ChemComm Communications are for the publication of urgent research which is of outstanding significance and interest to experts in the field, while also appealing to the journal’s general chemistry readership. Our Communication format (up to 4 journal pages in length) is ideally suited to short studies - which can be preliminary in nature - that are of such importance that they require accelerated publication.

Authors should write in a clear and concise way. Lengthy introductions and discussion, extensive data, and excessive experimental details and conjecture should not be included. Figures and tables will be published only if they are essential to understanding the work. The experimental evidence necessary to support the work described should be supplied as electronic supplementary information (ESI). However the ESI should not be used to include key results or discussion that do not fit within the 4 pages of the main text – articles of this type would be better suited to a full paper journal where there is space to include all key information in the main text.

Authors should use our Communication template for preparing their submissions. On submission authors are also asked to provide:

ChemComm Feature Articles are reviews written by leading scientists on topics which are of significant interest to the journal’s general chemistry readership.

A Feature Article is not a typical review. It highlights the author’s contribution to a key field; however it should also include a balanced discussion of related work from other laboratories to set the author’s contribution within a wider context. A Feature Article should not contain original research.

A Feature Article should generally include:

Feature articles are generally between 10 and 16 pages in length, although longer articles may be acceptable after consultation with the editorial board. They can include photographs and brief biographies (max 100 words) for up to six authors, which should be supplied prior to acceptance. Authors are encouraged to use the article template for submission.

Feature articles in ChemComm are normally submitted by invitation; however we are happy to consider unsolicited submissions.

Highlights are short, review-style articles that provide a balanced overview of the last 10 years of progress in a key field. They should appeal to ChemComm’s broad chemistry readership, and introduce non-specialists to fields that will continue to be important for the next generation of chemists.

Highlights should be written in an accessible way to appeal to research chemists (post-graduate level and higher) who are non-specialists in the field. They should stress the importance of the field to the chemists of today and the future, and authors are encouraged to give their view on how the field should develop.

While major contributions in an area should be highlighted, extensive referencing is not appropriate for Highlights, and new results should not be presented. Highlights can include photographs and brief biographies (max 100 words) for up to six authors, which should be supplied prior to acceptance. Authors are encouraged to use the article template for submission.

Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in ChemComm.

For publication, a Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or new insight into the previously published material. Any Reply should further the discussion presented in the original article and the Comment. Comments and Replies that contain any form of personal attack are not suitable for publication. 

Comments that are acceptable for publication will be forwarded to the authors of the work being discussed, and these authors will be given the opportunity to submit a Reply. The Comment and Reply will both be subject to rigorous peer review in consultation with the journal’s Editorial Board where appropriate. The Comment and Reply will be published together.