Subject: IEJMD: Haruo Hosoya special issue

From: Bruce Roberts <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:54:29 -0700 (PDT)

Call for Papers: IEJMD special issue dedicated to
Professor Haruo Hosoya
                 on the occasion of the 65th birtday

Guest Editor: Professor Jun-ichi Aihara

Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design,
http://www.biochempress.com
Email: [email-masked]

You are cordially invited to contribute a paper to the
special issue of
the Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design,
http://www.biochempress.com,
dedicated to Professor Haruo Hosoya. The topic of
the paper can be any original contribution regarding
computer-assisted molecular design applications in
chemistry,
biochemistry, biology, chemical and pharmaceutical
industry.

The main scientific achievements of Professor Haruo
Hosoya are
presented below.

Pioneer of mathematical chemistry: Establishment of
new mathematical
concepts, methodologies and proof techniques for
giving mathematical
meaning and interpretation to many important empirical
rules in chemistry.

* Introduction of topological Index, Z (1971)
(Godfather of topological index)
characterization, classification, identification of
graphs
correlation of Z index with thermodynamic properties
(bp, entropy, etc.)
graph-theoretical molecular orbital theory, bond
order, aromaticity, etc.
QSPR study of thermodynamic properties of alkanes
 
* Introduction of counting polynomials into chemical
thinking
Z-counting polynomial (1971), sextet polynomial
(1975), king
polynomial (1977), Wheland polynomial (1979),
rotational polynomial (1988)
  operator technique for obtaining the recursion
formulas (1983)

* Graph-theoretical analysis of Hueckel molecular
orbital theory
extended Hueckel rule (1975), benzene character
(1980), topological
bond order (1976)

* Quantum-chemical interpretation of oxidation number
and its extension
to organic molecules (1982) electron number analysis
around the component
atoms of molecules using ab initio MO wavefunction

* Mathematical foundation of organic electron theory
(Robinson and
Ingold) (1999) proof of the diagramamatic recipe of
organic electron theory
discovery of abnormal tunneling electron transfer in
large polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (2001)

* Derivation of the closed formula giving the
degeneracy of the angular
parts of atomic wavefunction of n-dimensional hydrogen
atom (1999)

* Damping factor for rapid convergence of alternating
series in the
calculation of Madelung constants (1982)

Haruo Hosoya was born in 1936, graduated from the
University of 
Tokyo in 1959, obtained the D.Sc. Degree (equivalent
to the Ph.D. degree in
the USA) from the same university in 1964. In 1969 He
was appointed
Associate Professor of Ochanimizu University (Tokyo)
and in 1984 promoted to
(Full) Professor there. During 1990-1992 he served as
Dean of the Faculty of
Science (to which his chemistry department belongs).
In 2002 he retired
> from Ochamimizu University.

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If you decide to contribute a paper, please note these
important deadlines:
  Title of manuscript and authors submitted by Email
to [email-masked] : June 30, 2002
  Early submission: manuscript submitted by Email to
[email-masked] : July 30, 2002
  Late submission: manuscript submitted by Email to
[email-masked] : August 30, 2002

If you want to contribute a paper, but need more time
for the submission,
send an E-mail with an estimated time of submission.

If you have any questions regarding this special
issue, please contact
me by E-mail at: [email-masked]

Instructions for Authors

To obtain a Word file with Instructions for Authors
send an Email to [email-masked]

The Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design
publishes
original contributions regarding computer-assisted
molecular design applications in
chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical and
pharmaceutical industry, including:
- Computer-aided organic synthesis
- Chemical structure and reactivity investigated with
molecular mechanics,
quantum chemistry, and molecular dynamics methods
- Definition, calculation and evaluation of novel
structural descriptors
- Chemical database searching, clustering, similarity
and diversity measure
- Prediction of physico-chemical properties with
Quantitative
Structure-Property Relationships (QSPR)
- Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSPR)
models for biological
activity, toxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity
- Prediction of chromatographic retention parameters
and design of stationary
phases for chromatography
- Modeling of bioorganic compounds, such as proteins,
enzymes,
and nucleic acids
- New algorithms for modeling chemical and biochemical
phenomena, such
as global optimization methods, simulated annealing,
neural networks,
genetic algorithms, ant colony algorithm
- Design of special materials, catalysts, high energy
compounds, polymers,
molecular machines

General
Only original papers are considered for publication in
the 
Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design. 
Submission of an article is understood to imply that
it has 
not previously been published in any language, that it
is 
not considered for publication elsewhere, and that if 
accepted for publication it will not be published 
elsewhere.

