Guide for Authors
The
Journal of Catalysis publishes original, rigorous, and scholarly contributions
in the fields of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. These include studies that relate catalytic function to fundamental chemical
processes at surfaces and in metal complexes, novel concepts in surface chemistry, the synthesis and catalytic function of novel inorganic
solids and complexes, spectroscopic methods for structural characterization, and theoretical methods of direct interest and impact in
the science and applications of catalysts and catalytic processes.
Journal of Catalysis publishes manuscripts of archival
value because of their significant fundamental and conceptual contributions to our understanding and practice of catalytic chemistries.
The journal features authoritative articles, priority communications, research notes, and letters to the Editors. Journal of Catalysis
is the premier scholarly publication in the field of catalysis and, over the last decade, it has been ranked among the top ten chemistry
journals in terms of impact and relevance. During this period, it has published some of the most important contributions to the science
and applications of catalysis and throughout its forty-year history, it has been an indispensable source of information for chemists
and chemical engineers in both industrial and academic fields.
Journal of Catalysis does not accept preliminary publications.
It prefers full articles of scholarly in-depth studies and publishes short articles only in special cases, as Priority Communications
or Research Notes. Priority Communications contain unique, exciting, and novel results that provide compelling evidence for rapid publication;
while results in such communications may be of a preliminary nature, experimental details must be fully documented and the results reliably
reproduced. Research Notes typically contain data and concepts that resolve in a concise but rigorous manner issues raised in previous
publications
Types of Paper
Research Notes, Letters to the Editor, and
Priority Communications should have a maximum of 14 double-spaced typewritten manuscript pages (including tables and figures). Accepted
Research Notes will not receive publication priority over regular articles. All Research Notes should include an abstract of 60-100 words.
Letters to the Editor will be considered for priority publication under the following conditions: (a) Letters must be related to some
statement made in a recently published article in this journal; (b) in cases of conflicting views on any topic, no more than one letter
from each author will be accepted.
The handling editor will evaluate the suitability of an article for consideration as a Priority
Communication according to the following criteria: (a) The article contains unique, exciting, and obviously novel results with a clear
requirement for rapid publication; (b) articles may be of preliminary nature, but experimental details of the preparation and conditions
must be fully documented so that the experiment can be repeated. Priority Communications should include an abstract of 60-100 words;
Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections; a maximum of 3 figures and/or tables in total; and a References section with
only the most essential references included. Manuscripts submitted for publication as Priority Communications must be accompanied by
a letter explaining why the material deserves rapid publication. Manuscripts accepted as Priority Communications will be printed as quickly
after acceptance as possible. Manuscripts that are judged not to warrant priority publication may be considered for publication as Research
Notes.
Ethics
in Publishing
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see
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and
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other
relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence,
or be perceived to influence, their work. See also
http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
Plagiarism
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 copyright-holder.
Articles and any other material published in the
Journal of Catalysis represent
the opinions of the author(s) and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the editor(s) or the publisher. Manuscripts that
do not meet the general criteria or standards for publication in the
Journal of Catalysis will be immediately returned to the
authors, without detailed review. At their discretion, editors may request from the corresponding author a statement describing specific
original contributions made by each co-author.
Copyright
Upon acceptance
of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (for more information on this and copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright).
Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding
author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this
agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation
within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other
derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult
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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: please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Retained author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details
you are referred to:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the
funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation
of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation
of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such
involvement then this should be stated. Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose
articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions
of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Language and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted,
but not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission
please visit
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Submission
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare
your article. Via the homepage of this journal (
http://ees.elsevier.com/jcat/) 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, 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 homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy
paper trail.
Referees
Please submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses
and e-mail addresses of 3 potential referees. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers
are used.
Additional Information
Manuscripts must be submitted by the
senior author, who must accept responsibility on behalf of all authors for all ethical requirements. The author submitting the manuscript
will be listed as the corresponding author in the published version of each accepted manuscript.
