The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to Journal of Sulfur Chemistry. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.We also have an official Authors' Charter to outline the standards that authors can expect when they publish with us.
Journal of Sulfur Chemistry considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Journal of Sulfur Chemistry incurs and their papers will not be published.
Contributions to Journal of Sulfur Chemistry must review published original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
Authors are encouraged to use the following checklist as a guide to ensure the manuscript preparation is complete and to facilitate the whole publication process.
1. Does the manuscript fall within the Aim and Scope of the Journal?
2. Have these instructions been followed to prepare the manuscript?
3. Have the molecule drawings been created with care and discipline?
4. Has the principal investigator reviewed for accuracy any portions of the paper prepared by a co-author?
5. Has the reference list been complied as instructed and has it been double-checked for accuracy?
6. Has the reference compilation been checked to eliminate inaccuracies?
7. Is the graphic abstract included?
8. Have you provided a list of possible referees?
Manuscript Preparation
1. General guidelines
- Papers are accepted only in English. American English spelling and punctuation is required.
- Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendices (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
- Abstracts of no more than 300 words are required for all papers submitted.
- Each paper should have 5 keywords.
- Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
- One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author and should include his/her full name, affiliation, postal address, telephone and fax number and email address. All other authors should include names and email addresses.
- Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
- For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
- Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
- When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
This Journal publishes graphic abstracts as part of the Table of Contents. Authors are expected to provide this abstract on a separate page of their manuscript submission. For more information on graphical abstracts click here.
The characterization of compounds should be to securely establish or confirm both identity and purity. This is best done with 1H and 13C NMR and IR spectroscopies, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. High resolution mass spectroscopy may be an acceptable substitute for elemental analysis. For communications, less characterization data may be acceptable, but the author(s) should be prepared to provide to the Editor copies of 1H and/or 13C NMR spectra for inspection.
If the compilation of characterization data for compounds has been assembled by a contributing author(s), the principal investigator is required to review the compilation to ensure accuracy. 1H NMR chemical shifts are to be reported to 2 decimal places. 1H-1H NMR coupling constants are to be reported where possible; and should be reported to 1 decimal place. Assignments of multiplicity and spin patterns are to be done with care and accuracy. 13C NMR chemical shifts are to be reported to 2 decimal places. IR listings are to include major and diagnostic bands, at the least. Mass spectrometric data should include % intensities of major fragments and where observed, the molecular ion. Additional spectroscopic data such as 31P or 19F NMR, Raman spectroscopy or other characterization data should be included in order to ensure proper characterization of new compounds.
A fully completed CIF (Crystallographic Information File) should be deposited with the CCDC (send files as attachments to deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk) and the returned deposition number quoted in the experimental section of the manuscript. Please click here for specific Crystallographic Instructions for Authors. Authors are requested to submit *.cif file(s) to the editor as part of the submission process.
2. Style guidelines
Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal.
Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.
Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007.dotx
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004.dot
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008.dot
If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk
3 . Figures
- It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
- Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
- Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
- All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
- Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
- The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
4 . Colour
There are a limited number of colour pages within the annual page allowance. Authors should restrict their use of colour to situations where it is necessary on scientific, and not merely cosmetic, grounds. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree on an appropriate number of colour pages. If the colour page budget is exceeded, authors will be given the option to provide a financial contribution to additional colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.
6. Reproduction of copyright material
Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as ‘derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).
7. Supplementary online material
Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.
Manuscript submission
All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Sulfur Chemistry Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available on this website.
Manuscripts may be submitted in any standard format, including Word, PostScript and PDF. These files will be automatically converted into a PDF file for the review process. LaTeX files should be converted to PDF prior to submission because Manuscript Central is not able to convert LaTeX files into PDFs directly. This journal does not accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents. Please use Word's "Save As" option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
Copyright and authors' rights
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Exceptions are made for authors of Crown or US Government employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.
Reprints
Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com). Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
Page charges
There are no page charges to individuals or institutions.
iOpenAccess
Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication have the option to pay a one-off fee of US$3250 to make their article free to read online ie “Open access” via the Journal of Sulfur Chemistry website. Choosing this option also allows authors to post their article in an institutional or subject repository immediately upon publication.
