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Instructions to Authors

1 General Information

The Journal Separation Science plus (SSCP) focuses on a variety of advanced

approaches to sample preparation prior to the separation, and a wide range of novel

applications utilizing pressure driven and electrodriven chromatographic separations, as

well as electrophoretic methods, and gas chromatography. These processes include

method development, validation, and applications for real-life samples.

2 General terms of publication

Manuscripts must be submitted to SSCP via Manuscript Central – a web-based

manuscript submission and peer-review system. This service guarantees fast and safe

submission of manuscripts and rapid assessment. Using this system is obligatory.

Submission of manuscripts consists of the following steps:

A) Preparation of the manuscript and illustrations in the appropriate format according to

the instructions given below (see Sections 4 through 8). The paper has to conform to

the scientific and style instructions of SSCP as given herein.

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B) For the first submission, an author’s account in the system has to be created at the

submission site,

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sscp/

by clicking on the “Create Account” button.

C) The present Author Guidelines, given on the SSCP website, have to be read

carefully. The system guides through the submission process. Online help is available

at all times during the process.

Authors are able to exit/re-enter at any stage before finally “submitting” the work. All

submissions are kept strictly confidential. For any questions concerning the online

submission program, please contact Editorial Support at: sscp@wiley.com

Language should be clear and easily understood. Authors may choose to seek the

assistance of a colleague who is a native or highly proficient English speaker when

preparing their manuscript for submission. For authors seeking professional assistance,

Wiley Editing Services (http://wileyeditingservices.com/en/) offers a variety of options,

from language polishing to figure preparation.

The author vouches that the work has not been published elsewhere, completely, in

part, or in any other form, and that the manuscript has not been submitted to another

journal. The submitting author (listed under “Correspondence”) accepts the

responsibility of having included all appropriate persons as co-authors. The submitting

author certifies that all co-authors have seen the manuscript and agreed with its

submission. All scientific contributions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the criteria

of originality, quality, and novelty.

Authors are requested to suggest potential referees (including e-mail addresses) as well

as individuals they wish to be excluded from the review process. On acceptance,

papers may be subject to editorial changes.

Responsibility for the factual accuracy of a paper rests entirely with the author(s).

A revised paper will retain its original date of receipt only if it is resubmitted within two

months after request for revision.

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Please note that if you are submitting material that has already been published

elsewhere, you must send permission in writing to the Editorial Office that this material

may be reprinted in SSCP. Authors are expected to carry any costs arising from

permissions arising from use of materials from other sources.

Our EarlyView online publication is updated weekly and enables papers to be available

online and citable before they are being published in an issue.

3 Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS)

If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for

the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via

the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license

agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.

For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement

If the Open Access option is not selected, the corresponding author will be

presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. Details about the

CTA can be previewed here:

https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing-open-

access/licensing/index.html

For authors choosing OnlineOpen

You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License. Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal.

Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.

Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies: Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.

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4 Types of contributions

Four types of manuscripts are considered for publication:

(i) Research Articles describing completed studies. Manuscripts must not have been

published previously, except in the form of a preliminary communication. Unsolicited

research papers should not exceed 8 print pages, this are approximately 5200 words

(including references and figure legends) and no more than 5 to 7 display elements

(figures and tables). Note that the length of an article depends greatly on the type and

number of figures and tables provided.

(ii) Communications describing results that are brief, timely, and/or of such importance

that rapid release is warranted. These manuscripts should bear the word

“Communication” above the title on the first page and should not exceed 3 print pages,

this are approximately 1800 words (including references and figure legends) and no

more than 3 display elements (figures and tables).

(iii) Review Articles critically covering a specific area of separation science

are welcome. In addition to direct submissions, authors may also be invited by the

Editors.

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These contributions should typically not exceed 9300 words (including references and

figure legends) and contain no more than 7 to 8 display elements (figures and tables).

All authors of review articles are invited to submit a portrait photograph of themselves

and a short biographical text (no more than 80 words) that will appear at the end of the

article.

