期刊名称：MATERIALS TODAY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Materials Today is the international magazine for all researchers with an interest in materials science and technology - and is now covered by Thomson Scientific. Through its unique mixture of peer-reviewed articles, the latest research news, and information on key developments, Materials Today provides comprehensive coverage of this exciting and dynamic field.
Instructions to Authors
Materials Today is an international review magazine covering the latest research and policy news, reviews, applications, and opinion in materials science.
This guide describes how to prepare contributions for submission. We recommend contributors familiarize themselves with the Materials Today style and content by reading the magazine in print or online at http://www.materialstoday.com. We are happy to provide sample copies of the magazine upon request.
TYPES OF PAPER
All content is specially commissioned by the editors, although unsolicited manuscripts may be considered.
The types of articles that Materials Today publish are Reviews, Applications, Insights, Materials and Methods, Book Reviews and Opinions.
Reviews
Reviews should inform readers of new research advances, while looking ahead to future directions. The features may be less formal than review papers in traditional journals and can express the contributors' personal perspectives, but they should be scientifically rigorous and pitched at a level suitable for an audience of materials researchers.
Length: 2500-3500 words, not including captions or references.
A maximum of 100 references should be included. Up to ten figures and tables can be included. Color is encouraged (at no charge).
Applications
Applications focus on the technical and commercial aspects of materials research. The features should report on emerging technologies or potential new applications of relevance and importance to materials researchers. The style should be more journalistic than reviews.
Length: 2000-2500 words, not including captions or references.
A maximum of 25 references should be included.
Up to five figures and tables can be included. Color is encouraged (at no charge).
Insights
Insights are designed to cover broader topics of general interest. The features could profile a particular research institution or group, or look at new initiatives. Other issues such as funding, education, gender, implications to society, etc. may also be addressed. The style should be more discursive than reviews.
Length: 2000-2500 words, not including captions or references.
A maximum of 25 references should be included.
Up to five figures and tables can be included. Color is encouraged (at no charge).
Materials and methods
Materials and methods are brief overviews of a new technique that is likely to be influential; an improvement or adaptation of an existing method; or an important new tool of broad interest for the materials science community. The features should include a brief description of the method, examples of its application, and its advantage over existing approaches.
Length: 1200 words and two figures or tables, or 1500 words and one figure or table, not including captions or references.
A maximum of ten references should be included.
Book reviews
Book reviews cover newly published titles of interest to a broad materials science readership.
Length: 650-700 words.
No figures need to be supplied by the contributor.
Opinions
Opinions offer a chance to comment on topical issues or express strongly held views in a concise and accessible way.
Length: 900 words, or 750 words with one figure.
A photo of the contributor (preferably in color, at least 300 dpi, and in jpg, eps, or tif format) should also be supplied.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION
Manuscripts should be submitted via email with full contact details to the assistant editor:
Jonathan Agbenyega,
Materials Today,
Elsevier Ltd,
The Boulevard,
Langford Lane,
Kidlington,
Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK
E-mail: j.agbenye@elsevier.com
Ethics in Publishing
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see  http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
Submission declaration
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (for more information on this and copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An email will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult http://www.elsevier.com/permissions). If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: please consult http://www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Permission must be obtained to reproduce any copyrighted material from the original authors and publishers (we can supply a permission request form). Please apply early for figure permissions as they can take a long time to be processed by publishers.
The Materials Today office can provide advice and help with this process where necessary.
Retained author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details you are referred to: http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated. Please see http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Language and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission please visit http://www.elsevier.com/languageediting or our customer support site at http://epsupport.elsevier.com for more information.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted via email with full contact details to the assistant editor.
Before submitting, please ensure that you have correctly prepared your manuscript and have provided all necessary material, including a signed copy of the journal publishing agreement (JPA). A checklist is provided to assist you, please complete this form and submit with your manuscript.
Deadlines
Materials Today has strict print schedules to ensure the magazine reaches readers on time every month. Therefore, contributors must adhere strictly to deadlines. Please be aware that late manuscripts may be rejected.
Referees
After submission, reviews, insights, applications, and materials and methods manuscripts are subject to peer review. Contributors are asked to provide a list of 5 to 6 potential referees. Contributors may also stipulate any individuals they specifically prefer not to be contacted. However, the editors cannot guarantee that preferences will be met. Following peer review, contributors will be advised by the editors of any comments and a suggested course of action. Please note: the editor's decision is final and commissioning does not automatically guarantee publication.
