How to submit a manuscript to Environmental Pollution via the Elsevier Electronic System (EES)

Abstract Submission
Potential authors are required to send the abstract of their manuscript and an accompanying paragraph that explains why the work is important and should be published via e-mail to either the Editor-in-Chief or an Associate Editor before submitting the complete manuscript via the Elsevier Electronic System (EES).

Abstracts should be sent to:

Professor William J. Manning, Editor-in-Chief, at environmentalpollution@mindspring.com for all areas

or

Professor Kevin C. Jones, Associate Editor, at k.c.jones@lancaster.ac.uk for environmental fate, behavior, and persistence of organic contaminants

Dr. Bernd Nowack, Associate Editor, at nowack@empa.ch for nanomaterials in the environment, chelating agents, soil remediation

Professor Claudia Wiegand, Associate Editor, at wiegand_ep@igb-berlin.de for aquatic ecosystems, anthropogenic impact, and nutrient loading effects

Professor Yongguan Zhu, Associate Editor, at ygzhu@rcees.ac.cn for soil pollution and soil biology

Please send your abstract and accompanying paragraph within the body of your e-mail message and not in an attachment.

Send your abstract to only one editor. Do not cc other editors when you send your abstract.

The abstract must be approved by the Editor-in-Chief or an Associate Editor before a manuscript can be submitted via EES.

Manuscript Submission
If the Editor-in-Chief, or an Associate Editor, approves the abstract, then the complete manuscript can be submitted via EES at http://www.ees.elsevier.com/envpol) following all instructions exactly.

Cover Letter
- A cover letter must be sent with the manuscript and must include:

- The name of the editor who approved the abstract

- The names and valid current e-mail addresses for five (5) potential reviewers who are well-qualified to review the manuscript if they are asked to review it. Potential reviewers should be from the international scientific community and not from one country or region

The name and e-mail address of the corresponding author

The EES system will automatically convert your source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which will be used during the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files will be needed for further processing after acceptance.

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 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 in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.

The editors use a minimum of two independent peer reviewers for each manuscript. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the originality, significance and technical quality of the work, as well as the clarity of the manuscript, and the relevance of the subject matter to the journal. The final decision for publication of all manuscripts is made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Upon acceptance of an article, Authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://authors.elsevier.com). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding Author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided.

US National Institutes of Health (NIH) voluntary posting (" Public Access") policy
Elsevier facilitates author response to the NIH voluntary posting request (referred to as the NIH "Public Access Policy"; see http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm) by posting the peer-reviewed author's manuscript directly to PubMed Central on request from the author, 12 months after formal publication. Upon notification from Elsevier of acceptance, we will ask you to confirm via e-mail (by e-mailing us at NIHauthorrequest@elsevier.com) that your work has received NIH funding and that you intend to respond to the NIH policy request, along with your NIH award number to facilitate processing. Upon such confirmation, Elsevier will submit to PubMed Central on your behalf a version of your manuscript that will include peer-review comments, for posting 12 months after formal publication. This will ensure that you will have responded fully to the NIH request policy. There will be no need for you to post your manuscript directly with PubMed Central, and any such posting is prohibited.

If excerpts from other 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: contact ES Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed on-line via the Elsevier homepage ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).

Types of Contributions and Preparation of Text

General: Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Italics are not to be used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands (10 000 and above). Double spacing and wide margins (3 cm) should be used. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure captions on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions. Number all pages consecutively. Full Research Papers should not exceed 5000 words (including abstract but excluding references). To facilitate the review process line numbers should be inserted into the text of the manuscript.

Full Papers: Provide the following data on the title page (in the order given).
Title. (Note that concise and informative titles are often used in information-retrieved systems). Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g.. a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the Author's affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the Author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each Author.
Corresponding Author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure the telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Present/permanent address. If an Author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that Author's name. The address at which the Author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 100-150 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions .An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.
Capsule: In addition to the abstract for the manuscript, authors are required to submit a one- sentence statement that describes the significance of their work to the rest of the scientific community. When necessary, the capsule may be edited before publication.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. Note that these keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
N.B. Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.

