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1 Information for Authors January 2015 Contents Click on a topic Journal Scope Manuscript Types Submission of Manuscripts Professional Ethics Conflict of Interest Disclosure Author List Cover Letter Submission Procedure Preparation of Manuscript Journal Publishing Agreement Length of Manuscript Table of Contents Graphic for Submission Title Author List Abstract Introduction Results Discussion Experimental Methods Acknowledgments References Supporting Information Web Enhanced Objects Guidelines for Illustrations in ACS Journals General Considerations Color Chemical Structures File Preparation for Submission Nomenclature Journal Cover Illustrations Proofs ASAP Publication Reprints and Additional Journal Information Journal Scope ACS Macro Letters welcomes submissions in all areas of contemporary soft matter science in which macromolecules play a key role including nanotechnology self assembly supramolecular chemistry biomaterials energy generation and storage and renewable sustainable materials The scope of the journal will include high impact research of broad interest in all areas of polymer science and engineering Submissions to ACS Macro Letters should justify clearly the rapid disclosure of the key elements of the study in both the cover letter and the manuscript Manuscript Types ACS Macro Letters is an online publication and predominantly publishes research Letters The journal also publishes Viewpoints that highlight recent developments in the field of polymer science and engineering Manuscripts are typically submitted to at least two experts for comments authors are required to recommend four preferred reviewers Editors may reject manuscripts without seeking external review if they are outside the central scope of ACS Macro Letters or if they are judged unlikely to survive the reviewing process The Editors welcome the submission of manuscripts in the following categories Letters Brief reports that are of unusual urgency significance and interest to the broad polymer science field Letters should be approximately 2500 words or less ca 4 journal pages or approximately 14 16 double spaced manuscript pages including the abstract body text methods tables graphics artwork and figure scheme legends but excluding references Letters can contain a maximum of 6 display items figures tables schemes Graphics must be numbered 2 consecutively and placed within the text near the point of first mention Each graphic must have a brief one phrase or sentence title that describes the contents Viewpoints Viewpoints are typically invited by the Editors and treat a topic of particular current interest in the field To suggest a topic for a future Viewpoint please send proposals to macro macrolett acs org Submission of Manuscripts Professional Ethics All parties Editors reviewers and authors are expected to adhere to the standards embodied in the American Chemical Society s Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research which are available at http pubs acs org ethics Authors are reminded of their obligation to obtain the consent of all coauthors before submitting a manuscript for publication If any change in authorship is necessary after a Letter has been submitted the corresponding author must provide a signed letter via e mail with copy to all coauthors to the Editor confirming that all of the original coauthors have been notified and have agreed to the change In publishing only original research ACS is committed to deterring plagiarism including self plagiarism ACS Publications uses CrossCheck s iThenticate software to screen submitted manuscripts for similarity to published material Note that your manuscript may be screened during the submission process Further information about plagiarism can be found in Part B of the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research Conflict of Interest Disclosure A statement describing any financial conflicts of interest or lack thereof is published with each manuscript This statement provided separately from the manuscript during the submission process should describe all potential sources of bias including affiliations funding sources and financial or management relationships that may constitute conflicts of interest please see the ACS Ethical Guidelines The corresponding author must provide a statement on behalf of all authors of a manuscript If no conflict of interest is declared during the submission process the following statement will be published in the manuscript The authors declare no competing financial interest Author List During manuscript submission the submitting author must provide contact information full name email address institutional affiliation and mailing address for all of the co authors Because all of the author names are automatically imported into the electronic Journal Publishing Agreement the names must be entered into ACS Paragon Plus in the same sequence as they appear on the first page of the manuscript Note that co authors are not required to register in ACS Paragon Plus The author who submits the manuscript for publication accepts the responsibility of notifying all co authors that the manuscript is being submitted Deletion of an author after the manuscript has been submitted requires a confirming letter to the Editor in Chief from the author whose name is being deleted For more information on ethical responsibilities of authors see the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research Cover Letter All manuscripts must be accompanied by a cover letter that contains clear and 3 precise information about the submission and a paragraph explaining why the manuscript is appropriate for ACS Macro Letters including a short summary highlighting the significance of the work justifying the rapid Letter format and its interest for a broad audience Your cover letter must contain the following elements Please provide these elements in order to help expedite your manuscript through the