Useful tools

This page brings together details of software and other tools that may be helpful to Chemistry Central authors when formatting manuscripts for submission.

Reference management software

We recommend authors to use reference management software to ensure that their reference lists are correctly formatted.

The Chemistry Central website allows references to be seamlessly downloaded and imported into the following reference management packages:

• EndNote (style file)
• Reference Manager (style file)
• RefWorks
• Zotero (style file)

Graphics conversion tools

The following tools may be useful if you need to convert figures into a format suitable for submission to a Chemistry Central journal:

• GraphicConverter (Macintosh-only, Shareware)
• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program (Cross-platform, Free)
• ImageMagick (Cross-platform, Free)
• Paintshop Pro (Windows-only, Commercial)

For tips and advice on figure cropping issues, see our figure cropping FAQ.

Statistics tools

Graphpad software offers a selection of free online calculators for doing quick statistical calculations.