Subdivision
Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Subsections should be used as much as possible when cross referencing text: refer to the subsection by heading as opposed to simply "the text".
Define all acronyms, abbreviations, and terms on first mention in the text.
US spelling and SI units should be used throughout.
Units should have a single space between the number and the unit.
Numbers with five or more digits should be expressed as follows: 10 000, 100 000, etc.
Only one space should be used after full stops.
Equations should be numbered as they appear in the text and referred to as eq 1, etc.
Essential title page information
• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract
An abstract of 75 to 100 words should be included separate from the main body of the text. This should introduce the topic of the feature and its content. It should contain no unexplained acronyms, abbreviations, or references. If possible, we request this be provided in advance of submission.
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
Electronic artwork
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
• Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
• Submit each figure as a separate file.
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website:
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: color or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please do not:
• Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Color artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, JPG, EPS files) and with the correct resolution (at least 300 dpi). If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color at least on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. Please ensure that all figures are referred to in the main body of the text. Suggestions for the magazines cover are welcome.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration and should state if it has been previously published elsewhere. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Figure captions should not exceed 75 words.
Reference style
References should be individually numbered, ordered sequentially as they appear in the text, and listed in numeric order at the end of the text. Only one publication should be listed for each number. When cited in the text, reference numbers should be superscript, with no spaces or parentheses. Example: To meet the increasing energy demand 1,2; we will be forced to seek environmentally clean alternative energy resources 3-5.
Published conference abstracts, patents, and preprints on recognized servers should be included in reference lists, but text, grant details, and acknowledgments should not.
Contributors are encouraged to use reference managing programs.
The reference list should use the journal acronyms defined by the American Chemical Society. For further details see: Dodd, J. S., The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors, ACS, Washington.
Reference style
Journal (1 or 2 authors) 1. Author, A. Z., and Author, B. C., Publication (Year) Volume, Page (or doi)
Journal (3 or more authors) 2. Author, D. C., et al., Publication (Year) Volume, Page (or doi)
Book 3. Author, F. E., Title, Publisher, Location, (Year), Page
In an edited work/conference proceedings 4. Author, G. H., et al., Chapter title. In Book title, Edition no., Editor, A., et al., (eds.), Publisher, Location, (Year), Volume, Page
Conference (no proceedings) 5. Author, A., et al., Title (if any) Presented at (Conference Title), Place, Year
Thesis 6. Author, A., Title, Level, University, Location, Year
Patents 7. Patent Owner, A., et al., Title. Patent number, Year
Reports 8. Author, A., et al., Title, Report Number, Publisher, Location, year
Submission checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal's Editor for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One Author designated as corresponding Author:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been "spellchecked" and "grammar-checked"
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only color on the Web is required, black and white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
For any further information please visit our customer support site at http://epsupport.elsevier.com.
Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document in the journal Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
PDF page proofs will be provided prior to publication and contributors are asked to return comments promptly, typically within 72 hours.
After publication, corresponding contributors of reviews will receive five copies of the magazine, while contributors of all other types of article will receive one copy. Additional reprints are available on request.
For inquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal's homepage. You can track accepted articles at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed. Also accessible from here is information on copyright, frequently asked questions and more. Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, will be provided by the publisher.
Editorial Board
Editor
J. Agbenyega
Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Kidlington, OX5 1GB, UK, Tel: +44 0 1865 843784, Email: j.agbenye@elsevier.com
Editorial Advisory Panel
Gabriel Aeppli
University College London, London, UK
Caroline Baillie
Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Franco Cacialli
University College London, London, UK
Robert Cahn
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
Martin Castell
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Peter Goodhew
Ulrich Gosele
Max Planck Institut (MPI) für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, Germany
Hermann Grimmeiss
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Alan Heeger
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Mark Johnson
Richard Jones
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Neil McKeown
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Tae Won Noh
The Korean Physical Society, Seoul, South Korea
Steve Pearton
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Stoneham
University College London, London, UK
Richard Vaia
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, USA
Helen Van Swygenhoven
Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
George Whitesides
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Jackie Ying
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The Nanos, Singapore
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