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Graphical Abstracts and Nature Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presenting scientific articles in a new and innovative way to readers has been one of the scientific publishers\u2019 main goals in the web technologies era. And graphical abstracts are a great way to accomplish that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, from Nature Portfolio, only Nature Chemical Biology and Nature Chemistry publish their articles with graphical abstracts.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article \u201cThe art of abstracts<\/a>\u201d published by Nature Chemistry in August 2011 mentions that the use of graphical abstracts (at least in chemistry journals) pre-dates the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article reports that graphical abstracts appeared for the first time in a chemistry journal in 1976, in the German-language Angewandte Chemie, and later in the same journal but the international edition in 1977. \u201cTo the best of my knowledge, Angewandte Chemie was the first to provide this feature\u201d, says Peter G\u00f6litz, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal since 1982. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was about that time that journals started to change their cover picture. However, many chemistry journals still kept their covers unchanged for many years. According to the article, this change took years due to the conservative nature of this industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tetrahedron Letters<\/a>, an Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature, embraced graphical abstracts only in 1986. It wasn\u2019t until 1994 that graphical abstracts mark presence in the pages of Chemical Communications<\/a>. Meanwhile, readers of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)<\/a> waited until  2002 to see graphical abstracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the fields, Chemistry was one of the first to embrace graphical abstracts, and that was not by chance. Chemistry is a visual subject, their sub-disciplines, such as organic, inorganic, and even though biochemistry, are very related to molecules structures and their various possible forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A simples chemical reaction can have at least two different molecules interacting and changing through a certain mechanism, passing through more than one intermediates structure. Explain this using only words could be not only difficult but also a very complex task. It may take a long text to explain the reaction and even not deliver all the information needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isn\u2019t that the right, chemists?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, don’t be afraid to create and use graphical abstracts! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Mind the Graph you have an amazing molecule library for you to use. <\/p>\n\n\n

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What graphical abstracts can do for my research? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The graphical abstract must be eye-catching and, at the same time, simple to interpret. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article \u201cThe art of abstracts<\/a>\u201d explains that \u201cOne of the main aims of a graphical abstract is to distill the take-home message of an article into an image that is not too cluttered, somewhat eye-catching, and relatively simple to interpret\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invest in a graphical abstract for your research can enhance the online browsing of your article, increasing the visibility of your research, plus the number of reads and citations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can find everything you need to know on Nature Chemistry, Preparing your Submission<\/a> page to create your graphical abstract. But to make your life easier, we brought that over here for you to see. Check out below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n