Diffusion and Reactions

Submission of papers

Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their manuscripts online to the Solid State Ionics web site at http://ees.elsevier.com/ssi/. Please consult first the Tutorial for Authors before beginning the submission procedure.

The Ethical Statement is mandatory for research articles, as well as for special issues submitted to Solid State Ionics -Diffusion and Reactions: 1) the material has not been published in whole or in part elsewhere; 2) the paper is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere; 3) all authors have been personally and actively involved in substantive work leading to the paper, and will hold themselves jointly and individually responsible for its content.

For review purposes a platform-independent PDF manuscript file with embedded figures is preferred. The authors can either upload PDF files or have them built from source files in the online submission process. Please be sure to carefully check the built PDF file before final submission, since math and special characters may not have converted properly. After acceptance, the authors are invited to provide electronic source files of text (MS-Word, Latex, etc.) and figures (EPS, TIFF, JPEG, etc.), if they are not already available, for the publication process.

When using online submission: REVISION OF MANUSCRIPTS: When submitting your revised manuscript via the online system, be careful to use the same reference number that you had been previously given and click on the revision box; DO NOT MAKE A NEW SUBMISSION, otherwise your revised paper will be assigned a new number and handled as a new submission, which will cause problems and delays. Do not forget to include your comments for the reviewers (mandatory).

If online submission is not possible, hardcopy manuscripts (one original + two copies) may be submitted to an Editor of your choice. Please consult the Editorial Board. (Please note that this is not the preferred submission method and could cause a considerable delay in publication of the article).

Types of contributions
Original research papers are welcome.

Original material: Submission of a manuscript implies it is not being simultaneously considered for publication elsewhere and that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication.

Manuscript preparation
All manuscripts should be written in clear and grammatically correct English and properly formatted. Manuscripts may be prepared using MS-Word or LaTex. The Elsevier LaTex package can be obtained at http://www.elsevier.com/latex.
Structure. Double spaced; single (wide) column; font size 10 or larger; and in the following order: Article Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract and Keywords located on the title page; followed by the Main text with numbered Sections (1. Introduction, 2. Experimental, etc.), Acknowledgements, Appendices, List of References, Tables, Figure Caption list and Table Caption list. The Figures should be included on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. All pages should be numbered.
Corresponding author. First name or first initials followed by the family name, complete postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author should be given on the title page of the manuscript.
References. References to other work should be consecutively numbered in the text, using square brackets, and listed by number in the Reference list. See the following format example: "Recently, a strong linear correlation between isothermal expansion and oxygen nonstoichiometry has been found [6]..." [6] F. Boroomand, E. Wessel, H. Bausinger, K. Hilpert, Solid State Ionics 129 (2000) 251. [7] A.R. Allnatt, A.B. Lidiard, Atomic Transport in Solids, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge (1993) p. 188. [8] C. Wagner, in: Proc. 7th Meeting of International committee of electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics (CITCE), Lindau, 1955, Butterworth, London (1957) p.361.

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Figures.


Please refer to http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for detailed instructions on preparing electronic artwork.
Colour Figures. When paying for colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Alternatively, 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) while they are black/white in the printed version.

After acceptance
Notification. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their manuscript by the Editor and will be invited to supply an electronic version of the accepted paper, if this is not already available. The Publisher will also send notification of receipt of the manuscript in production and send the corresponding author the proofs.
Copyright transfer. In the course of the production process you will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information
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Author benefits
No page charges. Publishing in the Solid State Ionics is free.
Free 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. An offprint order form will be supplied by the Publisher for ordering any additional paid offprints.
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Author Enquiries
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