期刊名称：GEOCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Geochemical Transactions is intended to provide a medium for the rapid publication of high quality research in all areas of chemistry as it relates to materials and processes occurring in the Earth's aquasphere and geosphere.
Reports describing the results of novel investigations of geochemical and/or biogeochemical processes, molecular and isotopic analyses of geologic and hydrologic products, molecular and elemental cycles and instrumental or analytical techniques applying to the foregoing will be published. Numeric or computational models of these processes will also be considered.
Both fundamental and applied research reports will be welcome. Articles, communications and technical comments on published research are welcome. Invited topical reviews may also be published from time to time. |
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Instructions to Authors
Geochemical Transactions is an international journal for the publication of original research concerned with all areas of chemistry as it relates to materials and processes occurring in the Earth, (and also the Solar System and Cosmos). The use of electronic media for all stages in the publication process leads to rapid publication times and enhanced presentation.
All contributions are judged on the originality and quality of the scientific content, and the contribution they make to furthering knowledge. Thus, articles reporting results which would be routinely predicted or which are of essentially local significance are unlikely to prove acceptable in the absence of other attributes which themselves make publication desirable.
There are no author charges for publishing in Geochemical Transactions.
Scope
Geochemical Transactions will specifically include work in the following areas:
- Organic Geochemistry
- Inorganic Geochemistry
- Aquatic Chemistry
- Marine Chemistry and Chemical Oceanography
- Biogeochemistry
- Investigations of organic, inorganic, and biogeochemical processes, including:
- Formation and transformation of minerals and mineral phases; transformation and maturation of organic materials in sediments (including formation and maturation of peats, coals, petroleums and natural gases). Dissolution, precipitation and absorption phenomena relevant to geologic and aquatic systems. Expulsion, migration, transport and diffusion phenomena in geological or aquatic systems. Mineral-water and microbe-mineral-water interface phenomena; Hydrothermal chemical processes, abiotic syntheses of biologically relevant materials, kinetic and mechanistic studies of any of the forgoing processes
- Molecular and isotopic analyses, including:
- Structural studies of natural organic and inorganic materials, investigations of biological markers and geopolymers, isotopic distributions in organic and inorganic materials and interpretation of the geochemical significance of those distributions, geographic distributions of natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic species in sedimentary and aquatic systems.
- Chemical and elemental cycles, including:
- Cycling of molecular and elemental (including isotopic) organic and inorganic species in terrestrial and aquatic environments on local, regional and global scales
- Geochemical aspects of Global Change, including:
- Chemical aspects of terrestrial/aquatic/atmospheric exchange/interchange phenomena. Studies of sources, sinks, rates, and mechanisms of transfer/sequestration of carbon and other elements implicated in global change issues.
- Instrumental or analytical techniques applying to the above, including:
- Novel methods for the measurement of geochemically important species (in solution, in solid phase and on surfaces), methods for quantification of species of geochemical interest on both sample and global scales, in situ measurement techniques.
- Numeric or computational models of these processes, including:
- Molecular modeling/molecular dynamics calculations relevant to geochemical reactions and processes, and models of local, regional or global cycling/circulation of molecular or elemental species.
Geochemical Transactions publishes Reviews, Letters and Articles, a brief description of each article type follows.
Articles: These are intended to be the primary mode of reporting research. These are articles dealing with original research and containing full interpretation/discussion.
Letters: Letters are short accounts of new work that merit rapid publication, or are a medium for the expression/exchange of scientific opinions/views normally concerning material published in Geochemical Transactions, but not for the revision/updating of authors' own work. Where a Letter is accepted for publication, a Reply will be solicited from the other parties involved for publication alongside the original Letter.
Review Articles: These are articles that survey the state-of-the-art on a selected topic. Reviews will normally be solicited by the Editor-in-Chief.
Submissions should be sent to the RSC in machine readable form as described in the Geochemical Transactions online submission forms. On submitting their articles, authors are encouraged to supply the names and Email addresses of 2-3 potential referees.
All authors submitting work for publication are required to sign an exclusive Licence to Publish, without which publication cannot proceed. This form needs to be printed, completed, signed and either posted or faxed to:
Managing Editor, Geochemical Transactions, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK, fax +44 (0)1223 420 247.
