Submission and Authoring in ACS Paragon Plus

ACS Journal Policy Summaries on Prior Publication

Accounts of Chemical Research considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

ACS Chemical Biology considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

ACS Nano considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Analytical Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior or concurrent dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. Submission of a manuscript requires that the work has not been previously published and is not under review for publication elsewhere, including publicly accessible preprint sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Biochemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Bioconjugate Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. Web posting of content (including posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites), whether made openly available to the public or under restricted access, should be disclosed to the editor. The editor will judge these matters on a case-by-case basis.

Any closely related manuscripts that are under consideration for publication or already in press elsewhere must be included with the submitted manuscript, as Supporting Information for Review Only. This includes closely related manuscripts prepared after the submitted manuscript. Failure to do this may jeopardize publication of the submitted manuscript.

Biomacromolecules considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Chemical Research in Toxicology considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication.

Duplication of already published data eliminates the paper from consideration in most circumstances. Web posting of content (including posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites), whether made openly available to the public or under restricted access, must be disclosed to the editor. Such postings may preclude consideration for publication, but will be considered by the editor on a case-by-case basis. Regular exceptions will be made for posting of a conference presentation for a period of no longer than one month on the ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology website with members-only access. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Chemical Reviews considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Chemistry of Materials considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

Any Web posting of content that communicates original research results prior to submission will preclude consideration of the work and its publication. Duplication of already published data eliminates the paper from consideration in most circumstances.

Web posting of content (including posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other web sites), whether made openly available to the public or under restricted access, should be disclosed to the editor. Such postings may preclude consideration for publication but the editor will judge these matters on a case-by-case basis. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Crystal Growth & Design considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Energy & Fuels considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Environmental Science & Technology considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. Duplication of already published data eliminates the paper from consideration in most circumstances.

Proceedings of conferences and symposia. Publication of a preprint or extended abstract in an ACS division meeting preprint book in either print or electronic format does not preclude consideration for publication of a full paper, provided that it includes significant new information and data beyond what was in the preprint or extended abstract. You cannot publish your presentation in a proceedings (paper or electronic) that is copyrighted (except by ACS) and then submit it to ES&T; that is prior publication. If the proceedings is not copyrighted, a short abstract without figures or tables is permissible. However, if the manuscript, a manuscript with essentially the same data in figures/tables, or an extended abstract is published in the proceedings, it cannot be considered for publication by ES&T. It is the responsibility of authors to notify us of any abstracts that have been published, in any form.

Websites. ES&T will consider for publication a paper that has been posted on an electronic site available to the general public, provided that the site is the personal site of the author and is not connected to a commercial site that holds copyright to the material. Authors must notify us at the time of submission if the material has been available on the Internet or equivalent electronic media. Authors must agree to remove the paper from the site if it is accepted and, if possible, provide an electronic link from that site to the ES&T homepage. If the website is a commercial site not owned by ACS, the authors are advised that consideration of the paper may be endangered. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

Publication of a preprint or extended abstract in a meeting preprint book, in either print or electronic format, does not preclude consideration of a manuscript for publication, provided that the manuscript includes significant new information and data beyond what was in the preprint or extended abstract. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Inorganic Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

The Journal of the American Chemical Society considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and any other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Journal of Natural Products considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of any portion of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

A manuscript submitted to The Journal of Organic Chemistry must be based on original research by the authors. The originality of a submitted manuscript may be jeopardized and the manuscript precluded from consideration for publication if it contains "new" information that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format. This information includes posting of conference presentations (with the exception of short abstracts), posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Web posting of content, whether available openly to the public or under restricted access, must be disclosed to the editor. The exception to these restrictions is the final version of a thesis filed as a publicly stated requirement for an undergraduate, Masters, or PhD degree posted on the official Web site of the degree-granting institution. No other manuscript reporting the same results may be under simultaneous consideration by another journal. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

The Journal of Proteome Research considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Langmuir considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Macromolecules considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

Publication of a preprint or extended abstract in an ACS division meeting preprint book, in either print or electronic format, does not preclude consideration of a manuscript for publication, provided that the manuscript includes significant new information and data beyond what was in the preprint or extended abstract. It is the author�s responsibility to provide the editor with copies of any relevant preprint(s). For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Molecular Pharmaceutics considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Nano Letters considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Organic Letters considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. Web posting of content (including posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites), whether made openly available to the public or under restricted access, should be disclosed to the editor. Any Web posting of content that communicates original research results prior to submission will preclude consideration of the work and its publication in Organic Letters. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Organic Process Research & Development considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites. Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains a significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. Duplication of already published data eliminates the paper from consideration in most circumstances.

Proceedings of conferences and symposia. Publication of a preprint or extended abstract in an ACS division meeting preprint book in either print or electronic format does not preclude consideration for publication of a full paper, provided that it includes significant new information and data beyond what was in the preprint or extended abstract. You cannot publish your presentation in a proceedings (paper or electronic) that is copyrighted (except by ACS) and then submit it to OPR&D that is prior publication. If the proceedings is not copyrighted, a short abstract without figures or tables is permissible. However, if the manuscript, a manuscript with essentially the same data in figures/tables, or an extended abstract is published in the proceedings, it cannot be considered for publication by OPR&D. It is the responsibility of authors to notify us of any abstracts that have been published, in any form.

Websites. OPR&D will consider for publication a paper that has been posted on an electronic site available to the general public, provided that the site is the personal site of the author and is not connected to a commercial site that holds copyright to the material. Authors must notify us at the time of submission if the material has been available on the Internet or equivalent electronic media. Authors must agree to remove the paper from the site if it is accepted and, if possible, provide an electronic link from that site to the OPR&D homepage. If the website is a commercial site not owned by ACS, the authors are advised that consideration of the paper may be endangered. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Organometallics considers for publication only original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When submitting a manuscript, an author should inform the editor of any prior dissemination of the content in print or electronic format. This includes electronic posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites.

Any content that has been made publicly available, either in print or electronic format, and that contains significant amount of new information, if made part of a submitted manuscript, may jeopardize the originality of the submission and may preclude consideration for publication. Web posting of content (including posting of conference presentations, posters, and preprints on institutional repositories and other Web sites), whether made openly available to the public or under restricted access, must be disclosed to the editor. Such postings may preclude consideration for publication, but will be considered by the editor on a case-by-case basis. For further details, see Author Guidelines.

Updated: Jul. 8, 2008