Arrangement of the article
Regular research Articles should not exceed 5,000 words. If not possible, please contact the Editor in Chief.
Subdivision of the article. Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Subsections should be used as much as possible when cross-referencing text: refer to the subsection by heading as opposed to simply "the text."
Introduction. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Materials and methods. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results. Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion. This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
Conclusions. A short Conclusions section is to be presented.
Acknowledgements. Place acknowledgments, including information on grants received, before the references in a separate section, and not as a footnote on the title page.
References. See separate section, below. Units and symbols. The SI system should be used for all scientific and laboratory data: if in certain instance, it is necessary to quote other units, these should be added in parentheses. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius.
Figure legends, tables, figures, schemes. Present these, in this order, at the end of the article. They are described in more detail below. High-resolution graphic files must always be provided separate from the main text file (see the Preparation of Artwork section below).
Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the Author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
- Short Communications: These follow the same format as full papers, except that Results and Discussion sections should be combined. Manuscripts should not exceed 2000 words.
- Rapid Communications: These are Short Communication papers that are submitted for consideration for publication on an accelerated schedule. These papers report highly significant new findings and indicate new directions for research. Authors should fax or E-mail the abstract of their manuscript to one of the Editors before submitting a rapid communication manuscript.
- Special Issues: Proposals for Special Issues of full research papers that focus on a specific topic or theme will also be considered.
- New Initiatives: Intended as very brief reports of significant new findings indicating new directions in research. Manuscripts should be no more than 6-8 doubles spaced manuscript pages, including no more than 10 references, and 1-3 short tables and/or small figures. An abstract is not required. Include a very brief introduction, materials and methods, and discussion of results, including speculation about their meaning and implications. Please submit the name and complete mailing address (including e-mail address) of one appropriate referee who has agreed to review the manuscript. Authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief, or appropriate Associate Editor by E-mail before submitting a New Initiatives manuscript.

- Review Papers: Authors may submit manuscripts that provide in-depth critical review of a special subject. These reviews must provide a synthesis and critical evaluation of the state of the knowledge of the subject and indicate research directions. The Editors also periodically invite review articles.

- Commentary: Commentary papers may be submitted which express opinions and concerns, suggest research priorities and question conventional methodologies and conclusions. Manuscripts should include an Abstract, Introduction, Presentation of the Concerns or Analysis and Conclusions. References, Tables and Illustrations should be used sparingly. The manuscript should not exceed 12 double-spaced pages. The Editors will evaluate all manuscripts, for suitability for publications. Send Commentary submissions to Associate Editor, Karl Havens.

- Letters to Editor: Readers are encouraged to write to any of the Editors and raise issues and concerns about papers published in the journal. Editors or authors will reply to letters.

References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Citations in the text. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (Author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
1. Single Author: the Author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two Authors: both Authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more Authors: first Author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...."
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same Author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.

Preparation of Artwork
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only.

Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.

Captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should compromise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

Proofs
PDF proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. To avoid delay in publication, only necessary changes should be made, and corrections should be returned promptly.

Offprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.

Language editing
Information on author-paid and pre-accept language editing services available to authors can be found at http://authors.elsevier.com/LanguageEditing.html.

Online Publication
Your article will appear on Elsevier's online journal database ScienceDirect as an "Article in Press" within approximately 4-6 weeks of acceptance. Articles in Press for this journal can be viewed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02697491. An Article in Press may be cited prior to its publication by means of its unique digital object identifier (DOI) number, which does not change throughout the publication process.

Author enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envpol. You can track accepted articles at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as copyright information, frequently asked questions and more. For privacy, information on each article is password-protected. The author should key in the "Our Reference" code (which is in the letter of acknowledgement sent by the Publisher on receipt of the accepted article) and the name of the corresponding author. In case of problems or questions, authors may contact the Author Service Department, e-mail:authorsupport@elsevier.com.