There are no submission fees
or page charges. Each manuscript must be accompanied by a letter addressed to the specific editor and outlining the basic findings of
the paper and its significance. If the manuscript refers to recently submitted manuscripts or papers in press (with the
Journal of
Catalysis or other journals), then a copy of each manuscript must be supplied so that the reviewers can judge the new manuscript
in its proper context.
Revised manuscripts should be returned including revision notes. The revision notes should address the issues
raised in the referee report and clearly state per page (indicate paragraph and line) which changes have been made. Additional materials
may be requested at the discretion of the editor.
Authors requested to revise their submission to Journal of Catalysis
will be given 4 weeks in which to submit the revised submission. Revised submissions received after 4 weeks from the time at which the
revision was requested will be considered as new submissions.
Use of wordprocessing software
It is important that the file be saved
in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as
possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's
options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed "graphically
designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table
grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns.
The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with
Elsevier:
http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate
their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on Electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of your wordprocessor.
Article structure
Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2,
etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to
"the text". Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
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
Experimentals
and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced. Authors should draw attention to any particular
chemical or biological hazards that may be involved in carrying out the experiments described. Any relevant safety precautions should
be described; if an accepted code of practice has been followed, a reference to the relevant standards should be given.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is
often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. Results and Discussion may be combined and may be
organized into subheadings.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the
study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion
section.
Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should
be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a
subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on.
Essential title page information
•
Title.
Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval 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 authors' 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 will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also
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.
•
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: 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. For this
reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Also, non-standard
or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Graphical Abstract
Authors must supply a graphical abstract at the time the paper is first submitted. The
abstract should summarize the contents of the paper in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership
and for compilation of databases. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the paper as well as one or
two sentences that clearly state the findings and the significance of the research in the paper. The content of the graphical abstract
will be typeset and should be kept within an area of 5 cm by 17 cm. Authors must supply the graphic separately as an electronic file.
The following is an example of a graphical abstract from
Journal of Catalysis 261 (2009) 1:
Hydrogenation of acrolein on
SiO
2?Al
2O
3 supported Ag catalysts was studied in the gas phase to probe effects of support acidity on
catalytic and structural properties. Brønsted acidity was not detected but Lewis acidity was influenced by support composition.
Higher Al
2O
3 contents led to higher turnover rates and allyl alcohol yield
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 10 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. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations
that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of
abbreviations throughout the article.
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements
in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote
to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing
assistance or proofreading the article, etc.). Include information on grants received.
Footnotes
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic
numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position
of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference
list.
Table footnotes
Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Artwork
Electronic Artwork
Figures, schemes, and
equations must be cited in the text and numbered in order of appearance with Arabic numerals. Other graphics, such as structures, do
not need to be numbered, but please indicate in the text where these are to appear. All graphics (including chemical structures) must
be provided at the actual size that they are to appear (single-column width is 8.8 cm, double-column width is 18.3 cm). Please arrange
schematics so that they fill the column space (either single or double), so as not to leave a lot of unused white space. Please ensure
that all illustrations within a paper are consistent in type, quality, and size. Legends may be included as part of the graphic for reviewing
purposes; however, all legends should also be supplied at the end of the text for typesetting purposes.
To help authors provide
actual size graphics, it is suggested that the following settings be used with CSC ChemDraw and ISIS Draw: font 10 pt Helvetica, chain
angle 120°, bond spacing 18% of length, fixed length 10.08 pt (0.354 cm), bold width 1.4 pt (0.049 cm), line width 0.42 pt
(0.015 cm), margin width 1.12 pt (0.040 cm), and hash spacing 1.75 pt (0.062 cm). Compound numbers should be in boldface. In order to
accurately design schematics to print out at the proper width, the original drawing cannot exceed a column width of 8.8 cm (for single
column) and 18.3 cm (for double column). Layout design is facilitated if authors submit their original artwork in the actual size to
be published. Please save graphics as an Encapsulated PostScript file (EPS) or a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), as well as the program
the graphic was originally drawn in. For more details on the preparation and submission of artwork, please visit
www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the
following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS:
Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: color or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum
of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale):
a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications
please supply "as is".
