Submission and Authoring in ACS Paragon Plus

Choosing File Designations during Submission

ACS Paragon Plus offers authors a selection of File Designations from which to choose during the File Upload step. These designations cover the range of components that authors need to provide for publication and peer review. You must choose an appropriate File Designation for each file you upload. Choose the appropriate designation for each file that is uploaded by matching it to the following descriptions. A list of acceptable software formats for each File Designation is also provided. Files that are not in an acceptable format will be rejected by the system.

If you will be submitting your manuscript in TeX or LaTex, please see Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Using TeX/LaTeX before submitting your manuscript.

Hint: Note that each journal office may specify which File Designations it accepts. If your file is in an unacceptable format, check to see if a PDF file would be acceptable and create one from the native file for uploading.

Manuscript File

The manuscript for publication may be submitted with graphics embedded in the text where they are discussed, placed at the end of the text, or left out of the text and submitted as separate files. Consult the Author Guidelines for the journal to which you are submitting for the Editor's requirements or preferences. Two File Designations are available for manuscript text; a variety of word-processing software is supported for these two File Designations.

Manuscript File: This file is required. It should contain your original manuscript text (graphics may either be embedded in the file or uploaded separately) and it should be created in an acceptable software format. Paragon Plus will automatically produce both a PDF and an HTML proof from this file for use during the peer review process.

Manuscript PDF File: This file is optional. Authors may choose to submit this file in addition to the Manuscript File, to facilitate the peer review process. If a Manuscript PDF File is uploaded, that file will be used as the PDF proof during the peer review process instead of the system-generated proof.

Graphic for Manuscript

Choose Graphic for manuscript for any separately uploaded graphic files that are intended for publication with the manuscript text. Files uploaded with this File Designation will be included in the PDF and HTML versions that are produced for the reviewer. They will appear in the PDF file in the order designated at time of upload; they will be linked in the HTML. You will be given the opportunity to input a figure caption and a tag for each graphic. The caption will be displayed in the PDF underneath the graphic. The tag will be used to link the graphic to the same word(s) in the text in the HTML version.

Do not choose this File Designation if the graphic is intended as Supporting Information; instead, see section on Supporting Information below. Graphics are acceptable in either PDF or TIFF format; other formats cannot be used reliably in production.

TeX/LaTeX Suppl Files

This File Designation is chosen for any file that is referenced as part of a TeX/LaTeX document. If you will be submitting your manuscript in TeX or LaTex, please see Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Using TeX/LaTeX before submitting your manuscript.

Completed and Signed Copyright Form

The ACS Copyright Status Form is a legal document and must be signed manually. Once the form has been signed, it can be faxed or mailed to the appropriate editorial office. You also have the option of uploading a PDF or TIF version of the signed copy at the time of submission. The Completed and Signed Copyright Form file designation should be selected.

Other Files for Editor Only

Choose the Other files for Editor Only file designation for any material that the Editor needs but that is not intended either for the reviewer or for publication. Examples would be permission letters to reproduce material from another publication or reviews from an earlier submission of the paper.

Supporting Information for Review Only

The Supporting Information for Review Only file designation is for any material that should be made available to the reviewer of the paper, but which is not intended for publication on the Web as part of the paper if it is accepted. A wide variety of file types are available. Authors no longer have to supply a PDF of their files; whenever appropriate the PDF will be created by Paragon Plus. An example would be a paper that is in press on the same or a related topic.

Web Enhanced Object

The Web Enhanced Object is any material intended to be published on the Web, accessible from a link in the HTML version of the paper. While a wide variety of files types are available, these are usually interactive files that cannot be presented in print, such as a movie or a rotatable 3-D image. For further information see Specifications for Web Enhanced Objects.

Updated: Apr. 3, 2008