Instruction For Authors

Instructions for Authors
Special Issue of CATALYSIS TODAY JOURNAL
Manuscript must have the following format:
Letter size pages

Double space
Times New Roman 12 fonts
Margins of 2.5 cm all around
Title (14 fonts) followed by the names and affiliation of the authors
Papers have to be written in English, and must carry an Abstract. Authors should remember
that the journal is international, widely read by those whose first language is other than that
in which the paper is written. Clarity and precision are best achieved by the use of short
words and sentences.
As a rule, papers should be divided into sections, headed by a caption (e.g., Abstract,
Introduction, Experimental, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements,
References, etc.).
Each figure, scheme, and table of the paper should be on a separate sheet.
Title information
The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Since titles are widely used in
information retrieval systems, care should be taken to include keywords. The title should be
followed by the authors' full names, academic or professional affiliations and the address of
the laboratory where the work was carried out. If the address of an author at the time of
publication is different from that where the work was carried out, it should be given in a
footnote. Where relevant, the name of the corresponding author should be noted with an
asterisk (*). Acknowledgements of financial support and disclaimers are not to be made in
a footnote to the title or name of the author, but should be included in the
Acknowledgements at the end of the paper.
Abstract
An abstract of 50-200 words must be included, and should be understandable in isolation,
so reference to formulae and equations in the main text is therefore not permissible.
Tables
Each table should be on a separate sheet (size permitting) and should be provided with a
suitable title which makes the general meaning understandable without reference to the text.
They should, moreover, be clearly referred to in the text using Arabic numerals.
Considerable thought should be given to their layout so that the information they contain
can be readily and quickly grasped by the reader.
Nomenclature, symbols and abbreviations
Only widely accepted symbols and forms of abbreviation should be used. If there is any
doubt about a particular symbol or abbreviation, the full expression followed by the
abbreviation should be given the first time it appears in the text. Abbreviations used in
tables and figures should be explained in the legends. In general, the recommendations of
the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) should be followed, and
SI units should be used or SI equivalents of other units used should be given.
Computer print-outs of data received by recording instruments will not in general be
published but an indication may be given in the article where the auxiliary data are
available.
References
The references should be brought together at the end of the article, and numbered in the
order of their appearance in the text. Footnotes should not include bibliographic material.
Authors should ensure that every reference in the text appears in the list of references.
Numerals for the references in the text are given in square brackets [ ]. In addition, since
papers are also stored in information retrieval systems each reference should be separately
numerically numbered, without the use of alphabetical suffixes.
In the text the authors' names are given without initials. When reference is made to a
publication written by more than two authors, it is preferable to give only the first author's
name in the text followed by èt al.'. In the list of references the names and initials of all
authors must be given. In the reference list, periodicals [1], books [2], multi-author books
[3] and proceedings [4] should be cited in accordance with the following examples:
[1] M.S. Jarrell, B.C. Gates and E.D. Nicholson, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 100 (1978) 5727.
[2] L.R. Snyder, Principles of Adsorption Chromatography, Marcel Dekker, New York,
1968, p. 201.
[3] R.D. Marshall and A. Neuberger, in A. Gottschalk (Editor), Glycoproteins, Vol. 5, Part
A, 2nd Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1972, Chap. 3, p. 215.
[4] G.C. Bond and P.B. Wells, Proc. 4th Int. Symp. Scientific Bases for the Preparation of
Heterogeneous Catalysts, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1-4 Sept. 1986, paper No. 2.
Abbreviations for the title of journals should follow the system used by Chemical Abstracts
Service Source Index, and supplements.
Articles not yet published should be indicated in the reference list as ìn press', `submitted'
or ìn preparation'. When ìn press' or `submitted' the journal title should be given. Results
not yet published should be indicated as ùnpublished results' or `personal communication',
preceded by the name of the person supplying the information, and preferably also giving
the year.
Illustrations
The figures, schemes and formulae should be clearly labelled and submitted in a form
suitable for reproduction, drawn, plotted or printed in black ink on white or tracing paper
on sheets separate from the main text. Axes of a graph should be clearly labelled. Please
note that any lettering should also be in a form suitable for reproduction. Lettering (which
should be kept to a minimum) and spacing on axes of graphs should be sufficiently large in
relation to the size of the figure to remain legible after reduction (75-50%). One original
and one photocopy of each figure or scheme are required. The figures should preferably be
of such a size that the same degree of reduction can be applied to all of them. Standard
symbols should be used in line drawings.
Photographs, autoradiographs and electron micrographs should have good contrast. Sharp,
glossy photographs are required to obtain good half-tones. A scale bar with appropriate
value and units is the best indication of the size of the features in micrographs.
Reference to each illustration should be included in appropriate places in the text using
Arabic numerals. Each illustration should have a caption. All the captions (to figures and/or
schemes) should be given on a separate sheet and be understandable without reference to
the main text.
If structures are given in the text, original drawings should be provided.
Coloured illustrations are reproduced at the author's expense. The cost is determined by the
number of pages and by the number of colours needed.

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