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Article Layout

Guidelines for Layout of Articles for Submission

1.0 - Organization of material
2.0- Style and Presentation
3.0- Bibliographic references

1.0 Organization of material

Every latitude, consistent with brevity, in the form and style of papers is permitted, and no rigid pattern for either is prescribed. The suggestions outlined here are for guidance only.

1.1 Full articles

1.1.1 Title. A paper should have a short, straightforward title directed at the general reader. Lengthy systematic names and complicated and numerous chemical formulae should therefore be avoided where possible. The use of non-standard abbreviations and symbols in a title is not encouraged. Brevity in a title, though desirable, should be balanced against its accuracy and usefulness. The use of Series titles and Part numbers in titles of papers is discouraged. Instead the Series title and Part number can be included as a footnote to the first page together with a reference (reference 1) to the preceding Part. When the preceding part has been submitted to the Society but is not yet published, the paper reference number should be given. 

1.1.2 Graphical contents entry. Graphics are included in the contents list. The format incorporates, a small graphic (maximum size 8 cm wide   4 cm high) alongside one sentence of text, which should be presented in such a way as to encourage further perusal of the article, by highlighting the novelty and main feature(s) of interest; excessive lists of results and, in particular, cumbersome formulae should therefore be avoided. In view of the space available graphics should be as clear as possible. Simple schematic diagrams or reaction schemes are preferred to ORTEP-style crystal structure depictions and complicated graphs, for example. The graphic used in the Contents entry need not necessarily appear in the article itself. Authors should bear in mind the final size of any lettering on the graphic. For examples of graphical contents entries check the online version of the appropriate journal.

1.1.3 Summary. Every paper must be accompanied by a summary (50–250 words) setting out briefly and clearly the main objects and results of the work; it should give the reader a clear idea of what has been achieved. The summary should be essentially independent of the main text; however, names, partial names or linear formulae of compounds may be accompanied by the numbers referring to the corresponding displayed formulae in the body of the text.

1.1.4 Introduction. This should give clearly and briefly, with relevant references, both the nature of the problem under investigation and its background.

1.1.5 Results and discussion. It is usual for the results to be presented first, followed by a discussion of their significance. Only strictly relevant results should be presented and figures, tables, and equations should be used for purposes of clarity and brevity. The use of flow diagrams and reaction schemes is encouraged. Data must not be reproduced in more than one form, e.g. in both figures and tables, without good reason.

1.1.6 Experimental. Descriptions of experiments should be given in detail sufficient to enable experienced experimental workers to repeat them; the degree of purity of materials should be given, as should the relative quantities used. Descriptions of established procedures are unnecessary. Standard techniques and methods used throughout the work should be stated at the beginning of the section. Apparatus should be described only if it is non-standard; commercially available instruments are referred to by their stock numbers (e.g. Perkin-Elmer 457 or Varian HA-100 spectrometers). The accuracy of primary measurements should be stated. Unexpected hazards encountered during the experimental work should be noted. In general there is no need to report unsuccessful experiments.

1.1.7 Conclusion. This is for interpretation and to highlight the novelty and significance of the work. The conclusions should not summarise information already present in the text or abstract.

1.1.8 Acknowledgements. Contributors other than co-authors may be acknowledged in a separate paragraph at the end of the paper; acknowledgements should be as brief as possible.

1.1.9 Dedications. Personal dedications of an appropriate nature may be included as a footnote to the title of the paper. Dedications for significant birthdays (from 60 years onwards) and in memoriam dedications would be considered appropriate. Other forms of dedication may require approval of the relevant journals Editorial Board.

1.1.10 Bibliographic references and notes. These should be listed at the end of the manuscript in numerical order.

1.2 Communications

Individual articles should be as brief as possible; depending on the journal in question, a page limit my apply. Formatting should be as for Full Articles, except for the following topics.

1.2.1 Summary. This is restricted to one sentence of text.

1.2.2 Article. No section headings are used in Communications. Brief details of key experiments are permitted and should include the amounts of reagents used in chemical reactions. Extensive spectroscopic and other supporting data are not required, but authors are encouraged to supply such data as Electronic Supplementary Information to aid the referees in their assessment of the work. Description for routine procedures should not be included.

1.2.3 Notes and bibliographic references. These should not be extensive and inclusion of 5–10 references is recommended.

1.2.4 Figures. These should be kept to a minimum bearing in mind the restrictions to the length of most Communications.

2.0 Style and presentation

2.1 Brevity

For reasons of economy, brevity in the presentation of papers is essential. Authors should note that the following practices are likely grounds for rejection of a manuscript, or acceptance only after substantial revision.

·    Unnecessary division of work into separate parts of a series of papers.

·    Submission of fragmentary work which can be included in a larger article.

·    Undue elaboration of hypotheses.

·    Over-detailed and verbose exposition of ideas.

