- Aims and Scope
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- Open Access Pub
Aims and Scope
The Journal of Carbohydrates publishes research on carbohydrate science across chemistry, biology, analysis, food and nutrition, and applications.
Scope: from the ring to the system
- 01
Carbohydrate chemistry and structure
Synthesis and modification of mono-, oligo- and polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, stereochemistry, conformation and structural characterization.
- 02
Glycobiology and metabolism
Biosynthesis and degradation pathways, glycan-protein recognition, glycosylation, glycosaminoglycans, glycoimmunology and carbohydrate metabolism.
- 03
Analytical methods
Mass spectrometry, NMR, chromatography, glycan arrays and computational tools for the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates.
- 04
Food, nutrition and applications
Dietary carbohydrates and fibre-rich foods, plant and microbial polysaccharides, biomaterials, bioprocessing and enzymatic conversion, and carbohydrate-based therapeutics and diagnostics.
Approaches and designs
JCH welcomes experimental, computational and clinical or nutritional studies, method development and validation, reviews and syntheses of evidence, and datasets that support the reuse of carbohydrate data. The research areas above are examples of the topics the journal considers, not a closed list.
A manuscript is a good fit when carbohydrates are central to the question it asks, when its methods are described in enough detail to be repeated, and when its conclusions follow from the evidence presented.
- Polysaccharide structure and function
- Glycan analysis and glycomics
- Enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism
- Dietary carbohydrates and health
- Plant cell-wall and biomass carbohydrates
- Microbial and marine polysaccharides
- Glycoscience for materials and medicine
- Computational glycoscience
Article types
JCH publishes the article types listed here. Requirements for each type are set out in the Instructions for Authors.
- Original Research
- Review Article
- Systematic Review
- Methods
- Short Communication
- Data Note
- Commentary
- Letter
Scope questions
Authors who are unsure whether a topic fits the journal can write to the editorial office at info@openaccesspub.org before submitting. Reviews of the manuscript, including the question of fit, follow the process described in the Editorial Policies.