(iv) Application Notes describing in detail methods for specific application. These

manuscripts should bear the word “Application Note” above the title on the first page

and should not exceed 3 print pages, this are approximately 1800 words (including

references and figure legends) and no more than 3 display elements (figures and

tables).

5 Online submission of manuscripts

5.1 Cover letter

You will be asked to include a cover letter in a separate file as part of your online

submission. Use this letter to provide a very brief overview of your manuscript (a few

sentences is enough) and state why your research should be published in SSCP.

5.2 Electronic manuscripts

Please follow the instructions in Section 6 “Organization of manuscripts” when preparing

the electronic version of the manuscript and ensure that data are given in the correct

order and style for the journal.

Main text (incl. front material) and figure legends (in this order) should be given in one

file as .doc or docxs. Please use activated consecutive line numbering across all pages.

Tables and figures should be uploaded separately each as a separate file. Data should

be typed unjustified without hyphenation except for compound words. Use carriage

returns only to end headings and paragraphs. Do not use the space bar to make

indents. Use the TAB key where indents are required. If working in MS Word, insert

special characters through Insert/Symbol.

Do not show location of figures and tables in the text.

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All submissions will be converted to PDF format during the upload process. The system

automatically generates one PDF file that contains all parts of the manuscript. Please

check this PDF carefully before you submit your manuscript.

Submissions not conforming to these rules will be un-submitted and returned to the

authors for correction and resubmission.

5.3 Revised manuscripts

In revised manuscripts, the areas containing the major required changes should be

marked using red font color. Do not use the “Track Changes” option of the MS Word.

When submitting the revised manuscript, the original manuscript has to be deleted from

the list.

Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the final uploaded version will be taken as the

basis for copy editing and the subsequent production process.

6 Organization of manuscripts

The entire manuscript must be typewritten with double line spacing (including

references, figure legends, etc.) using font size 12. American or British spelling should

be used consistently. Authors are requested to follow these instructions carefully.

Manuscripts deviating from the prescribed organization and style will be unsubmitted

and returned for correction.

6.1 Contents of first page of manuscript

The first page of the manuscript should contain only the following:

1) Concise title of the paper with no acronyms except for the abbreviations LC, HPLC,

GC, CE, CEC, and MS.

2) First and last name of the authors followed in the next line by their affiliation(s). If the

publication originates from several institutions, the affiliation of each author should be

clearly stated by using a number in superscript. Arabic numbers should be used after

the name and before the affiliation address.

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3) A running title not exceeding 50 characters.

4) Title, name and full postal address, e-mail address, and fax numbers of the author to

whom all correspondence (including galley proofs) has to be sent.

5) A list of the non-standard abbreviations used in the paper in alphabetical order (see

list of “Standard Abbreviations”, Section 8).

6) Keywords (max. 5, in alphabetical order), which will be used for compiling the subject

index. Keywords cannot be abbreviations, long strings of words, or general terms.

Select keywords carefully as they are used to find your paper when people are doing

literature searches. Consider what terms you would use when you do literature search

to find papers similar to yours. “Separation” will not be accepted as a keyword.

6.2 Abstract

The second page of the manuscript should contain only the abstract. Abstract must be

self-explanatory and understandable without reference to the text. It should not exceed

200 words. Abbreviations except LC, HPLC, GC, CE, CEC, and MS must not be

introduced and used in the Abstract.

6.3 Division into sections

Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections:

“Abstract”

“1 Introduction” containing a description of the problem under investigation and a

brief survey of the existing literature on the subject.

“2 Materials and Methods” for special materials and equipment, the

manufacturer’s name and, if possible, its location should be provided.

“3 Results”

“4 Discussion” (It is possible to merge the Results and Discussion sections.)

“5 Concluding remarks”

Acknowledgements

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Conflict of interest statement

References

Figure captions

Subdivisions of sections should be indicated by numbered subheadings. For details see

any current issue of SSCP.

6.4 References

References should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they are cited in the

text. The numbers should be set in brackets such as [2,4,15] or [2-7]. List of all

references in numerical order should appear at the end of the manuscript under the

heading “References”. References should be typed using the same font size 12 as the

text and with double spacing throughout. All authors of the cited paper must be shown.

