美国化学会2012投稿指南

NoticetoAuthorsofJACSManuscripts(RevisedJanuary2012)Contents(clickonthetopic)ScopeandEditorialPolicy–ManuscriptSubmission–Articles–Communications–Back-to-BackPublication–ComputationalManuscripts–Perspectives–SupportingInformation–PresubmissionInquiries–IncompleteManuscripts–Plagiarism–RelatedWorkbyAuthor–PeerReview–ConflictofInterestDisclosure–PatentActivitiesandIntellectualPropertyIssues–EmbargoonReleaseofInformationPriortoPublication–RevisedManuscripts–SubmissiontoOtherACSJournals–ResubmissiontoJACS–PublicationDate–CitingbyDigitalObjectIdentifier(DOI)–“JustAccepted”Manuscripts–Proofs–ASAPPublication–CopyrightPermissionRequests–ACSPoliciesforE-printsandReprints–AdditionsandCorrectionsPreparationandSubmissionofManuscripts–JournalPublishingAgreement–CoverLetter–ManuscriptSubmission–PreparationofManuscripts–Artwork–CompoundCharacterizationandComputationalData–SupportingInformationImportantManuscriptSubmissionRequirements•Titlesofmanuscriptsmaynotcontaintheword“First”or“Novel”noranypartnumberorseriesnumber.•Titleofmanuscript,listofauthors,andorderofauthorsmustbethesameonallpiecesofthesubmission.•Allauthorsmustbelistedonthesubmissionpagewithcurrentcontactinformationandadirect/valide-mailaddressforeach.•CommunicationsandArticlesmustcontainbothanAbstractandaTableofContents(TOC)graphicinthemanuscriptdocumentfile.•CommunicationmanuscriptsmustbepreparedinthecurrentCommunicationstemplate.•AllsectionsofanArticlemustbeproperlylabeled(Introduction,Discussion,ExperimentalSection,Conclusions,etc.).•Turn“trackchanges”offbeforesubmittingfiles;uploadannotatedfilesasSupportingInformationforReviewOnly.•Copiesofallrelatedworksthatare“inpress”,“accepted”,or“submitted”forpublicationorinthelatestagesofpreparationmustbeuploadedasSupportingInformationforReviewOnlyatthetimeofsubmission.ReferencesthatareonlyavailableonlineshouldbecitedbytheDigitalObjectIdentifier(DOI).•AllpagesofthePDFSupportingInformationshouldbenumberedconsecutively.PagesofCIFand.txtdocumentsneednotbenumbered.•SupportingInformationmaynotbeincludedinthemanuscriptdocument,butmustbeuploadedseparatelyasSupportingInformationforPublicationorSupportingInformationforReviewOnly.•Simpleequalauthorshipstatementsareallowed;itemizationofindividualauthorcontributionsorpartialauthorshipisnotpermitted.•Useofexcessiveself-citationsisdiscouraged.•DisclaimersarenotallowedinJACSmanuscriptsorintheSupportingInformation.•AppendicesmayappearonlyintheSupportingInformation,notinthemanuscript.•CrystallographicinformationfilesmustbefurnishedinCIFformatintheSupportingInformationforPublicationforallnewstructures,eveniftheyhavealreadybeensubmittedtotheCCDC,ICSD,orPDB.•DedicationsmayappearonlyintheAcknowledgmentsectionandaresubjecttoapprovalbytheEditor.•ThereceiptdatewillberecordedasthedatethecompletemanuscriptisreceivedbytheEditor’soffice.ManuscriptsthatarereadytobereviewedwhenfirstsubmittedwillreceivepriorityforinitialprocessingandassignmenttoanAssociateEditor.•ThepublicationdatewillberecordedasthedatethepaperfirstappearsonlineasanACSPublicationsproduct—theearliestof“JustAccepted”,“ArticlesASAP”,orissuepublicationdate.•AJournalPublishingAgreementisrequiredforpublication.AuthorsarestronglyencouragedtousetheelectronicJournalPublishingAgreement.IfthePDFversionisused,allpagesofthesignedAgreementmustbeuploadedinTIForPDFformattotheACSParagonPlusEnvironmentore-mailed,faxed,ormailedtotheassignedAssociateEditor.•FailuretoadheretooneormoreoftheACSEthicalGuidelinestoPublicationofChemicalResearchwillresultindisciplinaryaction.ScopeandEditorialPolicyTheJournaloftheAmericanChemicalSocietyispublishedweeklyandisdevotedtothepublicationoffundamentalresearchpapersinallfieldsofchemistry.Articles,Communications,Perspectives,andSpotlightsarepublished.“Notes”and“Comments”onearlierworkarenotconsideredorpublished.ManuscriptSubmission.ManuscriptsmustbesubmittedviatheACSParagonPlusEnvironment().JACSdoesnotacceptmailed,faxed,ore-mailedsubmissions.Completeinstructionsandanoverviewoftheelectroniconline(Web)submissionprocessareavailablethroughthesecureACSParagonPlusWebsite.SubmissionofamanuscripttoJACSiscontingentupontheagreementbyalltheauthorsthatthereportedworkhasnotreceivedpriorpublicationandthatnoportionofthisoranyothercloselyrelatedworkisunderconsiderationforpublicationelsewhereinanymedium,includingelectronicjournals,computerdatabases,andpubliclyaccessiblepreprintWebsites.AuthorsmustadheretotheAmericanChemicalSociety’sEthicalGuidelinestoPublicationofChemicalResearch,whichareavailableontheWeb.Failuretoadheretooneormoreoftheethicalguidelineswillresultindisciplinaryaction.ManuscriptssubmittedtoJACSshouldbewritteninastylethataddressesawideraudiencethanforpaperspreparedformorespecializedjournals.Authorsshouldpresenttheirmaterialswiththeutmostconcisenessandclarity.Articlesthatexceedthenormof8-10Journalpagesoftencontainalevelofdetailthatisnotappropriateforabroadaudience.Manuscriptsexceedingthislengthmaybereturnedtotheauthorsforshorteningpriortoreview.ArticlesmostappropriateforpublicationinJACSare