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2016 Guidelines for Authors
(Revised January 2016)
Submission Checklist
Before submitting your manuscript, please check your submission for the following:
□ Manuscripts should be submitted via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment
(/login ) and all co-authors should be entered into ACS Paragon Plus with contact information and e-mail addresses for each.
□ Title  should not include words such as “First”, “Novel”, “New”, and serial numbers are not allowed.
□ A brief  Abstract  (100–150 words) should be included with all manuscript types.
□ The entire manuscript text  should be double-spaced.
□  Table of Contents  (TOC) graphic  a. A TOC graphic (color encouraged) should be provided, preferably near the abstract of the manuscript , with the page labeled as “for Table of Contents use only”, and the title and author list.
b. The illustration should be visually appealing, and highlight the most important aspect of the work.
c. The graphic should be provided in the actual size to be used that will fit in an area 3.25
in. wide by 1.375 in. high (8.3 cm × 3.5 cm).
□ Figures and Tables
a. Should be embedded within the manuscript text at their first reference, at a nearby paragraph break.
b. For best results, figures and tables should be submitted at final published size (i.e., 3.25 in. wide for one column).
两倍行距
摘要部分添加图片，说明
题目和作者列表图要生动形象，突出实验重点
图片格式第一引用的图表需要在段落附近出现，并且按照最后提交的格式进行修改
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□ Supporting Information  (SI)
a. All nonessential figures, tables, and procedures should be included as SI and uploaded as
a separate file (pdf recommended) at the same time as manuscript submission.
b. The availability of SI should be mentioned in a separate paragraph in the manuscript,
placed immediately before the references, as: “Supporting Information . Brief statement in nonsentence format listing the contents of the material supplied as Supporting
Information.”
The uploaded files (Manuscript file + Graphic(s) for manuscript) will be converted into a PDF proof. This is how the manuscript will appear when sent to reviewers. This PDF proof must be viewed and validated before submission is completed. Authors are also encouraged to upload their own pdf version of the manuscript. Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be submitted via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment (/login ). Complete instructions and an overview of the electronic online (Web) submission process are available through the secure ACS Paragon Plus Web site. Authors must also submit all revisions of manuscripts via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment. The Web submission site employs state-of-the-art security mechanisms to ensure that all electronically submitted papers are
secure. These same security mechanisms are also utilized throughout the peer-review process, permitting access only to editors and reviewers who are assigned to a particular paper .
The entire manuscript (including abstract, references, tables, and figure legends) should be double-spaced . All pages should be numbered consecutively. Sequences of figures, tables, charts, and schemes should also be numbered, with Arabic numerals. Patent Activities and Intellectual Property Issues. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all patent activities and intellectual property issues are satisfactorily resolved prior to first publication (ASAP or in issue). Acceptance and publication will not be delayed for pending or unresolved issues of this nature.
Preparation of Manuscript
Authors should write in clear, concise English and follow the style of headings in a current issue of Macromolecules . Foreign authors should have the spelling, grammar, and style checked by someone fully proficient in the English language. Assistance with English Language Editing. Authors may want to have their manuscripts edited professionally before submission to improve clarity. The ACS ChemWorx English Editing Service can assist you in improving and polishing the language in your manuscript. You can learn more about the services offered, at es. .
Journal Publishing Agreement. A properly completed and signed Journal Publishing
Agreement must be submitted for each manuscript. ACS Paragon Plus provides an electronic version of the Agreement that will be available on the My Authoring Activity  tab of the
Corresponding Author's Home page once the manuscript has been assigned to an Editor. A PDF version of the Agreement is also available, but Authors are strongly encouraged to use the
转换成PDF格式上传
通过这个网站提交手稿摘要，参考文献，图表阐述都要两倍行距，所有页面、图
片、表、计划等都要用阿拉伯数字编号
英语表达无误
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electronic Journal Publishing Agreement. If the PDF version is used, all pages of the signed PDF Agreement must be submitted. If the Corresponding Author cannot or should not
complete either the electronic or PDF version for any reason, another Author should complete and sign the PDF version of the form. Forms and complete instructions are available at /page/copyright/journals/index.html . Conflict of Interest Disclosure. A statement describing any financial conflicts of interest or lack thereof is published with each manuscript. During the submission process, the corresponding author must provide this statement on behalf of all authors of the manuscript. The statement should describe all potential sources of bias, including affiliations, funding sources, and financial or management relationships, that may constitute conflicts of interest (please see the ACS Ethical Guidelines ). The statement will be published in the final article. If no conflict of interest is declared, the following statement will be published in the article: “The authors d eclare no competing financial interest.”
