Publication Policy: The South African Journal of Chemistry publishes original work in all branches of chemistry. Contributions, in English, may take the form of research articles, short communications or critical reviews.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts online at https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacj/about/submissions. Authors are strongly advised to observe the requirements of the Journal’s house style, as described below, paying particular attention to the Guidelines for Article Formats. Manuscripts not complying with these requirements will be returned to the authors for reformatting. Independent referees assess all manuscripts.

The instructions to authors of this journal can be read here -  https://sajchem.co.za/instructions-to-authors/ 

SAJChem uses ReviewerCredits to award referees (also to your Orcid account). If you want to be awarded for doing referee work for us ensure that you:

(a) Register at https://www.reviewercredits.com/reward-center/ for a Referee account. Ensure you register your OrcId there as well.

(b) Complete a professional referee report in 2 weeks (fill in all field and provide motivations where required). Ask for an extension if you need more time.

Once a manuscript is either Accepted or Rejected, our journal management system (https://saci.co.za/journal/)  will transfer your Reviewer contribution to ReviewerCredits.  You will also receive a confirmatory email in this regard and your service to SAJChem should reflect in the next 24 hours.

Note that if you link your OrcID account (https://orcid.org/) to your ReviewersCredit profile, the ReviewerCredit system will also automatically sync your Referee data to your OrcID account.  Last, if you link your OrcID account also to your Web Of Science account (https://www.webofscience.com/) 

Here are the steps to follow for the latter:

(a) Login to your Web of Science account.

(b) Go to "Profile" then choose "Profile Settings".

(c) Then go to "Orcid syncing".  Ensure all 3 options are "ON":  "Keep my OrcID updated",  "Keep my Web of Science Researcher Profiile updated" and "Update my peer reviews in OrcID".

You can then also manually sync your Web of Science and OrcID profiles.

For further information please refer to: https://sajchem.co.za/reviewers