The aim of Progress in Organic Coatings is to analyse and publicise the progress and current state of knowledge in the field of organic coatings and related materials. The Editors and the Editorial Board members will solicit both review and research papers from academic and industrial scientists who are actively engaged in research and development or, in the case of review papers, have extensive experience in the subject to be reviewed. Unsolicited manuscripts will be accepted if they meet the journal's requirements.
The journal publishes papers dealing with such subjects as:

• Chemical, physical and technological properties of organic coatings and related materials;
• Problems and methods of preparation, manufacture and application of these materials;
• Performance, testing and analysis.

Types of contributions
There are no page charges for contributions. The following types of contributions are welcomed to this journal:

• State of the art reviews
• Normal length research papers
• Book reviews

Submitting your article
Authors should send their article to the managing Editor or to one of the Editors.

Authors must submit their articles using the secure online submission system at http://ees.elsevier.com/poc/. Online submission removes the need to submit hard copy.

Articles must be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

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and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. (Link to the Oxford English Dictionary http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl)

Authors in Australia, North and South America, please submit to Professor Bierwagen:

Managing Editor: Prof. G.P. Bierwagen
North Dakota State University
Polymers & Coatings Department
Dunbar Hall 54
Fargo, ND 58105
USA
Tel: +1 (701) 231 8294
Fax: +1 (701) 231 8439 e-mail:Gordon.Bierwagen@ndsu.nodak.edu


Authors in Asia, please submit to Professor. Yamabe:

Dr. Hidetoshi Yamabe
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
11-3, Shinbashi 5-Chome,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8716
Japan
Tel: +81 426 65 1519
e-mail: yamabehn@rio.odn.ne.jp

Authors in Europe, Africa, Middle East and India, please submit to Professor Piens

Dr. M. Piens
Coatings Research Institute
Avenue P. Holoffe
1342 Limelette
Belgium
Tel: +32 (2) 653 09 86
Fax: +32 (2) 653 95 03
e-mail:piens.m@cori-coatings.be

Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is responsible for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, including post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.

Manuscript Preparation:
General:
Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Please use Word, Word Perfect or LaTeX files for the text of your manuscript. (For further information about LaTeX submission, please go to http://www.elsevier.com/latex.)

Structure:
Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. For online submission, please supply figures imported into the text AND also separately as original graphics files. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.

Copyright:
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Preparation of Text:
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Estimation of Length:
For a rough estimate of the final length of their printed article authors should count 850 words for full two-colume page and four illustrations per page.

Abstract:
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 500 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.

Keywords:
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of six keywords (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.

Colour Illustrations (Print):
Illustrations can be printed in colour when they are judged by the Editor to be essential to the presentation. The publisher and author will each bear part of the extra costs involved. For further information on the charges to be passed onto authors of articles containing colour please contact Author Support at authorsupport@elsevier.com or see http://www.elsevier.com/artiworkinstructions.

Colour Illustrations (Web):
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 further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions

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 prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations.

Tables:
Tables should be numbered consecutively and given suitable captions and each table should begin on a new page. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in graphs). Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters.

Preparation of supplementary data:
We strongly encourage you to submit electronic annexes, such as short videos, computer-enhanced images, audio clips and large databases. Please refer to the Artwork Instructions (Multimedia files) at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for details on file types to be used. If you are submitting on hardcopy, please supply 3 disks/CD ROMs containing the electronic annex to the editor for review. In the text of your article you may wish to refer to the annex. This is not mandatory, however, if you do wish to refer to the annex in the text then please do so using this example: "?see Electronic Annex 1 in the online version of this article." Production will insert the relevant URL at the typesetting stage after this statement.

Notification:
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the editor. The Publisher will also send a notification of receipt of the paper in production.

PDF Proofs:
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. The corrections should be returned within 48 hours. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely the author's responsibility. Any queries should be answered in full. Please correct factual errors only, or errors introduced by typesetting. A note added on the proof must be dated and the author must have requested and received the Editors approval.
For more information on proofreading please go to our proofreading page http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing. Please note that once your paper has been proofed we publish the identical paper online as in print.

Author Benefits:
No page charges: Publication in this journal is free of charge.

Free offprints: Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Corresponding authors will be given the choice to buy extra offprints before printing of the article. Authors who pay for colour illustrations will receive an extra fifty offprints free of charge.

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Online Paper Tracking:
Authors can track the status of their accepted paper online at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle using the reference supplied by the Publisher.

Submission Checklist: •It is hope that this list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal's editor for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item. Ensure that the following items are present;•One author designated as corresponding author
•Include full postal address and contact details including country and area codes for telephone and fax numbers. (Complete for corresponding and co-authors),
• Article details (first author, first words of title)
• File name(s)
•File (e.g. word. Latex) and media format (e.g. PC, Mac)
• Keywords
•All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)

Further Considerations; • Manuscript has been "spellchecked"
• References are in the correct format for this journal
•All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
•Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the web)


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