Use of “et al.” instead of showing all authors is not permitted. Titles of journals should

be abbreviated according to the practice of Chemical Abstracts. All references should

include the title of the paper being cited in sentence case (only first word capitalized).

The following examples can be used as a template.

Journals:

[1] Wang J., Bai L., Wei Z., Qin J., Ma Y., Liu H., Incorporation of ionic liquid into porous

polymer monoliths to enhance the separation of small molecules in reversed-phase

high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Sep. Sci. 2015, 38, 2101-2108.

[2] Lv T., Yan H., Cao J., Liang S., Hydrophilic molecularly imprinted resorcinol-

formaldehyde-melamine resin prepared in water with excellent molecular recognition in

aqueous matrices. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 11084-11091.

Accepted publications available on Internet:

[3] Kurganov, A. A., Kanateva A. Y., Yakubenko E. P., Application of kinetic plots in gas

and liquid chromatography for the optimization of separation conditions. J. Sep. Sci.

DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201500595

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Other serial publications such as “Advances in Protein Chemistry” should be cited in the

same manner as journals.

Books:

[4] Snyder L. R., Kirkland J. J., Dolan J. W., Introduction to Modern Liquid

Chromatography. Third Edition, Wiley, Weinheim 2010.

Chapter in a book:

[5] Möller, E., Greaves, M. F., in: Mäkelä, O., Cross, A., Kosunen, T. U. (Eds.), Cell

Interactions and Receptor Antibodies in Immune Responses. Academic Press, New

York 1971, pp. 101–125.

Internet pages (ULR):

[6] http://www.thermoscientific.com/en/products/chromatography.html (last time

accessed: November 30, 2016).

Patents:

[7] Kirkland, J., Completely porous microspheres for chromatographic uses. US patent

3,782,075, publ. date January 1, 1974.

6.5 Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements as well as information regarding funding sources should be

provided and will appear at the end of the text (before the “Conflict of Interest

Statement”).

6.6 Conflict of interest statement

All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. Even if there are

none, this should be stated in a separate paragraph following the Acknowledgements

section. This is a mandatory requirement for all articles.

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6.7 Tables

Tables with suitable heading at the top and numbered with Arabic numerals should be

submitted each as a separate file and not included in the main document of the

contribution. Column headings should be kept as brief as possible and indicate units in

parentheses. Footnotes to tables should be indicated with a), b), c) etc. and typed on

the same page as the table. Explanations to the tables should appear at the bottom of

the tables, not in the table headings themselves.

6.8 Supporting information

Supporting information is encouraged. Extensive tables, NMR data, MS spectra, etc.

should be published online as supporting information. This material is not typeset so

authors should prepare this information in the final form. Also for this reason there will

be no galley proofs of this material.

Reference to the Supporting information should appear in the Main text of the

manuscript.

Supporting information will be made freely available on the web (similar to the table of

contents and the articles abstracts). Authors are permitted to place this material on their

websites when they are setting up a link to the full-text version of the article on Wiley

Online Library. Further, other files may be submitted as supporting information (e.g.

photographs, animations, video sequences). All supporting information will also undergo

the peer-review process. This information has to be submitted electronically along with

the main body of the article. It is for the Editor-in-Chief to decide which part of the

manuscript will be published as supporting information.

6.9 Figures, graphs and legends

Please follow the instructions in order to have high quality images in your article.

• Graphs and photographs should be submitted each as a separate file, in .tif, .eps

.jpg, .ppt, or .pdf format, and have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

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• Save figures containing a combination of photographic images and text (e.g.

annotated photographic images with text labels) as .eps. Any photographic

images embedded within these should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi

• If the figure consists of several parts, all these parts should be integrated and

submitted as a single file.

• The width of the figure should approximately correspond to the width of a single

column on the printed page (3.5”) or to the entire width of the text (two columns,

7.0”).

• There is no fee for publishing colored figures and use of color in graphs is

recommended.

• Subpanels should be labeled (e.g. "A", "B", "C" etc.) on the top left hand corner.

