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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Guide for Authors

Guide for Reviewers

Submission information

This text is intended to give you some guidelines to help you prepare your manuscript for publication in the Journal of Membrane Science.

1. Scope of the Journal

The journal provides a focal point for membranologists and a vehicle for the publication of significant contributions that advance the science and technology of membrane processes and phenomena. Non-biological membranes are emphasized, but papers that bridge the gap between synthetic and biomembrane research are sought. A broad spectrum of papers is encouraged: original research dealing with new theories of membrane transport, suitably treated experimental observations of membrane permeation, and applications of membrane transport processes.

The Journal of Membrane Science publishes Full Text Papers, Rapid Communications, State-of-the-Art Reviews and Letters to Editors.

Rapid Communications must be cutting-edge reports on novel material that warrant speedy communication to the readership. Rapid Communications will be handled with priority. Rapid Communications should not exceed 4-6 printed pages and should be concise and complete descriptions of an investigation.

2. Submission of articles

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and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.

Upon acceptance of an article, Authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see External link http://www.elsevier.com/locate/authorsrights ). 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.

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 Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage (External link http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).

3. Online submission to the journal prior to acceptance

Submission to this journal proceeds online. Please use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the online submission page of this journal (External link http://ees.elsevier.com/memsci) you 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, the source files are required 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 homepage (External link http://www.elsevier.com/authors), removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.

Authors are required to provide the names and e-mail addresses of at least 3 international reviewers in their cover letter.

Submit all manuscripts to one of the following Editors via the online submission system:

P. Aimar

Laboratoire de Genie Chimique, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex, France

Email: aimar@chimie.ups-tlse.fr Fax: +33 1 5 6155 6139

W.J. Koros 778 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

E-mail: jms@che.gatech.edu Fax: +1 404 385 2683

Y.M. Lee

Hanyang University, National Research Lab. for Membranes, School of Chemical Engineering, 17 haengdan-dong, Seongdon-gu, Seoul, 133-791 South Korea

Email: ymlee@hanyang.ac.kr Fax: +82 2 2291 5982

M. Wessling Membrane Technology Group, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Twente, PO Box 217, NL 7500AE, Enschede, Netherlands

E-mail: M.Wessling@tnw.utwente.nl Fax: +31 53 489 4611

A.L. Zydney

Department of Chemical Engineering, 160 Fenske Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University ,PA 16802-4400, USA

Email: zydney@engr.psu.edu Fax: +1 814 865 7846

Jerry Y.S. Lin

Department. of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA

Email: Jerry.Lin@asu.edu

4. Preparation of text

Please double-space all material. Be concise. Please try to adhere to the following format:

- Title, author(s), address(es)
Include mailing or 'ZIP' code in countries using this system. Indicate to whom proofs should be sent and please include the relevant telephone, FAX and e-mail numbers.

- Abstract (100-200 words) and five relevant keywords.

- Introduction
Statement of the problem. Outline of the paper and important findings.

- Theory (if any).

- Experimental (if any).

- Results

- Conclusions

- List of Symbols
Please prepare a list if more than about 10 symbols are used. Define all symbols. Include units with the symbols list.

-Acknowledgements (if any).

- References
Number consecutively inside square brackets [ ] with one entry per reference number throughout the text and supply a separate reference list. Abbreviate according to the ''Bibliographic Guide for Editors & Authors'', 1974 (Chemical Abstracts Service, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210). Examples:

Journal: [1] M. Wessling, U. Werner and S.-T. Hwang, Pervaporation of aromatic C8-isomers, J. Membrane Sci., 57 (1991) 257.

Book: [2] R.Y.M. Huang, Pervaporation Membrane Separation Processes, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990.

Book chapter: [3] A.G. Fane, C.J.D. Fell and M.T. Nor, Ultrafiltration/activated sludge system - development of a predictive model, in A.R. Cooper (Ed.), Ultrafiltration Membranes and Applications, Plenum, New York, NY, 1980, pp. 631-658.

Patent: [4] H.J.C. te Hennepe, M.H.V. Mulder, C.A. Smolders, D. Bargeman and G.A.T. Schroder, Pervaporation process and membrane, Eur. Patent 0,254,758, 1988.

Report: [5] N.F. Cardarelli, K.E. Walker and G. Zweig, Development of registration criteria for controlled release pesticide formulations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, EPA504/9-77-016, January 1978.

Note: titles of all referenced articles should be included. Avoid the use of non-retrievable reports. We strongly recommend references to archival literature (and not personal communications or Web sites) only.

- Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Please use Arabic numerals and supply a heading. Add units to the column headings. 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.

- Figures
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: External link 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.

5. Nomenclature, symbols and abbreviations

In general, the recommendations of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) should be followed. SI units and units directly related to the SI system (°C, bar, h, min, etc.) can be used, but other units should be avoided (e.g. atm, cal, Ci, °F, psi, tonne, Torr). Only widely accepted symbols and forms of abbreviation should be used, but always give the full expression followed by the abbreviation the first time it appears in the text. Abbreviations and symbols used in tables and figures should be explained in the legends. The use of chemical symbols in the text should be avoided as much as possible, as they disrupt the flow of the sentence as well as the appearance of the typeset page. Complicated chemical compounds can, for the sake of simplicity, be indicated by their chemical formulae, but at least elements and 'every-day' compounds such as water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, ethene, ammonia, formaldehyde, acids, alcohols, etc. should be indicated by their full name (except in long lists). In no case should a combination of symbols and words (e.g. Li-oxide) be used. Hydrogen isotopes should preferably be indicated as 2H or 3H, rather than as D and T. Use of the trivial names 'paraffins' and 'olefins' should be avoided, 'alkanes' and 'alkenes' should be used instead.

Units Table

6. Language Editing

International Science Editing and Asia Science Editing can provide English language and copyediting services to authors who want to publish in scientific, technical and medical journals and need assistance before they submit their article or, before it is accepted for publication. Authors can contact these services directly: External link http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing or, for more information about language editing services, please contact authorsupport@elsevier.com who will be happy to deal with any questions.

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 (External link http://www.elsevier.com/termsandconditions).

7. Preparation of supplementary data

Elsevier accepts 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 ScienceDirect: External link 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 External link http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

8. Proofs and reprints

The accepted article will be regarded as final and the files will be processed as such. Proofs are for checking typesetting/editing: only printer's errors may be corrected. No changes in, or additions to the edited manuscript will be accepted. The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 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.

For any additional queries, please contact Elsevier Author Support authorsupport@elsevier.com

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For The Americas: +1 888 834 7287 (toll-free for US & Canadian customers)
For Asia & Pacific: +81 3 5561 5032
For Europe & rest of the world: +353 61 709190
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