submission process A paragraph explaining why your manuscript is appropriate for ACS Macro Letters This paragraph should clearly indicate what application is described in the work and the significance and urgency for publication If the manuscript was previously rejected by ACS Macro Letters or any other ACS journal provide the name of the journal the manuscript number an explanation of the basis for the rejection the decision letter and reviews Also indicate if the newly submitted manuscript has been revised based on the previous reviews If so provide a detailed point by point response to each reviewer s comments Please be sure to include the reviewer comments in your response letter A statement confirming the manuscript or its contents in some other form has not been published previously by any of the authors and or is not under consideration for publication in another journal at the time of submission Submission Procedure Manuscripts must be submitted via the ACS Paragon Plus environment http paragonplus acs org login Complete instructions and an overview of the electronic online Web submission process are available through the secure ACS Paragon Plus Web site Authors must also submit all revisions of manuscripts via the ACS Paragon Plus environment The Web submission site employs state of the art security mechanisms to ensure that all electronically submitted manuscripts are secure These same security mechanisms are also utilized throughout the peer review process permitting access only to editors and reviewers who are assigned to a particular manuscript Authors who submit Letters may use the word processing templates available from the submission Web site http pubs acs org page amlccd submission amlccd templates html Use of the template will allow authors and Editors to more accurately estimate the length of Letters at submission and will reduce delays caused by modification to meet the page guidelines at the review stage If the provided template is not used authors should ensure that the entire manuscript including abstract references tables and figure legends is double spaced All pages should be numbered consecutively Sequences of figures tables charts and schemes should also be numbered with Arabic numerals Functions of Reviewers The Editor requests the scientific advice of reviewers who are active in the area of research and development covered by the manuscript The reviewers act only in an advisory capacity and the final decision concerning a manuscript is the responsibility of the Editor The reviewers are asked to comment not only on the scientific content but also on the manuscript s suitability for ACS Macro Letters With respect to Letters the reviewers are asked to comment specifically on the urgency of publication Authors must suggest when submitting a manuscript names and e mail 4 addresses of at least four scientists who could give a competent and objective evaluation of the work Preferred reviewers from the same institutions as the authors are prohibited Also please try to provide institution affiliated e mails whenever possible All reviews are anonymous and the reviewing process is most effective if reviewers do not reveal their identities to the authors An exception arises in connection with a manuscript submitted for publication in the form of a comment on the work of another author Under such circumstances the first author will in general be allowed to review the communication and to write a rebuttal The rebuttal and the original communication may be published together in the same issue of the journal Revised Manuscripts A manuscript sent to an author for revision should be returned to the Editor as soon as possible If a revision is not received within the allotted time frame it will be considered withdrawn Revised manuscripts are sometimes sent back to the original reviewers who are asked to comment on the revisions If only minor revisions are involved the Editor will examine the revised manuscript in light of the recommendations of the reviewers without seeking further opinions A point by point response letter from the author must accompany the revised manuscript and provide a detailed account of how the author has responded to the reviewer s comments as well as a separate marked up or highlighted manuscript file showing the changes made and designated as Other Files for Editors Only Individual reviewer comments must be included in the response letter followed by each individual response All comments by the reviewer must be included in the response letter The dates of receipt of the original and revised manuscripts will both appear in publication Preparation of Manuscript Authors should write in clear concise English and should consult The ACS Style Guide for guidance on style word usage conventions nomenclature physical quantity symbols and units abbreviations use of italics and punctuation Any author that is not fully proficient in idiomatic English should have the spelling grammar and style checked by someone who is a native English speaker For more information authors may visit the Language Editing Services listed under the Publishing Tools tab of the ACS Author that is one in which the first sentence is a succinct informative summation of the most important results and conclusions The remainder should highlight pertinent supporting details related findings types or classes of compounds investigated and methods used The abstract should not contain any citations Introduction The Introduction should clearly state the purpose and significance of the research 6 and place the current work in the context of earlier work in the area Historical summaries are seldom warranted If a recent article has summarized work on the subject that article should be cited without repeating its individual citations An Introduction section heading is not used Results Discussion The Results and Discussion should be continuous with the Introduction and does not receive a heading Tables and figures should be used