-9].
Author(s) may be cited in the text by name but without initials; if there are more than
two authors, only the name of the first author followed by et al. should be given.
Examples:
> For journals
1. Huebner, J.S., R.A. Vergenz, T.L. Smith. Astronomy Matters for
Chemistry Teachers. J.Chem.Educ. 73, 1073-1077 (1996).
> For books
2. Oxtoby, D.W., N.H. Nachtrieb. Principles of Modern Chemistry.
Saunders, N.Y., 1996.
> For edited books
3. Harasim, L.Education: Theory and Practice. In: Husen, T., T.N.
Postlethwaite (Eds.). The International Encyclopaedia of Education.
Pergamon, Oxford, 1994, p. 324-348.
e. Formulae
Formulae should be type-written, if possible. Subscripts and
superscripts should be clearly indicated. For simple fractions use the solidus (/) instead
of a horizontal. Equations should be sequentially numbered (on the right-hand side of the
equation and in parentheses, e.g. (1)).
f. Tables and illustrations
Tables and illustrations should be submitted on separate sheets.
The author(s) should indicate in the manuscript where these are to be inserted. Each table
should have a number and a title. Each figure should have a number and a caption. The
figures captions are collected on a separate sheet.
g. Summary
The abstract should be a concise description of the paper with
clear indication of the new findings. If the paper is in English, the summary will be
translated into Bulgarian.
General Remarks
Contributors should give full personal details: full name, address,
telephone number, E-mail address, and place of work. By submitting a manuscript, the
editors will presume that the article has not been published elsewhere. The publishing of
materials does not mean that the editors are in agreement with the points of view covered
by the author. Manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate. The editors reserve the
right to edit manuscripts when necessary. Reprints of each article will be provided free
of charge.
