The journal offers rapid publication of review articles on topics of current interest and importance in coordination chemistry. The term 'coordination chemistry' is interpreted broadly, and includes aspects of organometallic, theoretical and bioinorganic chemistry. In general the reviews survey developments in a particular area during the last few years, or discuss the results obtained with a particular technique. Special issues are published from time to time on topics of current interest and importance. These special issues may also focus on contributions from a specific country or area of the world, or contain the proceedings of invited lectures to major international conferences. Full book length articles also appear occasionally. The journal also incorporates special volumes containing annual reviews of main group chemistry, on transition metal group chemistry, and on organometallic chemistry. Good reviews are essential educational tools for those working in inorganic chemistry. Coordination Chemistry Reviews will continue to act as a focal point for informative critical surveys of inorganic and physical inorganic chemistry.

Abstracting services
Chemical Earth Sciences, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents—Physical, PASCAL/CNRS.

Types of contributions
•Reviews (invited and unsolicited)
•Plenary contributions from selected international conferences
•Letters to the Editor
•Book Reviews

Prospective authors should contact the Editor concerning their proposed article, to ensure that it is suitable for publication in Coordination Chemistry Reviews and does not overlap other contributions.

Manuscript submission

Please do not upload PDF's. Original files only.

Online submission: Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript to the Editor via the online submission page of this journal at http://ees.elsevier.com/ccr. Authors will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in 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 are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's home page. A printed copy of the manuscript is not required at any stage of the process.

It is not necessary to embed graphics in the text on first submission, but if you do so please note that separate graphic files will always be required for proof production when a manuscript is accepted for publication. Graphics should be submitted as separate, high-resolution artwork files. These will be automatically incorporated into the single PDF that the system creates for review.
Hardcopy submission: Alternatively, authors should submit a disk together with three hardcopies of their manuscript, one complete set of original illustrations, with two copies thereof, to the Editor.

Professor A.B.P. Lever
York University, Chemistry Department, CCB 124
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3

Tel: +1 (416) 736 2100 extn 22309 Fax: +1 (416) 736 5936 e-mail: blever@yorku.ca

Contributions are accepted on the understanding that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication. Submission of an article must be accompanied by a statement that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance of an article by the Journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any material for which copyright already exists. 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 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.co.uk
Authors are reminded that delays in publication may occur if the instructions for submission and disk and manuscript preparation are not strictly followed. Authors are strongly recommended to submit disks to guarantee rapid processing. To facilitate communication, authors are requested to provide their current e-mail address, telephone and fax number.
Authors with exceptionally large files may arrange with the Editor to upload them to an internet site.

Preparation of manuscripts on disk
Main Text
Articles prepared using any of the more popular word-processing packages are acceptable but please note the following points.

•Submissions should be made on a double-density or high-density 3.5" disk.

•The disk format, word-processor format, file name(s) and the title and authors of the article must be indicated on the disk.

•The disk must always be accompanied by a hard-copy version of the article, and the content of the two should be identical.

•The disk text must be the same as that of the final refereed, revised manuscript.

•Disks formatted for either IBM PC compatibles or Apple Macintosh are preferred. If you can provide either of these, our preference is for the former.

•The article should be saved in the native format of the word processor used, e.g. WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, etc.

•Although most popular word processor file formats are acceptable, we cannot guarantee the usability of all formats. If the disk you send us proves to be unusable, we will publish your article from the hard copy.

•Please do not send ASCII files as relevant data may be lost.

•There is no need to spend time formatting your article so that the printout is visually attractive (e.g. by making headings bold), as most formatting instructions will be removed upon processing.

•Leave a blank line between each paragraph and between each entry in the list of bibliographic references.

•Tables should preferably be placed in the same electronic file as the text. Authors should consult a recent issue of the Journal for table layout.

Graphics
General
Information on creating graphics can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Requirements
The following requirements are to be met:
Hard copy in all cases. Since we cannot guarantee the usability of your graphic file(s), hard copies of all illustrations should accompany the accepted printout of the manuscript in all cases. One set should be in a publishable condition. For specific enquiries an electronic artwork please consult: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Disks: Files should preferably be submitted on 3.5", zip disk or CD Rom. Submission via e-mail is not recommended for large files.
Format: TIFF or EPS files are preferred. TIFF files should preferably be compressed, but only LZW (Macintosh) compression is acceptable. Please note that corrections in EPS figures are only possible if they have been prepared with Adobe Illustrator 3.0 or higher versions. The usability of other formats is to a large extent dependent on the information you supply us with concerning the soft- and hardware used. It is a good idea to put the relevant information in the header of the file.
Resolution: Drawings made with Adobe Illustrator and Aldus Freehand (Macintosh) and CorelDraw (IBM/DOS) generally give good results. Drawings made in WordPerfect or Word generally have too low a resolution; only if made at a much higher resolution (1016 dpi) can they be used. Files of scanned line drawings are acceptable if done at a minimum of 1016 dpi. For scanned halftone figures a resolution of 300 dpi is sufficient. Scanned figures compressed with JPEG usually give no problems. Please note that scanned figures cannot be enlarged, only reduced.

Manuscript preparation
Manuscript preparation
Language: Papers will be published in English. Authors' manuscripts must be consistent in style, spelling and syntax.

Language polishing. For authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission please visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing or contact authorsupport@elsevier.com for more information. Please note Elsevier neither endorses nor takes responsibility for any products, goods or services offered by outside vendors through our services or in any advertising. For more information please refer to our Terms & Conditions http://www.elsevier.com/termsandconditions.

Estimation of length
For a rough estimate of the final length of their printed article, authors should count 850 words per full two-column page and four illustrations per page.



Keywords
A maximum of six keywords should be indicated below the abstract to describe the contents of the manuscript. Keywords should be selected, if appropriate, from the following classes: theoretical methods, experimental methods, phenomena, materials, and applications. A recommended list of current keywords used in the Journal are published regularly. This list may also be obtained from the Editor or publisher.



Colour illustrations
Illustrations can be printed in colour when they are judged by the Editor to be essential to the presentation. Generally, the publisher and author will each bear part of the extra costs involved. The charge to be passed on to authors of articles containing colour figures is EUR 350.00 for the first page containing colour and EUR 175.00 for each additional page containing colour.
Authors located in Europe or Japan will be billed in Euros, while authors located outside Europe or Japan will be billed in US dollars.



Further information
All questions arising after acceptance of a paper, especially those concerning proofs, should be directed to:

Elsevier Ireland Ltd
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Fax: ++353 (61) 709110

Proofs
Authors will receive a pdf proof by email. A corrected hard copy should be returned as soon as possible. No new material may be inserted in the text at the time of proof-reading. A Note added in proof must be dated and the author must have requested and received the Editor's approval.

Offprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, with twenty-five free paper offprints. 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.