Materials lettersauthor guide.docx

1、Materials lettersauthor guide5-Year Impact Factor: 1.930 Issues per year: 24 Additional Information Editorial Board Login to Editorial System Advertisers Media Information Readers Order Journal Access Full-Text Free Sample Issue Volume/Issue Alert Free Tables of contents and abstracts Authors Author

2、s Home Submit an Article Track Your Accepted Articles Guide for Authors Artwork instructions Authors Rights Funding Bodies Compliance Librarians Librarians Home Ordering Information and Dispatch Dates Abstracting/Indexing Editors Editors Home Article Tracking for Editors Ethics Questions (PERK) Revi

3、ewers Reviewers Home Advertisers/Sponsors Advertisers Home Reprints Information Printer-friendlyGuide for Authors An interdisciplinary journal devoted to rapid communications on the science, applications, and processing of materials. Aims and Scope BEFORE YOU BEGIN Ethics in Publishing Policy and et

4、hics Conflict of interest Submission declaration Copyright Retained author rights Role of the funding source Funding body agreements and policies Language and language services Submission Referees PREPARATION Use of wordprocessing software Article structure Essential title page information Keywords

5、Acknowledgements Nomenclature and units Math formulae Artwork Tables References Supplementary and multimedia data Submission checklist AFTER ACCEPTANCE Use of the Digital Object Identifier Proofs Offprints Keyword List AUTHOR INQUIRIES Materials Letters is dedicated to publishing novel, cutting edge

6、 reports of broad interest to the materials community. The journal provides a forum for materials scientists and engineers, physicists, and chemists to rapidly communicate on the most important topics in the field in materials. We are primarily interested in those contributions which bring new insig

7、hts, and papers will be selected on the basis of the importance of the new knowledge they provide. Contributions include a variety of topics such as: Materials - Metals and alloys, amorphous solids, ceramics, composites, nanocrystals, polymers, semiconductors. Applications - Structural, opto-electro

8、nic, magnetic, medical, MEMS, sensors, smart. Characterization - Analytical, microscopy, scanning probes, nanoscopic, optical, electrical, acoustic, spectroscopic, diffraction. Novel Materials - Micro and nanostructures (nanowires, nanotubes, nanoparticles), nanocomposites, thin films, superlattices

9、, quantum dots. Processing - Thin film processing, sol-gel processing, mechanical processing, assembly, and nanocrystalline processing leading to unique materials. Properties - Mechanical, magnetic, optical, electrical, ferroelectric, thermal, interfacial, transport, thermodynamic. Synthesis - Quenc

10、hing, solid state, solidification, solution synthesis, vapor deposition, and high pressure, explosive processes leading to unique materials. The following topics are inappropriate for publication: Building materials - aggregate, asphalt, cement, concrete, plaster Catalytic materials Corrosion and ox

11、idation phenomena and protection Liquid crystals Metallurgical Processes Natural raw materials clays, minerals, rocks Oxide glasses and glass ceramics Recycled materials Refractories Single crystal growth Theory WearTypes of Contribution: Letters are intended as brief reports of significant, origina

12、l and timely research results on the science, applications and processing of materials which warrant rapid publication. In considering a manuscript for publication, particular attention will be given to the originality of the research, the desirability of speedy publication, the clarity of the prese

13、ntation and the validity of the conclusions. There is a strict four-page limit to printed articles. Manuscripts must not exceed 2000 words plus three figures and one table. The maximum number of figures is strictly limited to five. If the maximum of 5 figures is used, then the total number of words

14、must be reduced to 1600. If more than 5 figures are used, the manuscript will be rejected. The manuscript submitted for review should not exceed 8 pages (including title, abstract, references, figures, tables and figure captions). Contact Details: Authors should submit their article via the online s

15、ubmission system. Authors will be asked to choose the Editor whose subject area is most closely aligned to the subject of their article. Each Editors specialties are given below. To expedite the review process, authors will also be prompted to nominate 3 potential referees, who are not at the same i

16、nstitute, to serve as potential referees. Contact details are helpful. Principal Editors Prof. J. Hojo - Nano-composites, Composites, Sol-gel preparation Prof. T.G. Nieh - Metallic Alloys, Ceramics, Composites, High Temperature Materials, Mechanical Behavior, Material Processing Prof. L.S. Shvindler

17、man - Nano-Crystalline Metals, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Interfaces and Surfaces. Prof. A.F.W. Willoughby - Semiconductor/Electronic Materials, PolymersOnline Submission: Authors must submit their articles using the secure online submission system at To facilitate rapid publication, it is essential

18、to precisely follow these instructions. Failure to do so can result in a delay or rejection of the manuscript for publication. To ensure a timely review you will be required to answer the following questions before your paper will be considered for review. Has your paper, or part of your paper, been

19、 published before, or is it currently submitted for review to another journal? Yes / No (If yes, then do not submit your paper to Materials Letters.) Is the total number of words less than 2000? Yes / No (If greater than 2000, please reduce the number of words.) Is the number of figures greater than

20、 5? Yes / No (If yes, then the paper will automatically be rejected.) Are the x-ray diffraction patterns indexed? Yes / No (see 4.10) (If your x-ray patterns are not indexed, the paper will be rejected for publication.) Do the micrographs have professional quality scale markers? Yes / No (Please rep

21、lace the black bar on SEM & TEM micrographs with a professional quality scale marker. See 4.9)Ethics in Publishing For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see and Policy and ethics The work described in your article must have been carried out in accorda

22、nce with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans EC Directive 86/609/EEC for animal experiments http:/ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/legislation_en.htm; Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical

23、 journals http:/www.icmje.org. This must be stated at an appropriate point in the article.Conflict of interest All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three y

24、ears of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also Submission declaration Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published

25、 lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including ele

26、ctronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.Copyright Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a Journal Publishing Agreement (for more information on this and copyright see Acceptance of the agreement

27、 will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a Journal Publishing Agreement form or a link to the online version of this agreement. Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or

28、prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult If excerpts from ot

29、her copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: please consult Retained author rights As an author you (or your employer or institution

30、) retain certain rights; for details you are referred to: Role of the funding source You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the p