only if they contribute significantly to the comprehension of the data The same data should not be presented in more than one figure or in both a figure and a table The purpose of the discussion is to interpret the results and to relate them to existing knowledge in the field Experimental Section The Experimental Section follows the main body of the text but before Acknowledgments and References and includes a section heading The Experimental Methods should provide a concise unambiguous description of materials methods and equipment in sufficient detail to permit repetition of the work elsewhere Only key experimental details should be included in this section Other information can be included in the Supporting Information Repetitive descriptions of a general procedure should be avoided Precautions for handling dangerous material or for performing hazardous procedures should be explicitly stated Acknowledgments Financial support technical assistance advice from colleagues and other necessary acknowledgments should be included Funding Sources When submitting a manuscript to the Journal via ACS Paragon Plus the submitting author is asked to identify the funding sources for the work presented in the manuscript Identifying funding sources is optional during submission of an original manuscript Funding source information is required when a revised manuscript is submitted References It is the responsibility of authors to ensure the accuracy of references During the publication process many of them will have links added to other Web resources such as the corresponding abstracts in Chemical Abstracts and the full text on publisher Web sites Because of this electronic linking and because the references are not checked in detail by Editors or reviewers it is crucial that authors verify their accuracy References should be typed in the format of ACS Macro Letters see below and cited in the text by superscript numbers without parentheses or spaces Authors should consult the journal Web site available via http pubs acs org as a guide to proper format Information on a standard list of abbreviations for ACS journals may be found in The ACS Style Guide 3rd ed 2006 available from Oxford University Press Order Department 201 Evans Road Cary NC 27513 The following format for journals 1 and books 2 must be used 1 Sveinbjo rnsson B R Miyake G M El Batta A Grubbs R H ACS Macro Lett 2014 3 26 29 2 Wignall G D In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering 2nd ed 7 Mark H F Bikales N M Overberger C C Menges G Eds Wiley Interscience New York 1999 Vol 10 p 112 Supporting Information Supporting Information must be submitted at the same time as the manuscript and uploaded separately to the ACS Paragon Plus environment A list of acceptable file types is available on the Web All Supporting Information files of the same type should be prepared as a single file rather than submitting a series of files containing individual images or structures For example all Supporting Information available as PDF files should be contained in one PDF file Do not upload figures and tables that are to be published in the article into the Supporting Information file The availability of the Supporting Information should be noted in a paragraph to precede the references as follows Supporting Information Available Description This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http pubs acs org Web Enhanced Objects ACS Macro Letters encourages the submission of Web enhanced objects WEOs for the presentation of graphical results that go beyond conventional publication capabilities including 3D rotatable figures animations spectra video and sound Links to WEOs will appear in the Web HTML version of the manuscript Files suitable for this form of publication should be viewable with commonly available Internet plug ins e g Chime or helper applications Rasmol Mercury etc Authors should submit WEOs via the Paragon Plus Web site as part of their submissions and clearly indicate to the Editor that the material is WEO material Descriptions of WEOs should be noted in the appropriate places within the graphic caption or text of the manuscript noting the type of file and format Example A 3D rotatable image in xyz format is available For more information including acceptable software for WEOs go to http pubs acs org page 4authors submission weo html Guidelines for Illustrations in ACS Journals General Considerations Submission of graphics that are to be considered for publication in color is strongly encouraged see the Color section below Graphics that are intended to appear in black and white should not be furnished in color The quality of the illustrations in the journal depends on the quality of the originals Figures cannot be modified or enhanced by the journal production staff Whenever possible the graphics files furnished by authors with Web submissions are used in production of the journal To ensure good quality production in the journal a copy of each graphic should be printed at the desired size in the final printed version from a high quality laser printer 600 dpi or higher to verify that all parts of the artwork are clear and legible Any changes to the artwork including size changes must be made in the drawing program that was used to create the artwork and the revised artwork reimported into the manuscript Illustrations must fit a one or two column format on the journal page For efficient use of journal space single column illustrations are preferred single preferred double 8 width minimum maximum maximum depth 8 25 cm 3 25 in 24 cm 9 5 in 10 5 cm 4 13 in 17 78 cm 7 in 24 cm 9 5 in For best results submit illustrations in the actual size at which they should appear in the journal Original illustrations that do not need to be reduced to fit a single or double column will yield the best quality Lettering should be no smaller than 4 5 points Helvetica or Arial type works well for lettering Lines should be no thinner than 0 5 point Lettering and lines s