期刊名称：INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Launched in January 1998, Inorganic Chemistry Communications is an international journal dedicated to the rapid publication of short communications in the major areas of inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Topics include synthetic and reaction chemistry, kinetics and mechanisms of reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, photochemistry and the use of metal and organometallic compounds in stoichiometric and catalytic synthesis or organic compounds. Papers merely reporting X-ray structural data will not be considered. Similarly, papers concerned solely with stability constants will not be acceptable.
Inorganic Chemistry Communications publishes occasional concise reviews.
Instructions to Authors
Types of contributions
Short Communications
Short Communications submitted to Inorganic Chemistry Communications should be important reports of unusual urgency or original advances in inorganic and organometallic chemistry for which rapid publication is justified. The manuscript should be restricted to 1500 words or the equivalent space in illustrations and tables. An abstract and 4-6 keywords should be included. All manuscripts should be either submitted online (see below) or provided in three hard copies (paper).
Mini Reviews
Inorganic Chemistry Communications has started to publish occasional Mini Reviews: concise reviews covering recent scientific achievements written by experts in the subject matter, generally upon invitation. The length of a Mini Review should not exceed 15 printed pages. An Abstract, 4-6 keywords, as well as a brief biography and black and white photograph should accompany the contribution. To stimulate contributions the publisher allows for the inclusion of one colour figure free of charge. Mini Reviews should be either submitted online (see below) or provided in three hard copies (paper).
Regional editorial offices
Americas, Europe and Africa:
Professor Umberto Belluco
PO Box 976
I-35100 Padua
Italy
icaub@tin.it
Asia and Australasia:
Professor Bei-Sheng Kang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Zhougshan University,
Guangzhou 510275,
Guangdong,
China
ceskbs@zsu.deu.cn
Submission of contributions
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers electronically directly to the appropriate Regional Editor by using online manuscript submission. Authors interested in online submission are requested to visit http://authors.elsevier.com/jnlnr/6052 and upload their manuscript and its associated artwork. An electronic (PDF) proof is generated and the reviewing process is carried out using that PDF. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the PDF is suitable for reviewing. This will also allow the preferred position of placement to be indicated; however, please note that due to journal conventions, it may not be possible to meet all requirements for placement of artwork. Moreover, the PDF file may be edited after acceptance to follow journal standards. Authors and editors send and receive all correspondence by email via the website and no paper correspondence is performed. Alternatively, authors may submit three hard copies (paper) plus an exactly matching electronic version of the manuscript on disk to the appropriate Regional Editor.
All articles must indicate the name and full postal address (including E-mail, telephone and fax number) of the author to whom proofs should be sent.
Contributions are accepted on the understanding that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication. Submission of an article must be accompanied by a statement that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance of an article by the Journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
Authors are reminded that delays in publication may occur if the instructions for submission and disk and manuscript preparation are not strictly followed. In case of poor English the Editor will not send the manuscripts for refereeing but return it to the author with the request to first improve the language.
The authors are strongly encouraged to provide names and (E-mail) addresses of potential referees.
There are no page charges.
Preparation of manuscripts on disk
Main Text
Articles prepared using any of the more popular word-processing packages are acceptable but please note the following points:
- Submissions should be made on a double-density or high-density 3.5" disk. Take care to ensure that the disk is formatted to its physical specification.
- The disk should always be accompanied by a hard copy version of the article, and the content of the two should be identical. The disk text must be the same as that of the final refereed, revised manuscript.
- Disks formatted for either IBM PC compatibles or Apple Macintosh are preferred. If you can provide either of these, our preference is for the former.
- The article should be saved in the native format of the word processor used, e.g. WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, etc.
- Although most popular word processor file formats are acceptable, we cannot guarantee the usability of all formats. If the disk you send us proves to be unusable, we will publish your article from the hard copy.
- Please do not send ASCII files as relevant data may be lost.
- The disk format, word-processor format, file name(s) and the title and authors of the article should be indicated on the disk.
- There is no need to spend time formatting your article so that the printout is visually attractive (e.g. by making headings bold), as most formatting instructions will be removed upon processing.
- Leave a blank line between each paragraph and between each entry in the list of bibliographic references.
Graphics
General
Information on creating graphics can be found at http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sab/artwork
Although there are still a large number of technical difficulties to overcome, we are processing graphic files in a growing number of cases. Both scanned and computer-generated illustrations, either in colour or black and white are acceptable.
Requirements
The following requirements are to be met:
Hard copy in all cases: Since we cannot a priori guarantee the usability of your graphic file(s) hard copies of all illustrations should accompany the accepted printout of the manuscript in all cases. One set should be in a publishable condition.
Disks: Files should preferably be submitted on disk, either IBM or Macintosh. Submission via e-mail is not recommended for large files.
Format: TIFF or EPS files are preferred. TIFF files should preferably be compressed, but only LZW (Macintosh) compression is acceptable. Please note that corrections in EPS figures are only possible if they have been prepared with Adobe Illustrator 3.0 or higher versions. The usability of other formats is to a large extent dependent on the information you supply us with concerning the soft- and hardware used. It is a good idea to put the relevant information in the header of the file.
