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8. Conflict of Interests

Chemical Synthesis require authors to declare any possible financial and/or non-financial conflicts of interest at the end of
their manuscript and in the cover letter, as well as confirm this point when submitting their manuscript in the submission
system. If no conflicts of interest exist, authors need to state “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. We also recognize
that some authors may be bound by confidentiality agreements, in which cases authors need to sate “The authors declare
that they are bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent them from disclosing their competing interests in this work”.
9. Editorial Process
9.1 Initial check
9.1.1 Initial manuscript check
New submissions are initially checked by the Managing Editor from the perspectives of originality, suitability, structure
and formatting, conflicts of interest, background of authors, etc. Poorly prepared manuscripts may be rejected at this stage.
If your manuscript does not meet one or more of these requirements, we will return it for further revisions.

9.1.2 Publishing ethics
All manuscripts submitted to Chemical Synthesis are screened using CrossCheck powered by iThenticate to identify
any plagiarized content. Your study must also meet all ethical requirements as outlined in our Editorial Policies. If the
manuscript does not pass any of these checks, we may return it to you for further revisions or decline to consider your study
for publication.

9.2 Editorial assessment
Once your manuscript has passed the initial check, it will be assigned to an Assistant Editor, and then the Editor-in-Chief,
or a Section Editor in the case of a conflict of interest, will be notified of the submission and invited to review. Regarding
Special Issue paper, after passing the initial check, the manuscript will be successively assigned to an Assistant Editor,
Guest Editor, and then to the Editor-in-Chief, or a Section Editor in the case of conflict of interest for the Editor-in-Chief
to review. The Editor-in-Chief, or the Section Editor may reject manuscripts that they deem highly unlikely to pass peer
review without further consultation. Once your manuscript has passed the editorial assessment, the Assistant Editor will
start to organize peer-review.

9.3 Process
Chemical Synthesis operates a single-blind review process. The technical quality of the research described in the manuscript
is assessed by a minimum of three independent expert reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision
regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. For controversial manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for
making the final decision.

9.4 Decisions
Your research will be judged on technical soundness only, not on its perceived impact as judged by Editors or referees.
There are three possible decisions: Accept (your study satisfies all publication criteria), Invitation to Revise (more work is
required to satisfy all criteria), and Reject (your study fails to satisfy key criteria and it is highly unlikely that further work
can address its shortcomings).

10. Contact Us
Journal Contact
Chemical Synthesis Editorial Office
Suite 1504, Plaza A, Xi’an National Digital Publishing Base, No. 996 Tiangu 7th Road, Gaoxin District, Xi’an 710077,
Shaanxi, China.
Tel: +86 (0)29 8954 0089

Siqing Hu
Managing Editor
editorialoffice@chesynjournal.com

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