Journal of Environmental Monitoring

4.0 Administration

Receipt of a contribution for consideration will be acknowledged immediately by the Editorial Office indicating a paper reference number. Authors are specifically asked to quote this number on all subsequent correspondence.

All papers (including those for special issues) are sent simultaneously to at least two referees, whose names are not disclosed to the authors. On the basis of the referees' reports, the Managing Editor decides whether the paper is suitable for publication, either unchanged or after appropriate revision. This decision and relevant comments of the referees are communicated to the author. Differences of opinion are mediated by the Managing Editor, possibly after consultation with further referees, or, in the last resort, by the Editorial Board/Scientific Editors.

When rejection of a paper is recommended, the Managing Editor informs the author. Authors have the right to appeal to the Editorial Board through the Managing Editor if they regard a decision to reject as unfair.

4.1 Copyright

JEM is copyright of The Royal Society of Chemistry and apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 no part of the journal may be reproduced without prior permission in writing from the Society. Forms requesting permission to reuse material from JEM are available via ReSourCe.

Authors submitting work for publication are required to sign an exclusive 'Licence to Publish' form which should accompany all submissions (available via ReSourCe). Publication cannot proceed without this completed form. Submission of a manuscript will be regarded as an undertaking that the same material is not being considered for publication by another journal in any language and will not be considered elsewhere until the Society informs the author that it does not intend to publish the work.

Papers that are accepted for publication must not be published elsewhere, in whole or in part, except by permission in writing from The Royal Society of Chemistry.

4.2 Proofs

The address to which proofs are to be sent should accompany the paper. Proofs should be carefully checked and returned immediately (preferably by express mail, e-mail or fax). Particular attention should be paid to numerical data both in the tables and text. Publication times can be kept to a minimum and papers processed more efficiently if authors provide their e-mail and fax details for correspondence, on submission.

4.3 Offprints

A .PDF file of the published paper is supplied to the corresponding author of each paper.

4.4 Scientific Editors/Editorial Board

For the benefit of all potential contributors wishing to discuss the scientific content of their paper(s) contact details for the Scientific Editors/Editorial Board are printed on the inside front cover of each issue. Requests for help or advice on any matter related to the preparation of papers and their submission to JEM can be directed to the appropriate member of the Group (according to discipline).