Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon receives all manuscript submissions electronically via its Manuscript Central website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/GPSS. Manuscript Central 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 Manuscript technical support, you may contact them by e-mail or phone support via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact Editor-in-Chie fMartin D. Rudd (pssi@uwc.edu) or European Editor Konstantin Karaghiosoff (klk@cup.uni-muenchen.de).

Format: Wherever possible, the paper should be organized under the following general headings: ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, EXPERIMENTAL, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AND REFERENCES AND NOTES. A brief description of the experimental procedure is required in all communications. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text within the abstract. Please avoid using footnotes in the article.

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. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

Chemical: Ring formulae, and other complex chemical matter, are extremely difficult to typeset. Therefore, please supply reproducible artwork for equations containing chemistry. Long reaction sequences should be designated as “Schemes” and treated like figures; i.e., keep artwork separate from the text, indicate in the margin an appropriate position, and supply a separate list of scheme captions. Where necessary, individual chemical formulae can be identified with bold arabic numbers. Chemical equations referred to in the text should be indicated with arabic numbers set over to the right in parentheses.

Marking: Where chemistry is straightforward and can be set (e.g., single line formulae), please distinguish between e.g., double bonds and equal signs and single bonds and hyphens, where there is ambiguity. Please underline all symbols to be set in italic and put a wavy line under bold symbols. Other letters not marked will be set in roman type.

Deposition of Crystallographic Data. It is the policy of this journal that all crystallographic data be deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), U.K. Authors will submit atomic coordinates, contact distances, unitcell data (if not reported in full in the paper) and intramolecular distances with standard deviations (organic compounds) or vibrational parameters (inorganic compounds) in the form of tables, etc., when the paper is submitted for consideration. Spacegroup Z, Din, Da and R-factor are also to be included. Tables of structure factors are not accepted. Non-standard methods of data collection or refinement must be fully described. Upon publication, the data is to be forwarded to the CCDC by the author. A note to this effect is to appear as a footnote to the Experimental in the paper. A copy of the cif file should be electronically attached during the submission process.

Units. Metric units must be used. Acceptable abbreviations of units are given in the Style Manual of the American Institute of Physics, the Style Manual for Biological Journals, Commission for Symbols, Units and Nomenclature of the I.U.P.A.C. and similar publications.

Nomenclature. Rules for organic compounds containing phosphorus are printed in Chem. Eng. News 30, 4515–22 (1952) with updating in Chemical Abstracts 56 and 66. Otherwise the practices of Chemical Abstracts and I.U.P.A.C. will be followed.

References. References are indicated in the text by consecutive superior arabic numerals enclosed in brackets. The full list should be collected and typed at the end of the paper in numerical order. Listed references should be complete in all details, exluding article titles in journals. Authors' initials should precede their names; journal title abbreviations should conform to Chemical Abstracts style. Examples:

[1] A.B. Smith and C.D. Jones, J. Appl. Phys., 34, 296 (1965).

[2] R.B. Brown, Molecular Spectroscopy (Gordon and Breach, New York, 1970), 3rd ed., Chap. 6, pp. 95–106.

Please use the following style when citing a reference from the Internet: http://www.blouk.com/article.html

Tables and Figures. Tables and figures should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet.

Illustrations. Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be clean originals or digital files. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines:

• 300 dpi or higher
• sized to fit on journal page
• EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only
• submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files

Color Reproduction. Color illustrations will be considered for publication; however, the author will be required to bear the full cost involved in color art reproduction. Color art can be purchased for online only conversion and reproduction or for print + online reproduction. Color reprints can only be ordered if print + online reproduction costs are paid. Rates for color art reproduction are:

Reprints. Each corresponding author will receive one copy of the issue in which the article appears. Reprints of an individual article are available at the time authors review page proofs. A discount is available to authors who order before print publication.

Aims and Scope. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements welcomes submissions involving the organic, inorganic, and biochemistry of phosphorus (including arsenic, antimony, and bismuth), sulfur (including selenium and tellurium), and silicon (including germanium and tin). In addition to research describing new chemistry of a particular element, especially welcome are presentations emphasizing relationships between elements and families of elements: for example, research comparing synthetic, mechanistic, or structural features providing new insight leading to a more rapid advance of science in these areas. Original articles, communications, and selected reviews of broad interest will be considered for publication.