Submission and Authoring in ACS Paragon Plus
Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Using TeX/LaTeX
The ACS Paragon Plus Environment currently supports TeX/LaTeX
Version 2.0.2 and earlier. Authors must submit a complete
Manuscript File as described below and they also
have the option of submitting their own Manuscript PDF
File for use during the peer review process.
If you experience any difficulty with your TeX/LaTeX submission
or PDF conversion, please contact the ACS Publications Help Desk
directly, by e-mail at ParagonPlus@acs.org or by
telephone at (800) 227-9919.
File Preparation
Manuscript files prepared in TeX/LaTeX (Version 2.02 and earlier)
will be used in journal production provided you adhere to the
following guidelines.
- Use only LaTeX2e. Use of plain TeX and RevTeX is discouraged.
- Use generic style files whenever possible. Minimal formatting is
all that is required in the document.
- Include all sections of the article in a single
file. Include the list of references within the LaTeX file.
Do not submit separate .bbl or .bib files
containing references. Follow the correct reference style for the
journal. Refer to a recent issue of the journal for the appropriate
reference style. Captions must be created in the TeX/LaTeX
document.
- References should be cited in text using \cite{}, and the list
of references should be itemized using \bibitem{}.
- Use \frac to build fractions. Do not use \over or \stackrel to
build fractions in displayed equations.
- Use \sum_{}^{} for summations and \prod_{}^{} for products.
- Use the array environment only to build true matrices, not for
aligning multiline equations.
- Use characters/symbols in the generic LaTeX character set only.
Symbols from other sets may not translate correctly.
- Avoid extensive use of \newcommand and \def.
- Some style files (text and bibliographic) that are available in
the public domain may be used for most ACS journals, e.g., jacs.sty
and jacs.bst; jpc.sty and jpc.bst; achemso. Please note that the ACS
does not provide support for using these files.
Submitting a TeX/LaTeX Manuscript
For each file that you upload in ACS Paragon Plus, you must
specify a “File Designation.” Two file designations are
available for submission of manuscripts prepared using TeX/LaTeX:
the Manuscript File, which contains all of the
files needed for publication, and the Manuscript PDF
File, which can be uploaded for use as the proof during the
peer review process.
The Manuscript File is
required, as shown in Figure 1. Authors may choose
one of two options for submitting the Manuscript
File.
Figure 1
Option 1: Manuscript File Submitted as TeX/LaTeX Files
The main body of the TeX/LaTeX document (i.e., a file ending with
.tex or .ltx) should be uploaded
and designated as the Manuscript File, and any file
referenced by the main TeX/LaTeX document (including other
.tex files) should be designated as a
TeX/LaTeX Suppl File. Graphics may be uploaded
separately using the Graphic for manuscript File
Designation.
When you upload your TeX/LaTeX Manuscript File,
the system will analyze the file to determine what additional
resource files (such as image files and bibliographic files) are
necessary to complete the document. The system will not allow you to
submit your manuscript until you have completed your TeX/LaTeX
document upload, including all necessary resource files uploaded as
TeX/LaTeX Suppl Files. The system will also not
allow you to submit your manuscript if you designate a file as a
TeX/LaTeX Suppl File, and it is not referenced by
any TeX/LaTeX files uploaded to the system.
You will be provided with system-generated HTML and PDF proofs of
your submission, which you should review carefully to ensure all
formulas and other special formatting are rendered correctly. Files
uploaded as TeX/LaTeX Suppl Files will not be
viewable as individual files when the HTML proof is created for the
review process and they will not be rendered independently of the
entire TeX/LaTeX document. Content uploaded separately will be
displayed in the system-generated PDF proof at the location
specified in your TeX/LaTeX document. If graphics are uploaded
separately using the Graphic for manuscript File
Designation, they will be appended to the Manuscript PDF
File in the order you specified during the File Upload
step.
When using this option, the acceptable TeX/LaTeX file types for
the Manuscript File are .ltx and .tex.
Option 2: Manuscript File Submitted as ZIP Archive with
Manuscript PDF File as Proof
Authors also have the option of compressing the entire TeX/LaTeX
manuscript package into a ZIP archive for the Manuscript
File, and then providing a Manuscript PDF
File to be used as the proof during the peer review
process, as shown in Figure 2. The reviewers will see your PDF proof
instead of a system-generated PDF proof.
If you choose this option, you must submit all of the
manuscript files as a single .zip file for the required
Manuscript File designation, and you must
submit a Manuscript PDF File to be used as the proof.
The Manuscript File should include the main body
of the TeX/LaTeX document (i.e., a file ending with
.tex or .ltx), all files
referenced by the main TeX/LaTeX document (including other
.tex files), and any graphics files, compressed
into a single .zip file. Complete
details on Acceptable
Software by File Designation are also available.
Figure 2
When using this option, the acceptable file type for
the Manuscript File is .zip and the acceptable
file type for the Manuscript PDF File file is .pdf.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2007
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