Resolution: Drawings made with Adobe Illustrator and Aldus Freehand (Macintosh) and CorelDraw (IBM/DOS) generally give good results. Drawings made in WordPerfect or Word generally have too low a resolution; only if made a much higher resolution (1016 dpi) can they be used. Files of scanned line drawings are acceptable if done at a minimum of 1016 dpi. For scanned halftone figures a resolution of 300 dpi is sufficient. Scanned figures compressed with JPEG usually give no problems. Please note that scanned figures cannot be enlarged, only reduced.
Manuscript preparation
Language
Papers will be published in English. Authors' manuscripts must be consistent in style, spelling and syntax. Authors in Japan please note that information about how to have the English of your paper checked, corrected and improved (before submission) is available from:
Elsevier Science K.K.
1-9-15, Higashi Azabu
1-chome, Building 4F
Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0044
Japan
Tel: ++81 3 5561 5032
Fax: ++81 3 5561 5045
E-mail: info@elsevier.co.jp
Estimation of length
For a rough estimate of the final length of their printed article authors should count 850 words per full two-column page and four illustrations per page.
Keywords
A maximum of six keywords should be indicated below the abstract to describe the contents of the manuscript. Keywords should be selected, if appropriate, from the following classes: theoretical methods, experimental methods, phenomena, materials, and applications. A recommended list of current keywords used in the Journal will be published regularly in the Journal. This list may also be obtained from the Editor or publisher.
Colour illustrations
Illustrations can be printed in colour when they are judged by the Editor to be essential to the presentation. The publisher and author will each bear part of the extra costs involved. The charge to be passed on to authors of articles containing colour figures is 681.00 EUR for the first page containing colour and EUR 318.00 for each additional page containing colour. Authors will be billed in Euros.
Product yields and melting points
Yields of products obtained in reactions which are reported should be given in terms of g or mol as well as in %. If it is not obvious, it should be stated on what reagent the % yield is based. It should be made clear whether the yields reported are of crude product (specify purity, if possible) or of pure product. If yields are obtained by gas chromatography, details of the yield determination should be provided.
Authors are encouraged to provide melting points (and decomposition points) for all new solid compounds.
Spectra
Although routine spectra will not be published, important spectral results can be presented in carefully planned figures. If such spectra have already been published then reference to these will be sufficient. Where there is a group of similar compounds with unimportant differences in their spectra then the presentation of one spectrum is adequate.
Microanalyses
Sufficient evidence should be provided to establish the identity and purity of new compounds. This should, in general, include elemental analyses, for which there is agreement between found and calculated values of 0.4%. Where such data is collected in tables it may be published or the editor may request it to be deposited as supplementary data along with other analytical material.
Safety notes
Authors should emphasize any unexpected or new hazards encountered in experimental work reported. Perchlorate salts of metal complexes with organic ligands are potentially explosive. Authors are requested to place a cautionary note regarding the hazards of perchlorate complexes.
Crystal structure studies
Crystallographic work will only occasionally be published in Inorganic Chemistry Communications and be assessed mainly for its chemical interest. Although a limited amount of the structure studies will be published, a complete structure report should be submitted for review purposes. The manuscript itself should provide the following: chemical formulae; lattice constants and standard deviations, crystal system, space group /Hermann-Mauguin symbol), and number of formulas per unit cell (Z); intensity measurement method used and temperature; refinement method and final R factor on F (if on F2, state explicitly); description of the overall structure, including bond lengths and angles of major interest, in tabular form or on the figure. An ORTEP or equivalent projection of the molecular structure with thermal ellipsoids should be provided. All other information accompanying the structure determination should be submitted in a form suitable for deposition as 'supplementary material'. It is recommended to publish a subsequent paper with more complete crystallographic details and to refer to it in a footnote with the authors' names and the intended journal of publication, if available.
Proofs
Authors will receive their proofs by fax or by e-mail (PDF). It is therefore essential that they provide their fax and E-mail address. For the sake of rapidity, the authors will be given 24 hours to return their proofs adequately checked (E-mail: proofcorrections@elsevier.com, FAX: +31 20 485 3439). Should they fail to reply within this period, the publisher may proceed with the publication of the paper. No new material may be inserted in the text at the time of proof-reading.
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints are supplied to the main author free of charge. Additional offprints may be ordered at prices shown on the offprint order form which will accompany the proofs. This order form should be returned promptly since the price of offprints ordered after publication is substantially higher.
For further information please consult http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/authors/
Editorial Board
Regional editorial offices
Americas, Europe and Africa:
Professor Umberto Belluco
PO Box 976
I-35100 Padua
Italy
icaub@tin.it
Asia and Australasia: Professor Bei-Sheng Kang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Zhougshan University,
Guangzhou 510275,
Guangdong,
China
ceskbs@zsu.deu.cn
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