Aims and Scope: This international journal provides vital coverage of fundamental developments, new or improved instrumentation, spectroscopic diagnostics, and applications of spectroscopy across all disciplines where spectroscopy is used. The journal offers communications about original experimental and theoretical work on such methods as NMR, ESR, microwave, NIR, Raman and UV spectroscopy, together with atomic emission, absorption, and fluorescence, X-ray spectroscopy, all forms of organic and inorganic mass spectrometry, laser spectroscopy, electron microscopy, molecular fluorescence and molecular phosphorescence. Manuscripts are welcome from all disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics and instrumentation science. Articles can be submitted as full papers, or as short papers of a preliminary nature (letters). Letters may include instrumental developments that may be useful for other spectroscopists. Also, one special sub-category of papers may be submitted: Spectroscopy Education Letters, which covers accounts of research done by undergraduates, new experiments for teaching, and other new pedagogical materials or approaches to the teaching of spectroscopy at any level. Reviews of topics in spectroscopy will be referred to our sister journal, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews.

Submission of manuscripts: Spectroscopy Letters receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lstl . ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. For ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support, you may contact them by e-mail or phone support via http://scholarone.com/services/support/.  Questions for the Editor-in-Chief may be sent to: robert.g.michel@uconn.edu.

Electronic document page setup: All parts of the manuscript should be double-spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Number manuscript pages consecutively throughout the paper. Also authors should supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 characters and spaces.

Abstract: Each article should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 100 words. In the abstract, avoid acronyms, abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text.

File Names: Each file should be assigned a descriptive name, for example, text.doc, figure1.tif, scheme1.tif, text.pdf, copyright.pdf. etc. Please use separate files for each of the body of the article, tables, and figures. Please ensure that the extension ‘‘.doc'' is appended to the end of Word filenames, .pdf for Acrobat documents, etc.

Mathematical equations: Math equations may be done in a recent version of MathType, version 4 or higher, if there are no suitable keyboard characters. Mathematical equations, should not be embedded in the middle of a paragraph; they should be keyed between paragraphs.

Chemical Structures: Structures should be produced with a chemical drawing program, preferably ChemDraw 4.5 or higher, and submitted in .tif, .eps, or .psd format.

References: References to cited literature should be identified by numbered list at the end of the paper in order of appearance. Please cite references in the text by a number enclosed in parentheses. Double-spaced typing must be used throughout. References should be styled and punctuated according to the following examples:

Journal Article: Pimentel, D. Insect population responses to environmental stress and pollutants. Environmental Reviews 1994, 2(1), 1–15.

Book: New, T.R. Insects as Predators; New South Wales Univ. Press: Kensington, Australia, 1991; 178 pp.

Chapter within Book: Pimentel, D.; Kirby, C; Schroff, A. The Relationship Between ‘‘Cosmetic'' Standards for Foods and Pesticide Use. In The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics, and Ethics; Pimentel, D., Ed.; Chapman and Hall: New York, 1993, 85–105.

Proceedings: Garrone, E.; Ugliengo, O. In Structure and Reactivity of Surfaces, Proceedings of the European Conference, Trieste, Italy, Sept. 13–20, 1988; Zecchina, A., Costa, G., Mortem, C., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1988, 126–128.

Tables and Figures: Tables should be numbered with Arabic numbers in order of their mention in the text, and should appear after the references in the .doc file at the end of the manuscript. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes should be suitably identified below. All units must be included. Abbreviations should be defined in a footnote at the end of the table or as part of the table's caption. Figures (illustrations) should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate files. Artwork may be created in various applications but must be submitted to conform to the standards and file formats outlined below in order to ensure that art can be promptly processed and published at quality levels suitable for publication both on the web and in print. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. A list of captions should be provided, double-spaced, and should be included at the end of the text.doc, after the references and any tables. Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be digital files. For highest quality reproduction, files should follow these guidelines:

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• Sized to fit on the journal page

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Good quality color prints should be provided in their final size. The publisher has the right to refuse publication of color prints that are deemed unacceptable.

Copyright: Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher. The copyright release form, available on the Taylor & Francis web site, must be signed, scanned, in .pdf format, and on file with the editorial office of Spectroscopy Letters before a manuscript can be considered for review. It is recognized that government employees may not be authorized to release the copyright of their article.

Review process: All manuscripts published in Spectroscopy Letters are peer-reviewed and copyedited. As a result of the technical review process, a manuscript may be accepted without change, recommended for modification and further review, or rejected. Publication is contingent upon response by the author to reviewer comments and copyeditor queries. Please proofread content for accuracy. Revised manuscripts must be resubmitted within six months of the date of receiving the Editor's report. Please direct questions about the technical review process to the Editor of Spectroscopy Letters, Robert G. Michel, robert.g.michel@uconn.edu.

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