• Make sure that the lettering of all figures is large enough to be legible after

reduction to the journal size. Font size and line thickness of symbols and labels

should be sufficient, proportional, and consistent between figures.

• Graphs should not contain unnecessary grid lines nor boxes around them.

• Do not present captions with the figures.

• Each figure has to be accompanied by a legend/caption that is self-explanatory.

The legends should not appear under the figures, but be included in the main text

document, after the references.

• Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order of

their appearance.

• In electropherograms presented horizontally, the anode should be on the left

while in vertical presentations the anode should be at the bottom. Two-

dimensional presentations, e.g. with isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl

sulfate electrophoresis in two dimensions, should be presented consistently with

the standard coordinate system.

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• To make sure the resolution is sufficient, perform a visual check of the quality of

the generated image. You should be able to zoom in to about 300% without the

image becoming noticeably blurred or pixelated. If the image does appear

pixelated at this zoom, then try going back to the original image and checking

that it complies with the recommended format and settings

6.10 Image manipulation

Manipulation of images is strongly discouraged and all figures must accurately reflect

the original data. Information should not be enhanced, eliminated, added, obscured, or

moved. In cases where manipulation is unavoidable, this should be clearly detailed in

the Figure legend. All instruments, software, and processes used to obtain the images

must be detailed in the manuscript either in the Figure legends or the Materials and

Methods. Acceptable image manipulation includes uniformly adjusting the contrast of an

entire image, and any control images, ensuring that all original data, including the

background, remains visible and that no new features are introduced. Cropping of gels,

or re-positioning of lanes/fields, is permitted providing that all alterations are clearly

indicated by the use of dividing lines in the image itself, vital data are not removed and

an explanation of the alterations is included in the Figure legend. Unacceptable

manipulation includes, but is not limited to, the enhancement of one feature/band over

others, removal of background noise/bands etc. Authors must be able to produce all

data in their raw format upon editorial request.

6.11 Structural formulae and equations

Structural formulae should be submitted as figures. Mathematical and chemical

equations are to be written in the manuscript at the place where they fit and should be

marked by Arabic numerals in parentheses in the right margin in the order of their

appearance. Please use an equation editor to insert complex equations (the typesetter

cannot use equations inserted as pictures).

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6.12 Units and symbols

The use of SI (metric) units is mandatory. Generally accepted nomenclature and

symbols as recommended by ASTM or IUPAC are preferred. In the interest of clarity,

symbols should be defined in the text. If numerous symbols are involved, they should be

listed and defined at the end of the text. The period should be used as a decimal point.

6.14 Abbreviations

Abbreviations are hindrances to a reader working in a field other than that of the author.

Therefore, their use should be restricted to a minimum. Abbreviations should be

introduced only when repeatedly used. Abbreviations used only in a table or a figure

may be defined in the legend. Non-standard abbreviations should be defined in the list

of abbreviations at the first page of the manuscript, and again when first used in the

body of the paper. Section 8 at the end of these instructions provides a link to a list of

standard abbreviations that can be used without definition within the text of papers

published in SSCP.

6.15 Ethics

If the manuscript describes experiments using animals, the permission of the national or

local authorities (giving the permission or the accreditation number of the laboratory and

of the investigator) should be stated. If no such rules or permissions are stipulated in the

particular country, this must also be mentioned in the paper. In the case of human

studies, it should be stated that local ethical committee approval has been received and

that the informed consent of all participating subjects was obtained.

7 Proofs and reprints

Authors will receive one set of proofs before publication. Corrections should be limited

to actual errors and submitted promptly by using the online proofing system. Authors will

be charged for extensive alterations. Reprints or a high-resolution PDF file can be

ordered at prices shown on the reprint order form, which will be sent with the proofs.

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8 Standard abbreviations

Standard abbreviations and acronyms that may be used without definition in the articles

published in SSCP can be found in the section “Author Guidelines” at

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We will be happy to answer any questions at any time during the submission and processing of your manuscript. Please contact the Editorial Office at sscp@wiley.com