Funding Sources. When submitting a manuscript to the Journal via ACS Paragon Plus, the submitting author is asked to identify the funding sources for the work presented in the manuscript.  Identifying funding sources is optional during submission of an original manuscript.  Funding source information is required when a revised manuscript is submitted.
Professional Ethics. In publishing only original research, ACS is committed to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. ACS Publications uses CrossCheck's iThenticate software to screen submitte
d manuscripts for similarity to published material. Note that your manuscript
may be screened during the submission process. Further information about plagiarism can be found in Part B of the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research .
Author List. During manuscript submission, the submitting author must provide contact information (full name, email address, institutional affiliation and mailing address) for all of the
co-authors. Because all of the author names are automatically imported into the electronic Journal Publishing Agreement, the names must be entered into ACS Paragon Plus in the same sequence as they appear on the first page of the manuscript. (Note that co-authors are not required to register in ACS Paragon Plus.) The author who submits the manuscript for
publication accepts the responsibility of notifying all co-authors that the manuscript is being submitted. Deletion of an author after the manuscript has been submitted requires a confirming letter to the Editor-in-Chief from the author whose name is being deleted. For more information on ethical responsibilities of authors, see the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research .
ORCID.  All authors are encouraged to register for an ORCID iD, a unique researcher identifier.  With t
his standard identifier, you can create a profile of your research activities to distinguish yourself from other researchers with similar names, and make it easier for your colleagues to find your publications. Learn more at . Authors and reviewers can add their ORCID iD to, or register for an ORCID iD from, their account in ACS Paragon Plus.
Table of Contents Graphic for Submissions. A Table of Contents (TOC) graphic is required for all papers when first submitted to Macromolecules . This graphic will also be published in the Abstract. The graphic should capture the reader’s attention and, in conjunction with the
manuscript title, give the reader a quick visual impression of the essence of the paper. Examples
作者签署同意发表
协议
提交声明，说明研究机构、资金支持等需要鉴别资金支持禁止剽窃和自我剽窃，稿件提交后将会进行学术不端检查提交论文时，提交者要把其
他作者的相关信息一并提交
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include structures, graphs, drawings, SEM/TEM/AFM images, or reaction schemes. Tables or spectra are not usually appropriate. Color is encouraged and will be free of charge. The author should submit a graphic in the actual size to be used for the TOC, fitting in an area no larger than
3.25 in. × 1.375 in. (8.3 cm × 3.5 cm). Larger images will be reduced to fit within those
dimensions. Type size of labels, formulas, or numbers within the graphic must be legible. The
page should be labeled “for Table of Contents use only” and contain the title and authors of the paper. This item should be appended as the last page of the manuscript. Title. Titles should clearly and concisely reflect the emphasis and content of the paper. Titles are of great importance for current awareness and information retrieval and should be carefully
const ructed for these purposes. Please note that the use of serial numerals in the title (e.g., “broad topic. 3. specific subject”) is no longer permitted. Author List. Bylines should include all those who have made substantial contributions to the work. All coauthors need to be included during the submission process. To facilitate indexing and retrieval and for unique identification of an author, use first names, initials, and surnames
(e.g., John R. Smith) or first initials, second names, and surnames (e.g., J. Robert Smith). At least one author must be designated with an asterisk as the person to whom correspondence should be addressed. An abstract must be provided for all submissions. For full-length articles, use between 100 and 150 words in complete, concise sentences to indicate what is new, different, and significant. The abstract should be presented in a findings-oriented format; that is, one in which the first sentence is a succinct, informative summation of the most important results and conclusions. The
remainder should highlight pertinent supporting details, related findings, types or classes of
compounds investigated, and methods used. The abstract should be self-contained for direct use in Chemical  Abstracts  or other secondary services. For shorter papers, abstracts should be correspondingly brief.
The Experimental Section should provide a clear, unambiguous description of materials, methods, and equipment in sufficient detail to permit repetition of the work elsewhere.
