Submission of papers:

The entire submission and review process for the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control will be handled electronically, which shortens publication times. All papers should be submitted electronically via EES: http://ees.elsevier.com/jggc.

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society of society-owned or sponsored journals. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/ethical_guidelines#Duties%20of%20Authors

Prior to submitting your paper, please follow the instructions given below. Please note that you must have an e-mail address to use the online submission system.

Authors submit their article online by simply registering, logging-in, and submitting. Editors will then invite potential reviewers by e-mail.

Detailed instructions on the use of the online submission system are available at http://ees.elsevier.com/jggc. Please read the "Hints" for information on how to register, and review the "Tutorial for Authors" for a run-through of the submission process. If you need any further help, please do not hesitate to contact our Author Support Department: authorsupport@elsevier.ie

Submission language:
English Oxford English Dictionary

English language help service:
Upon request Elsevier will direct authors to an agent who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission for a fee). Please contact authorsupport@elsevier.com for further information.

Types of contributions:
Primary research papers and invited technical reviews will be published. All other paper types will be published at the discretion of the Editor in Chief.

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.

Original material:
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 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.

Editor's requirements:
All papers should be concisely written and comprise of no more than 20 to 25 pages. The author should remember that the journal is international and read widely by those whose first language may not be English. Clarity and precision are best achieved by the use of short words and simple sentences.

In order to speed up the review process, please provide the names, addresses and email adresses of 3 potential reviewers for your manuscript.

Detailed instructions on manuscript preparation and artwork instructions can be found below. The editor reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not conform to the instructions for manuscript preparation and artwork instruction, as well as papers that do not fit the scope of the journal, prior to refereeing.



General:
Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material after use. An electronic copy of the manuscript on disk should accompany the final accepted version. 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/locate/latex.)

Structure:
The manuscript should be preceded by a sheet of manuscript paper carrying the title of the paper and the name, full postal address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of the person to whom proofs are to be sent. Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. 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. Some flexibility of presentation will be allowed but authors are urged to arrange the subject matter clearly under such headings as: 1. Introduction, 2. Methodology, 3. Experimental, 4. Results, 5. Discussion, 6. Conclusions, etc.

Text Layout:
Use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins with fully justified text. Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Number all pages consecutively, use 12 or 10 pt font size and standard fonts.

Title, Authors and Affiliations:
Papers should be headed by a concise but informative title, since titles are widely used in information retrieval systems. The title is followed by the names of the authors, and the address where the work was carried out. If the present address of an author is different from that mentioned, it should be given in a footnote. Acknowledgements for financial support should not be made by a footnote to the title or name of the author, but should be included in the Acknowledgements at the end of the paper.

Abstract:
All papers must include an Abstract (50-200 words) which should comprise a brief and factual account of the contents and conclusions of the paper, with emphasis on new information. Abbreviations, jargon and reference numbers should not be used. The abstract should be suitable for use by abstracting services without rewriting.

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.

Introduction:
All papers should have a short introduction. This should state the reason for the work, with brief reference to previous work on the subject.

Methodology:
The research methods and the materials used, where appropriate, should be described after the introductory paragraphs. Detailed technical descriptions should be restricted to one section of the paper, and not scattered throughout the text. Sufficient information should be given to allow any reasonably experienced worker to carry out the procedure. Detailed descriptions of well-known techniques and equipment are unnecessary, as are simple preparations of reagents or solutions, and lists of common chemicals. In writing, complete sentences should be used.

Results and Discussion:
These should be treated as 2 separate sections. Unsupported elaboration of hypotheses, and verbose exposition of ideas should be avoided. Chemical formulae should not be used in the text unless confusion is likely to arise from the use of names. Formulae may, however, be used for brevity in tables and figures.

Conclusions:
The significance of the results should be presented here.

Recommendations:
Any recommendations based upon the research undertaken should be presented here.

Acknowledgements:
Acknowledgements should be kept as short as possible, and placed at the conclusion of the text.

Symbols:
Symbols, formulae and equations should be typed with great care, capitals and lower case letters being distinguished where necessary. Also, a clear distinction in typewritten text should be made between the figure 1 (one) and the lower case l (ell) and between zero (0) and the letter O. Particular care should be taken in writing mathematical expressions containing superscripts and subscripts. Greek letters and unusual symbols employed for the first time should be defined by name in the left-hand margin.

Units:
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI in parentheses.

References:
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.

Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Example: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...."

List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith , R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.

Colour Costs and Queries:
For colour illustrations, a colour printing fee is charged to the author per colour page. Further information concerning colour illustrations and costs is available from Author Support at authorsupport@elsevier.com, and at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

FREE ONLINE COLOUR
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour and black/white 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. ' Usable' means the formats comply with our instructions. See the information about Illustrations at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. For colour illustrations in the print journal see Colour Costs above.

Tables:
Careful thought should be given to the layout of tables (and figures) so that the significance of the results may be quickly grasped by the busy reader. Often a table of results can be understood more readily if columns and lines are interchanged. It should also be remembered that the length of a printed page is greater than its width. Tables should be numbered with the Arabic numerals and should have headings that make their general meaning understandable without reference to the text. The units in which results are expressed should be given at the top of each column (in parentheses) and not be repeated on each line of the table. Footnotes should be indicated by the use of lower-case letters (a, b, c, etc.), as superscripts without parentheses.

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors. The Publisher will also send a notification of receipt of the paper in production.



All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the authors' proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists. For more information please go to our copyright page http://www.elsevier.com/copyright.



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. 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:
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. Additional paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.