RSC Publishing


Publishing

 

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


8.0 Polemical Papers


If the Editor considers a manuscript to be polemical in nature then the author of the paper being criticised will, wherever possible, be sent a copy of the manuscript.