Energy & Environmental Science

3.0 Submission

3.1 Initial submission

Articles should be submitted using the RSC file upload service, ReSourCe.

If there are more than ten co-authors on the manuscript the corresponding author should provide a statement to specify the contribution of each co-author. On submitting their manuscripts, authors are encouraged to supply the names and addresses of 2-3 potential referees. Rapid publication is aided by careful preparation of text and illustrations.  Also please note that figures should be cited in the text in numerical order. Particular attention is drawn to the use of (i) SI units and associated conventions, (ii) IUPAC nomenclature for compounds and (iii) standard methods of literature citation.

The RSC ReSourCe service allows any number of files to be uploaded. All files relating to a single manuscript should be uploaded simultaneously during one transaction. Files uploaded separately will result in more than one manuscript number being assigned and may subsequently be lost.

All authors submitting work for publication are required to agree a Licence to Publish. Authors submitting online will be asked to agree a Licence to Publish as part of the process. Alternatively, a downloadable PDF version is available, which can be completed and forwarded to the Editorial Office.

After submission your file will be acknowledged by the Editorial Office as soon possible. Authors should contact the Editorial Office if they have not received an acknowledgement within 4 working days. Authors should not forward more than one version of their manuscript or submit the manuscript by post or e-mail to avoid errors in manuscript handling by the Editorial Office.

3.2 Submission of revised articles and material for proof preparation

Revised manuscripts should be sent to the Editorial Office by file upload via ReSourCe.

Please check the manuscript carefully for consistency, particularly in the representation of chemical formulae, compound names and words with alternative spellings.

Successful use of your electronic files should speed up the production process and avoid errors being introduced. Authors should ensure that files submitted at this stage contain the final version of their manuscript. They should submit a colour graphical abstract to appear in the printed and online contents lists and a sentence of text highlighting novel aspects of the work. 

Authors are also encouraged to submit suggestions for covers for the journal with their manuscript. Authors who have their work featured on the covers receive hard copies of the cover and also the electronic file to use in presentations etc. In addition the covers are promoted widely on the Energy & Environmental Science web pages.

Proof corrections should only correct errors from the Production process and should not be used to make general changes to the text.

We will try to use the supplied data in our production process, but mathematical equations and tables in particular may be re-keyed by the typesetter. It is imperative that authors check their proofs (including any tabulated data and figures) very carefully. Papers are published as Advance Articles on the web as soon as possible after the return of proof corrections. Late corrections cannot be incorporated after publication of the Advance Article.