Organization of Manuscript
The entire manuscript, including mathematical
equations, 
chemical structures, tables, and figures must be
prepared 
in electronic form and submitted as Word for Windows 
files. Use only fonts that come with Windows software.

For the text use Times New Roman size 12. For all
special 
characters (e.g., Greek characters) use the font
Symbol. 
Use carriage returns only to end headings and
paragraphs, 
not to break lines of text. Automatic hyphenation
should 
be turned off. Do not insert spaces before
punctuation. 
Verify the correct spelling for the final version with
the 
Spelling and Grammar function of Word.

Mathematical Equations
All mathematical equations must be prepared with the 
equation editor from Word and placed in the proper
place. 
The equations are labeled in the order in which they 
appear in the text with Arabic numbers in parentheses 
aligned to the left margin. In writing the equations
use the 
following rules: vectors and matrices with bold,
functions 
such as log, sin, cos normal, and all other
mathematical 
symbols with italic.

Tables
Each table is numbered with Arabic numbers and must 
have a caption that briefly explains the contents of
the 
table. Column headings should be brief and must
indicate units. 
Explanations can be given in footnotes labeled with a,
b, 
as italic superscripts.

Figures
Figures are numbered consecutively with Arabic
numbers. 
Each figure must be referred to in the text and must
have a 
caption that briefly explains the contents of the
figure.

Chemical Structures
All chemical structures should be prepared with a
suitable 
graphics program, such as:
 ISIS/Draw from MDL Information Systems,
http://www.mdli.com/
 ACD/ChemSketch from Advanced Chemistry Development,
http://www.acdlabs.com/
 ChemWindow from SoftShell, http://www.softshell.com/
 ChemDraw from CambridgeSoft, http://www.camsoft.com/

Use the following settings for chemical drawings:
text font: Times New Roman
text size: 10 pt
standard bond/grid length: 16 pt
line width: 0.7 pt
stereo bond width: 2.0 pt
double/triple bond spacing: 20% of width
down bond hashes: 2.5 pt

All compounds must be labeled with Arabic numbers, 
with font Times New Roman, size 10, bold.

References
In the text references must be numbered sequentially
in 
the order of their appearance with Arabic numbers in 
square brackets before punctuation, e.g. [1,2]; [3-6];
[1,5]. 
All references must be collected in numerical order at
the 
end of the manuscript under the heading 
"REFERENCES".

Journals. Titles of journals must be abbreviated
according 
to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. Give
the 
list of all authors, title (with the first letter of
each main 
word capitalized), journal (italic), year (bold),
volume (italic), and pages:

[1] H. Kubinyi, Variable Selection in QSAR Studies. I.
An 
Evolutionary Algorithm, Quant. Struct.-Act. Relat.
1994, 
13, 285-294.
[2] J. G. Topliss and R. P. Edwards, Chance Factors in

Studies of Quantitative Structure-Activity
Relationships, 
J. Med. Chem. 1979, 22, 1238-1244.
[3] W. Zheng, S. J. Cho, and A. Tropsha, Rational
Design 
of a Targeted Combinatorial Chemical Library with 
Opiatelike Activity, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 1998, 69,
65-
75.

Books. Give the list of all authors, title (with the
first letter 
of each main word capitalized), publisher, town,
edition (if 
more than one has been published), date, volume, and 
pages (if necessary):

[4] L. B. Kier and L. H. Hall, Molecular Connectivity
in 
Structure-Activity Analysis, Research Studies Press, 
Letchworth, 1986, pp. 20-25.

Chapters from multi-author books. 

[5] H. Kubinyi, Comparative molecular field analysis 
(CoMFA); in: The Encyclopedia of Computational 
Chemistry, Eds. P. v. R. Schleyer, N. L. Allinger, T.
Clark, 
J. Gasteiger, P. A. Kollman, H. F. Schaefer III, and
P. R. 
Schreiner, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1998, pp.
448-
460.
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