Repetitive descriptions of a general procedure should be avoided. Precautions for handling dangerous material or for performing  hazardous procedures should be explicitly stated .
NMR Spectral Data. If you are reporting NMR data, please refer to ACS's guidelines on
submitting NMR data: /page/4authors/tools/index.html . References. It is the responsibility of authors to ensure the accuracy of references. Because subscribers to the Web edition of the journal are now able to click on the “CAS” tag following each reference to retrieve the corresponding CAS abstract, reference accuracy is critical.
Starting in 2016, authors are actively encouraged, and will eventually be required, to include  article titles within the references. References should be typed in the format of Macromolecules  (see below) and cited in the text by superscript numbers without parentheses or spaces. When more than one reference is cited in one place, separate the numbers by commas without spaces. Authors should consult the Journal Web site available via   as a guide to proper format. Information on a standard list of abbreviations for ACS journals may be found in The
ACS Style Guide  (3rd ed., 2006), available from Oxford University Press, Order Department, 201 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513. 摘要中的图可以是SEM,TEM,AFM图，或者反应图，但是不能是表格或者光谱
较大的图像将被缩小以适合这些尺寸内。图形中的标签，公式或数字类型的大小必须清晰可辨。 “内容仅用于表”，并包含标题和论文的作者的网页应
标。此产品应追加为手稿的最后一页
有一个通讯作者是加星号的，摘要要体现出新、不同、和重要性，并且其中的一句要对重要结果或者结论进行总结和阐述，其余的要要突出细节和相关的发现
引用需要上标，但是不需要加括号，多个引用用逗号分开
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The following format for journals (1) and books (2) must be used:
(1) Balsara, N. P.; Fetters, L. J.; Hadjichristidis, N.; Lohse, D. J.; Han, C. C.; Graessley, W. W.; Krishnamoorti, R. Salt-Induced Association of Lactoglobulin by X-ray
Scattering. Macromolecules  1999, 32, 6137–6147.
(2) Wignall, G. D. In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering , 2nd ed.; Mark, H. F., Bikales, N. M., Overberger, C. C., Menges, G., Eds.; Wiley-Interscience: New York, 1999; Vol. 10, p 112.
For work published online (ASAP) and work submitted for publication (e.g., submitted; in
press), the DOI should be furnished in addition to the standard bibliographic information. DOI is an accepted form of citation before and after the article appears in an issue.
Brown, A.; Ngai, T. Y.; Barnes, M. A.; Key, J. A.; Cairo, C. W. J. Phys. Chem. A  2011, DOI : 10.1021/jp2079296.
Length of Manuscript. Because of the limitation on the number of pages that can be published in Macromolecules in a given year, it is important that authors keep their text as short as possible. Care should be taken not to use an overly-long Introduction section, and only
references that pertain to the information in the article should be used. Authors should not repeat information found in their previous publications. Place all nonessential figures, tables, and descriptions in the Supporting Information.
Guidelines for Illustrations in ACS Journals General Considerations. The quality of the illustrations in the journal depends on the quality of the originals. Figures cannot be modified or enhanced by the journal production staff. Whenever possible, the graphics files furnished by authors with Web submissions are used in production of the Journal. The preferred submission is to embed graphic files in a Word document. Additional acceptable file formats are TIFF, PDF, EPS (vector artwork), or CDX (
ChemDraw file). To ensure good quality production in the journal, a copy of each graphic should be printed (at the desired size in the final printed version) from a high-quality laser printer (600 dpi or higher) to verify that all parts of the artwork are clear and legible. Any changes to the artwork (including size changes) must be made in the drawing program that was used to create the artwork, and the revised artwork reimported into the manuscript.
Illustrations must fit a one- or two-column format on the journal page: For efficient use of journal space, single-column  illustrations are preferred.
Submit illustrations in the actual size at which they should appear in the journal. Original illustrations  which do not need to be reduced to fit a single or double column  will yield the best quality. Lettering should be no smaller than  4.5 points. (Helvetica or Arial type works well for lettering.) Lines should be no thinner than 0.5 point. Lettering and lines  should be of uniform
density. If you must submit artwork that  must be reduced, use larger lettering and thicker lines so that, when reduced, the artwork meets the above-mentioned parameters.editorinchief是什么意思
插图
插图格式要求字体不小于4.5，使
用要求的字体，线不窄于0.5.