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Refereeing Procedure and Policy


Refereeing Procedure and Policy for Journals Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
 

1.0 - Introduction

2.0 - The Journals

3.0 - Procedure

4.0 - Policy

5.0 - Speed of Refereeing

6.0 - Suggestions of Alternative Referees

7.0 - Letters, Comments and Opinions

8.0 - Polemical Papers

9.0 - Communications

10.0 - Electronic-only Journals

11.0 - X-Ray Crystallographic Work


10.0 Electronic-only Journals


For the Society's electronic-only journals there are no restrictions concerning page length, the use of colour or the number of tables and figures; however, the overall article length should be commensurate with the novel scientific content presented.

The refereeing procedure is the same as that for papers in printed journals, with the exception that referees will not be sent a printed copy of the article to be refereed. Instead, the article will only be made available for refereeing electronically.