Chemical Communications

2.0 Article types

2.1 Communications

Communications should be brief and may not exceed three pages in the printed form including tables and illustrations. Authors must use the template, available from the RSC web site, for preparing their submissions.

Lengthy introductions and discussion, extensive data, and excessive experimental details and conjecture should not be included. Figures and tables will only be published if they are essential to understanding the paper.

The experimental evidence necessary to support a communication should be supplied for the referees and eventual publication as Electronic Supplementary Information.

A note giving the reasons why the work should be published in Chemical Communications should be provided. When preparing the statement the following criteria should be addressed:

• The significance and novelty of the work should be highlighted
• Interest to either the wide general readership or exceptional interest to the specialist should be highlighted