·    Excessive use of diagrams; for example, a straight-line plot can be adequately expressed as an equation together with, if necessary, a table of deviations.

·    Duplication of data in text, tables and figures, etc.

·    Descriptions of slight variations of essentially the same technique.   

2.2 Linguistic and typographical conventions

2.2.1 Grammar and spelling. Standard English or American spelling is used but consistency should be maintained within a paper.

2.2.2 Abbreviations. The use of common or standard abbreviations is encouraged. 

2.2.3 Use of italics. Foreign words and phrases and Latin abbreviations are given in italics: e.g., in toto, in vivo, ca., cf., i.e.

In the names of chemical compounds or radicals italics are used for prefixes (other than numerals or symbols) when they define the positions of named substituents, or when they define stereoisomers: other prefixes are printed in roman. (Note: Initial capital letters are not to be used with italic prefixes or single-letter prefixes: full stops are not to be associated with letter prefixes.) For example, o-, m- and p-nitrotoluenes, but ortho-, meta- and para- compounds (o-, m- and p- are used only with specific names; ortho-, meta- and para- are used with classes), N,N-dimethylaniline, trans- and cis-bis(glycinato)platinum(II), gem- and vic-diols, benzil anti-oxime.

The names of periodicals or their abbreviations are set in italics.

2.2.4 Headings. 

(a) Main sections (Experimental, Results and discussion, etc.): side-heading, bold, first initial capital letter only, no final fullstop.
(b) Main side-heading: bold, first initial capital letter only, no final fullstop.
(c) Subsidiary side-heading: bold, first initial capital letter only, final fullstop.
(d) Further subdivision: italic, first initial capital letter only, final fullstop.

3.0 Bibliographic references, notes and footnotes

Footnotes or Notes may be used to present material which, if included in the body of the text, would disrupt the flow of the argument but which is, nevertheless, of importance in qualifying or amplifying the textual material. Footnotes are referred to with the following symbols: Footnotes or Notes may be used to present material which, if included in the body of the text, would disrupt the flow of the argument but which is, nevertheless, of importance in qualifying or amplifying the textual material. Footnotes are referred to with the following symbols:  ,  ,  ,  ,   etc. Alternatively the information may be included as Notes (end-notes) to appear in the Notes/references section of the manuscript. Notes should be numbered using the same numbering system as the bibliographic references.

Bibliographic reference to the source of statements in the text is made by use of superior numerals at the appropriate place. The reference numbers should be cited in the correct sequence through the text (including those in tables and figure captions, numbered according to where the table or figure is designated to appear). The references themselves are given at the end of the final printed text along with any Notes.

Authors are encouraged to check the RSC Reviews web site to ensure that they have cited relevant recent reviews.

4.1 Journals

For example
J. Barker, Phys. Rev. B 25, 268(1990) 

4.2 Books

For example:
J. Barker, in Catalyst Deactivation, ed. B. Delmon and C. Froment, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2nd edn., 1987, vol. 1, ch. 4, pp. 253–255.

4.3 Patents

Patents should be indicated in the following form:
Br. Pat., 357 450, 1986. US Pat., 1 171 230, 1990.

4.4 Reports and bulletins, etc.

For example:
R. A. Allen, D. B. Smith and J. E. Hiscott, Radioisotope Data, UKAEA Research Group Report AERE-R 2938, H.M.S.O., London, 1961.

4.5 Material presented at meetings

For example:
H. C. Freeman, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Toulouse, 1980.

4.6 Theses

For example:
A. D. Mount, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1977.

4.7 Reference to unpublished material

For material presented at a meeting, congress or before a Society, etc., but not published, the following form is used:

A. R. Jones, presented in part at the 28th Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vancouver, August, 1981.

For material accepted for publication, but not yet published, the following form

A. R. Jones, Dalton Trans., 2003, DOI: 10.1039/paperno.

is used for AMRS journals, and 

A. R. Jones, Angew. Chem., in press.

is used for non-AMRS journals. If DOI numbers are known these should be cited in the form recommended by the publisher 

For material submitted for publication but not yet accepted the following form is used:

A. R. Jones, Angew. Chem., submitted.

For personal communications the following is used:

G. B. Ball, personal communication.

If material is to be published but has yet to be submitted the following form is used:

G. B. Ball, unpublished work.

Reference to unpublished work should not be made without the permission of those by whom the work was performed.

4.8 Names

The names and initials of all authors are always given in the reference; they must not be replaced by the phrase et al. This does not prevent some, or all, of the names being mentioned at their first citation in the cursive text: initials are not necessary in the text.

4.9 Composite references

Whenever possible, composite references should be used rather than a series of individual references. The style for composite references is as follows:

A. B. Jones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 1234–1246; A. B. Jones and C. D. Brown, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 567–569; A. B. Jones and E. F. Green, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 999–1048.

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