Notes on submitting articles

Note 1 - Submission of articles on disk

In addition to the hard copy of the article, we would also like to receive a copy on disk (Mac or PC) based on the following guidelines:

• The article should preferably be saved as a Microsoft Word file (for Windows or Macintosh); if this is not possible, then save it as a text only file.
• Ensure the text has minimal formatting - ie no end of line carriage returns, no box keylines, single typeface etc.
• Set out any tables using tabs only.
• Do not save graphics in the text file.  

Note 2 - References

These should be in the following styles:

1. Journals: 
   J. Smith, R. Bloggs and P. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 14, 92. 
   (ie author(s), journal title, year, volume, page) as in CASSI. If in doubt as to the approved abbreviations, please give full title of journal.
2. Books: 
   J. Bloggs, The art of writing scientific papers, p 49. London: RSC, 1991. 
   Or: J. Bloggs in Article writing - a critique of the art, R. Smith (ed), chap 5, p 9. London: RSC, 1981.
3. Patents or patent applications: 
   Company/name, coverage, patent number, year. 
   Eg: E. F. Tai, World patent app. 9008789, 1990. 
   Merck, US patent, 4845261, 1989. Rhône-Poulenc, Eur. Patent 468727, 1992.
4. Anything else: 
   just give as many details as possible.