Administration and Editorial Procedure
Receipt of an article will be acknowledged by Email, and the article will be given a reference number which authors are asked to quote on all their subsequent correspondence. If no such acknowledgement has been received after a reasonable period of time, authors should check with the Editorial Office, as to whether the article or the acknowledgement has gone astray.
Every article will be submitted to at least two referees, on whose advice the Geochemical Transactions Editorial Board will decide whether the article is suitable for publication, either unchanged or after appropriate revision. This decision and the relevant comments of the referees are communicated to the author. Differences of opinion are mediated by the Editor, possibly after consultation with further referees. The names of any referees consulted are not normally disclosed to the author.
When rejection of an article is recommended, the author will be informed by the Editorial Office. Authors have a right to appeal if they regard a decision to reject as unfair.
Acceptance of an article is confirmed when the article is passed for editing. The author is notified when proofs of the article are ready for checking. Authors are requested to return any proof changes within 48 hours of notification that the proofs are ready for checking.
Articles that are published must not be published elsewhere except by permission of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Submission of articles files will be regarded as an undertaking that the same material is not being considered for publication by another journal.
Copyright
The whole of the literary matter (including tables, figures, diagrams, photographs, data files and movies) in Geochemical Transactions is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry and any such other owner of the copyright as may be indicated. However, the author(s) may reproduce/republish portions of the Work without seeking permission from the RSC, provided that any such republication is accompanied by an acknowledgement in the form:
Geochemical Transactions, (publication year), (article number) - Reproduced by permission of the American Chemical Society Division of Geochemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The RSC will agree to any reasonable request submitted to it in writing by the Owner for re-publication of the whole work, provided that the Owner ensures that any such re-publication is accompanied by an acknowledgement (in the above form) of first publication of the work by the RSC.
The author(s) may also mount the article on an Intranet, as long as the article is not accessible by those outside the author's institution/company.
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Notes on the Preparation of Articles
While not a requirement for publication, authors are encouraged to make the most of the latest technology to enhance the presentation of their work. These notes outline how this can be achieved, and also the formats preferred. Use of these formats will ensure that articles are published in the quickest time possible. All article information must be submitted electronically. Some example figures, and a tutorial on how readers can get the most out of enhanced figures, are available here.
Click here for details of plug-ins required to view enhanced articles in Geochemical Transactions.
Organisation of Articles
It is recommended that articles are organised into the following sections, where appropriate.
Title: a short title indicating the purpose and extent of the work, aimed at the general reader.
Abstract: This should provide the main objectives and results of the work. It should give the reader a clear idea of what has been achieved. It is useful to start with a sentence describing the main result.
Introduction: This should provide the intellectual framework for the article and show the reader how this contribution is original by reference to the history of the field. The introduction should also identify the nature and purpose of the study.
Methods (or Experimental): This should include a description of field areas, experimental methods etc. Experienced experimental workers should be able to reproduce the study from the information provided. Descriptions of established procedures are unnecessary. Details on analytical uncertainty might be presented here.
Results and Discussion: This section should not contain any experimental details. It is usual for the results to be presented first, followed by a discussion of their significance. The discussion should normally be limited to the results presented in the contribution, but can usefully include comparisons with other studies, if focussed.
Conclusions: The conclusions should not contain any new information. They should be carefully consistent with the title, abstract and introduction.
References: These should be numbered in the text as superscript numbers. The reference list should follow the main text and should have the following format. Titles of cited papers should also be provided:
- A. Sahuquillo, R. Rubio and G. Ravert, Classical wet ashing versus microwave assisted attacks for the determination of chromium in plants, Analyst, 1999, 124, pp. 1-4.
- R. M. Barrer and R. J. B. Craven, in New Developments in Zeolite Science and Technology, ed. Y. Murakame, A. Iijima and J. W. Ward, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1986, p. 521.
The use of reference managers should be avoided. The reference list should be numbered in order of appearance of the reference in the text and not in alphabetical order.
Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). If the abbreviation is not known, the full title of the journal should be given.
Text
Please provide text in one of the following formats:
- Microsoft Word (preferred)
- WordPerfect
- WordStar
We also accept
Nomenclature
Current IUPAC nomenclature and symbolism should be used. Attention is drawn to the following publications in which the rules themselves and guidance on their use is given:
- Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1993
- Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1990
- Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, The Biochemical Society, London, 1978
- Compendium of Chemical Terminology: IUPAC Recommendations, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1987
Units and Symbols: The recommendations of IUPAC should be followed. Their basis is the Syst¨¨me Internationale d'Unit¨¦s (SI). A detailed treatment is given in the so-called Green Book. Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1993 edn.
