1、投稿方式：在线投稿或邮箱投稿。
2、官网网址：http://journal.hep.com.cn/foms/
http://www.springer.com/journal/11706
3、投稿系统：https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/foms
4、出刊日期：季刊，逢季末15日出版。
2023年8月9日星期三
《材料学前沿（英文版）》投稿指南
Instruction for Authors
【官网信息】
General Information
Frontiers of Materials Science is a peer-reviewed international journal jointly published by Higher Education Press and Springer. It publishes the latest pioneering studies in all aspects of materials science (for details, please see Aims and Scope). Categories of contribution are Review/Mini-Review Articles, Research Articles, and Communications. Only manuscripts in English are accepted. No page charge is levied, and even the extra costs associated with color figure reproduction are not expected to be met by the author.
Online versions are available through http://www.springer.com/materials/journal/11706 for users outside of the Mainland of China and/or http://journal.hep.com.cn for users in the Mainland of China, where you can find the latest pioneering studies in a variety of aspects of materials science.
Manuscript Submission
The manuscript should be submitted either via the Online Manuscript Submission System or by e-mail. In order to submit a manuscript you will need a single Microsoft Word file and a PDF copy that contains the text, all figures and tables. The provided MSword templates for Review/Mini-Review Articles, Research Articles, and Communications are recommended to be used for submission of your contribution. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references, and you can check your references with CrossRef. In the cover letter, it is suggested to supply a list of six or more potential reviewers, with their current titles and addresses, including e-mail addresses, which may help expedite the speed of reviewing process of your contribution.
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers via the Online Manuscript Submission System or by e-mail.
(i) If you choose the former one, please directly e-mail your submission to us at foms@pub.hep.cn or journalsubmission@hep.com.cn, along with the subject of “Submission to FOMS”.
(ii) If you choose the latter one, please visit the website http://journalsubmission.hep.com.cn. The website guides authors stepwise through the creation and uploading of various files. Please note that original source files are required.
Submission of a manuscript to Frontiers of Materials Science implies: that the work described has not been published elsewhere in substantially similar form; that it is not under simultaneous consideration for publication by any other publisher; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried on. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that already been published elsewhere (including those in the authors’ own previous publications) are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) [the publisher(s), not the authors of publications], and to state clearly in the figure/table caption or other appropriate locations in the manuscript that such permission has been obtained. Any content received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the author(s). It is the authors’ responsibility to retain an electronic or hardcopy of the permission.
Manuscript Preparation
Cover letter
A cover letter must accompany each submission indicating the name, address, and telephone numbers of the authors to whom all correspondence is addressed. Authors are also encouraged to recommend six or more potential referees in their cover letters. Final selection of reviewers will be determined by the editors.
Manuscript
There is no formal limit on the length of a paper. The editors, however, may recommend condensation when appropriate. The following components are required for a complete manuscript:
title, author(s), author affiliation(s), abstract, keywords, main text, illustrations and tables (if any), acknowledgements, appendices (if any), and references.
(1) Author’s name and affiliation
It is better to supply full names of all authors. The author name and his/her affiliation should be in English.
(2) Abstract
The abstract should summarize, better in less than 300 words, the context, content and conclusions of the paper. No reference numbers or displayed equations should be included.
(3) Keywords
Please provide three to five keywords.
(4) Heading/Section levels (numbered)
For Review/Mini-Review Articles and Research Articles, please use the system of headings with no more than three levels. For example,
1 Introduction
2 Experimental
2.1 …
2.1.1 …
3 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
(5) Text formatting
Please kindly send us the MSword format files together with a PDF copy.
(6) Formulae and symbols Formulae, symbols and all subscripts, superscripts, Greek letters, and other characters should be carefully checked. All displayed equations should be numbered consecutively, with the number set flush right and enclosed in parentheses.
(7) Illustrations
• Formatting: All illustrations should be embedded in MSword documents in TIFF or JEPG format.
Please identify any previously published materials by giving the original source and copyright information at the end of the caption. For example, “Reproduced with permission from Ref. [6], Copyright 2007 American Chemical Society”.
• Numbering: All illustrations should be numbered by using Arab numerals. Please use (a), (b), (c), … to number headings for sub-figures.
• Figure quality: For grayscale images (i.e. black-and-white halftones and combined line and halftones), the originals should be sharp and detail visible in both highlights and shadows. The figure quality should meet the graphics resolution requirements below:
Line-drawings: 600 dpi
Color or Grayscale: 300 dpi
• Color of figures: The journal will publish all illustrations in color and free of charge. Unless necessary, however, black-and-white line-drawings and grayscale images are preferred.
• Cover image: Submission of cover image and description is encouraged but not required.
(8) Tables
All tables should be embedded in MSword documents. A table title is required for each table.
Tables should always be ordered in text in consecutive numbers. Please identify the original source for any materials from other publications at the end of the table heading.
(9) Acknowledgements
"Acknowledgements" of people, grants, funds, etc., should be placed in a separate section before the appendices (if any) and the references list. The names of funds should be written in full.
(10) Citations and references
References to literature are cited by number in square brackets at appropriate locations in the text.
In-text citations should be in line with the references in numbering. For example, “This method has been widely used [1–4,6].”
After Acceptance
About the copyright
Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors will be asked to complete a “Copyright Tranfer Statement”. Accepted and approved papers will not be processed for publication without receipt of a fully executed, signed, and verified copyright form. No part of a paper which has been published by Frontiers of Materials Science may be reproduced or published elsewhere without the permission of the publisher.
Proofreading
The proofs will be sent to the author once they are ready. The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, figures, and tables.
Online first
The articles will be published online after the receipt of the corrected proofs. Readers may cite the articles with the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). After the release of the whole issue, the articles can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Research Data Policy The journal encourages authors, where possible and applicable, to deposit data that support the findings of their research in a public repository. Authors and editors who do not have a preferred repository should consult Springer Nature’s list of repositories and research data policy.
● List of Repositories
● Research Data Policy General repositories - for all types of research data - such as Figshare and Dryad may also be used. Datasets that are assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) by a data repository may be cited in the reference list. Data citations should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite: authors, title, publisher (repository name), identifier.
● DataCite Springer Nature provides a research data policy support service for authors and editors, which can be contacted at researchdata@springernature.com. This service provides advice on research data policy compliance and on finding research data repositories. It is independent of journal, book and conference proceedings editorial offices and does not advise on specific manuscripts.
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