期刊名称:JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The purpose of The Journal of Chemical Physics is to bridge a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistry by publishing quantitative research based on physical principles and techniques, as applied to "chemical" systems. Just as the fields of chemistry and physics have expanded, so have chemical physics subject areas, which include polymers, materials, surfaces/interfaces, and biological macromolecules, along with the traditional small molecule and condensed phase systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) is published four times per month (48 issues per year) by the American Institute of Physics.
Further information about the Journal of Chemical Physics can be found at the publisher's web site for The Journal of Chemical Physics provided by The American Institute of Physics. Information regarding electronic manuscript submission is found at the Editorial Office of The Journal of Chemical Physics, this web site.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
All electronic manuscripts (new and revised) must be submitted via this web site.
New paper manuscripts must be submitted to the University of Chicago office.
E-mail and regular mail concerning a previously submitted manuscript should go to the appropriate editorial office.
What Submission Implies
Submission implies that the manuscript has not been published previously, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that the corresponding author has consent of all authors. Upon acceptance for publication transfer of copyright will be made to AIP.
Manuscript Categories
Manuscripts must be submitted as one of the following categories: Articles, Communications, and Letters to the Editor (Note, Comment, Reply, or Errata.)
Articles
Articles are reports of original research of significance to the chemical physics community. There is no specific length limit, but articles should be as concise as possible consisstant with a clear description of the work.
Communications
Communications provide rapid publication of brief reports presenting concise descriptions of highly significant work whose rapid publication will be important to a relatively large number of workers in the field. Communications are limited to 400 column lines, defined below.
column lines = (1/58)x(characters/MS line)x(MS lines/MS text page)x(MS text pages) + 1.5x(number of references + figure captions + table captions ) + 22x(number of tables + figures)*
* Number of one-column width square equivalents of tables and figures.
Communications exceeding 4 journal pages in length will not be published, but will be returned to the authors at galley proof stage for shortening.
Letters
Letters are limited to 200 column lines and are in one of three categories.
Notes
Letters in this category have the character of articles except for their length. They are reviewed using the same standards as regular articles. Notes are intended as final publication of the work describe and are not preliminary reports.
Comments and Replies to Comments
Letters in this category include discussion and comments on articles and Letters previously published in The Journal of Chemical Physics. Comments and Replies should address non-trivial points of interest to readers other than the authors of the comment and the paper being commented on. Comments should address only the scientific points in question. Comments will normally be submitted for review to the authors of the published work being discussed. These authors will be given the opportunity to submit a Reply for simultaneous publication. Publication of a comment or a reply will be delayed until both parties have an opportunity to examine the manuscript(s). Publication of a Comment or a Comment and Reply is conditional on the editors' judgment that such publication is warranted by the scientific significance of a particular manuscript(s). The editors will normally consult independent referees. A Reply to a Comment accepted for publication must be scientifically significant in order to be published.
Errata
Errata are corrections of errors in Articles, Communications, and Letters previously published in The Journal of Chemical Physics. The title of an erratum should begin with the word 'Erratum' followed by the title of the Article or Letter being corrected and the reference.
User Ids and Passwords
A user id and password is required to submit a manuscript or revised manuscript. You will be guided through the id and password activation process.
Your e-mail address is your user id. Any e-mail address delivered to you is acceptable, so long as you can reply to a message and in so doing return the text of the message to its originator. It is not wise to share with anyone the e-mail address chosen for your user id. NOTE: In ordinary use, email addresses are not case sensitive. However, an email address used as a JCP UserID IS case sensitive. You may use any combination of upper and lower case letters for yourUserID, but you must remember and use the same case in subsequent logins.
Electronic File Formats
Initial Preparation
Before preparing a manuscript authors may wish to familiarize themselves with the electronic manuscript requirements of the American Institute of Physics. Awareness of these requirements will minimize potential difficulties surrounding electronic manuscripts upon acceptance for publication. However, note that the editorial review process requires the PDF format be used for manuscript submissions.
Review Process
An electronic submission consists of several parts. Each part has its own set of allowed file formats, as follows:
- Manuscripts
- Manuscripts must be in PDF format. Figures and tables must be included in the PDF containing the manuscript text.
- Abstracts
- Abstracts may be typed directly into the manuscript submission web forms or uploaded as plain ASCII (txt) files
- Submission Letters
- Submission letters may be either PDF files or ASCII (txt) files.
- Notes to Reviewers
- Notes to reviewers may be either PDF files or ASCII (txt) files. Notes to reviewers are optional and submitted only with revised manuscripts,
- EPAPS (Electronic Physics Auxiliary Publication Service) files
- ASCII text is the preferred format for EPAPS files, but any format is accepted.
- EPAPS file descriptions
- A description of the submitted EPAPS file must accompany each EPAPS submission. The description must be an ASCII text (txt) file.
For review purposes a PDF manuscript file in preprint format is preferable. (Note for foreign authors: To avoid printing difficulties for the JCP and reviewers, please use common fonts: Times New Roman or Times, Helvetica or Ariel and Windows or other western encoded versions of Symbol. Fonts embedded in the final PDF file ensure maximum portability.) The PDF format is used only for editorial and peer review; it is not a format acceptable for electronic transmission to the AIP for publication. We must have a properly formatted paper copy to send to the AIP for type setting and publication. We can print the paper copy from a properly formatted PDF file. By "properly formatted manuscript" we mean in preprint format: double spaced; single (wide) column; font size 10 or larger; and in the following order: Title and Abstract, Text, References, Tables, Figure Captions, and Figures (on separate pages at the end of the manuscript). See the Checklist for authors for more information.
After Acceptance
Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication in the JCP you may supply an electronic version of the manuscript to AIP for use in the publication process. The AIP provides detailed information on the preparation and transmission of accepted manuscript's electronic text for publication.
The electronic PDF file used during the editorial review process cannot itself be used by AIP for typesetting.
Acceptable electronic manuscript formats for the publication process are LaTeX and MS Word. Information on electronic submission of accepted manuscripts and any EPAPS materials to AIP will be sent to authors with notification of acceptance for publication.
Further information regarding publication requirements and processes may be found on the AIP's JCP web pages.
Editorial Board
All electronic manuscripts (new and revised) must be submitted via this web site.
New paper manuscripts must be submitted to the University of Chicago office.
E-mail and regular mail concerning a previously submitted manuscript should go to the appropriate editorial office.
Questions or problems regarding this web site should be addressed to the webmaster ( webmaster@jcp.uchicago.edu).
University Of Chicago
Donald H. Levy, Editor John C. Light, Senior Associate Editor The Journal of Chemical Physics Department of Chemistry 5735 S. Ellis Ave. The University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 Telephone: (773) 702-7067 Fax: (773) 702-8314 E-mail: editor@jcp.uchicago.edu
Colorado State University
Marshall Fixman, Associate Editor Branka Ladanyi, Associate Editor The Journal of Chemical Physics Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Telephone: (970) 491-3310 Fax: (970) 491-3361 E-Mail: editor@jcp.ColoState.edu
University of Washington
Ernest Davidson, Associate Editor The Journal of Chemical Physics Box 351700/Bagley 303A Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Telephone: (206) 685-0625 Fax: (206) 685-1617 E-mail: editor@chem5.chem.washington.edu
University of California
Horia Metiu, Associate Editor Department of Chemistry University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Telephone: (805) 893-8771 Fax: (805) 893-5460 E-mail: editor@jcp.ucsb.edu
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