Chemical Communications
Guidelines for Authors
1.0 General policy
Chemical Communications publishes preliminary accounts of original and significant research that will appeal to a wide general readership or be of exceptional interest to the specialist. Following publication of a communication a full paper should be prepared and submitted to an appropriate journal. Acceptance in Chemical Communications does not guarantee subsequent publication in the RSC's journals. No work submitted to Chemical Communications should simultaneously be submitted to or be under current consideration by any other journal.
Contributions which have appeared or have been accepted for publication with essentially the same content in another journal are not suitable for consideration by Chemical Communications. In addition the unnecessary fragmentation of results to maximise the number of publications is unacceptable. Unnecessary fragmentation is itself a valid reason for rejection of manuscripts.
Authors must also include a brief statement justifying why their paper should be published in Chemical Communications.
Each communication deemed suitable for consideration as a submission will be assessed by at least two independent referees. Authors are requested to suggest suitable referees for their communication. However, it would not normally be appropriate to use only those referees nominated by the author. The decision to accept or reject a paper will be made on the basis of two agreeing reports. Authors who disagree strongly with the result may appeal to the Chemical Communications Editorial Board through the Managing Editor at Cambridge.
It is the author's responsibility to declare and cite all unpublished work directly related to any new submission to Chemical Communications, including work in press or submitted to another journal.
Short articles that are detailed enough should be submitted as a complete account to the appropriate RSC journal.
Further notes on RSC policy on the initial assessment of submissions, and details of criteria for publication, can be found on ReSourCe.