Please do not:
• Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation)
document;
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
•
Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Color Artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files)
and with the correct resolution. 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. 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 versions of all the colour illustrations.
Color figures should not be submitted unless the Authors are willing to assume all costs associated with color reproduction. If color
reproduction is essential and the authors intend to argue for a waiver of charges, the Editor should be consulted upon manuscript submission.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title and
a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Captions may be included as part of the graphic for reviewing purposes; however, all captions should also be supplied at the end of the
text for typesetting purposes.
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.
References
Citation in Text; Proof of 'in press' required
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in
the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. 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 and
a copy of the title page of the relevant article must be submitted.
Authors must supply a full-text copy of all unpublished references
(including "Personal Communications" and papers "in press"). These references will be included in your submission and will be verified
by the reviewers of your manuscript. Any submission that does not comply with this requirement will be rejected by the Editors.
Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (DOI,
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.
Reference Style
References should be individually numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text
(including tables and figure captions assuming they will be located where they are first mentioned in the text), and listed in numerical
sequence on separate sheets at the end of the paper, typed in double spacing. The numbers (no alphabetical characters) should appear
in the text at the appropriate places in square brackets [ ]. In the reference list, periodicals [1], books [2], multiauthor books with
editors [3], proceedings [4], and patents [5] should be cited in accordance with the following examples:
[1] M. Inoue, H. Kominami,
T. Inui, Appl. Catal. A 121 (1995) 1.
[2] Nielsen, An Investigation on Promoted Iron Catalysts for the Synthesis of Ammonia, Jul.
Giellerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1968, p. 72.
[3] M.V. Sargent, F.M. Dean, in: A.R. Katrizky, C.W. Rees (Eds.), Comprehensive Heterocyclic
Chemistry, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1977, p. 599.
[4] F.E. Wagner, M. Karger, F. Probst, B. Schutter, in: P. Jena, C.B. Satterthwaite
(Eds.), Electronic Structure and Properties of Hydrogen in Metals, Proc. NATO Int. Symp., Richmond, VA, 4-6 March 1982, Plenum, New York,
1983, p. 581.
[5] J. Ciric, US Patent 3 972 983 (1976), to Mobil Oil Corporation.
Authors' and editors' names should be given
as initials followed by surname. The names of all authors (and/or all editors) should be listed in the reference list; "et al."
should not be used here. Abbreviations for the titles of journals should follow the system used by Chemical Abstracts. Each reference
should be complete in itself; therefore ibid. should not be used in the reference list.
Journal abbreviations source
Journal names should be abbreviated according to
Index Medicus journal abbreviations:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html;
List of serial title word abbreviations:
http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php;
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):
http://www.cas.org/sent.html.
Supplementary
material
Elsevier 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 ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your
submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data are 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. Video files:
please supply 'stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or make a separate image. These will be used instead
of standard icons and will personalize the link to your supplementary information. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork
instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Submission
checklist
It is hoped 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:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone
and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including
title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been "spellchecked" and "grammar-checked"
•
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)
•
Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced
in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only color on the Web is required, black and white
versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
For any further information please visit our customer support site
at
http://epsupport.elsevier.com.
Additional Information
When
preparing the manuscript, use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. (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 legends 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.
Chemical reaction data
For heterogeneous catalysis, presentation should include reaction rates normalized by catalyst surface area,
surface area of the active phase, or number of active surface atoms or catalytic sites, as appropriate. Typical rate units are mol s
-1
m
-2 or, in the case of surface atom normalization to produce turnover frequencies, s
-1. For homogeneous catalysis,
rates should typically be reported as turnover frequencies. Comparisons of selectivities should be made at similar conversions. Catalytic
measurements need to be carried out under kinetically limited conditions. Confirming tests need to be carried out and reported, especially
for all reactions occurring in the liquid phase.
Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to
electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon
the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly
'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown
as follows (example taken from a document in the journal
Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When
you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do
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your article if no response is received.
Offprints
The corresponding author,
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