Tables
The use of the Microsoft Word table function is preferred.
Equations
The use of the Microsoft Word equation editor is preferred.
Images (graphics files)
There are no editorial restrictions as to the use of colour for articles appearing in Geochemical Transactions. Indeed, authors are encouraged to make full use of colour graphics to illustrate their work. Images (e.g. diagrams, photos etc) should be designed to be easily readable on-screen. Image files should be prepared at a maximum width and height of 500 pixels, with white space kept to a minimum, whilst retaining an opaque background. They should be of sufficient size that the text and symbols are clear.
Currently supported formats (in order of preference) are:
- TIFF
- EPS
- JPEG
- ChemDraw
- ISIS Draw
- ChemWindows
- GIF
Spectra etc.
Certain software packages allow spectra, HPLC traces etc. from a spectrometer to be saved in the JCAMP-DX format. The file specifications for some of these packages are available free from the IUPAC Working Party on Spectroscopic Data Standards (JCAMP-DX) website. Plots in JCAMP-DX format can then be displayed using the ChimeTM Plug-in and expanded and manipulated on screen. Providing JCAMP-DX files allows readers to save spectra for direct comparison with their own.
Movies
Dynamic processes can be presented in the electronic medium easily and effectively. Authors are encouraged to include movies in their articles in those instances where a static image will not satisfactorily convey the information presented. Authors are requested to prepare their movies in commonly used formats, such as mpeg, or quicktime. Since movies tend to use a lot of memory, authors are requested to keep such presentations as small as possible, in order to reduce download times for readers. The appropriate file extension should be attached to each video file, for example .qt or .mov for quicktime, .mpeg for mpeg, etc.
Acceptable file types are:
Molecular Information
Authors presenting molecular co-ordinates from crystallographic or modelling studies in their submitted articles can benefit from presenting such results in Brookhaven protein databank (PDB), MDLI Molfile or xyz format.
Click here to view what the resultant file would look like.
Click here for plain text example.
However, when viewed with the ChimeTM Plug-in, the file looks as below. Holding the mouse arrow over the molecule allows the viewer to rotate the molecule to investigate it in greater detail. Additionally, the reader can change the look of the molecule by choosing spacefill, ball-and-stick, etc. formats for the molecule.
Advice on the preparation of suitable files is available from the Editorial Office.
Acceptable file types include:
- Brookhaven PDB
- MDL MOL
- XMOL XYZ
- MDLSketch
- RASMolScript
- CSML
Three dimensional images
3D images of, for example, results from molecular modelling or molecular orbital calculations can be displayed as 3D images which allow readers to rotate, zoom-in etc. to inspect the figures more closely. These figures can be viewed using the free ChimeTM Plug-in, or Cosmoplayer.
Acceptable file types include:
- MOPACInput
- GaussianInput
- VRML
Advice is available from the Editorial Office.
Archiving and compressing files
For ease of handling, text and graphic files should be archived and compressed into one single file. Utilities such as WinZip and StuffIt will archive and compress your files. Other programs such as TAR will archive your files, which can then be compressed using a program such as gzip.
Recommended file types include:
- ZIP
- ARJ
- LZH
- TAR
- Z
- GZ
- TAZ
- TGZ
- UUencode
- BinHex
- MIME
Referencing Geochemical Transactions
Your article should be referenced in the normal fashion. The abbreviation for Geochemical Transactions is Geochem. Trans. and its ISSN number is 1467-4866.
e.g. C. M. Koretsky, C. Meile, and P. Van Cappellen, Geochem. Trans., 2002, 3, pp. 17-30.
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Scott A Wood
University of Idaho, USA
Associate Editors
Ken Anderson
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Yoko Furukawa
Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
Roland Hellmann
LGIT Grenoble, France
Steve Larter
University of Newcastle, UK
Graham Logan
Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra
Australia
George Luther III
University of Delaware, USA
Martin A A Schoonen
SUNY, Stony Brook, USA
Terry Seward
ETH Zentrum, Z¨¹rich, Switzerland
David M Sherman
University of Bristol, UK
John A Tossell
University of Maryland, USA
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