materialsdesign期刊投稿

Short Communications (Letters) are intended as brief reports of significant, original and timely research results on the science, applications and processing of materials which warrant rapidpublication. In considering a manuscript for publication, particular attention will be given to the originality of the research, the desirability of speedy publication, the clarity of the presentation andthe validity of the conclusions. There is a strict four-page limit to printed articles. Manuscriptsmust not exceed 2000 words plus three figures and one table. This includes everything: the title,authors, affiliations, abstract, keywords, body of the manuscript, acknowledgements, references,figure captions, etc. The maximum number of figures is strictly limited to five. If the maximum of4 figures is used, then the total number of words must be reduced to 1800. If the maximum of 5figures is used, then the total number of words must be reduced to 1600. If more than 5 figures areused, the manuscript will be rejected. The manuscript submitted for review should not exceed8 pages (including title, abstract, references, figures, tables and figure captions). ShortCommunications need to report a concise but exhaustive Material and methods section included inthe main text.

期刊名 materials & design 出版周期: 月刊 中科院杂志分区 材料科学：综合分类下的 2 区期刊 近四年影响因子2013年度 2012年度 2011年度 2010年度 3.171 2.913 2.2 1.694 这个杂志对审稿人的邀请一般如下：Given your expertise in this area, I would appreciate your comments on the above paper. I have included the abstract of the manuscript below to provide you with an overview.If you accept this invitation, your comments will be due by 时间, 2011. If you are unable to act as a reviewer at this time, I would greatly appreciate your suggestions for alternative reviewers.这个杂志的主编给审稿人的时间是2周 一般评审内容包括下面几条：For each question, please use the following scale to answer (place an x in the space provided): "To what extent does the article meet this criterion?"0 Fails by a large amount1 Fails by a small amount2 Succeeds by a small amount3 Succeeds by a large amount4 Not applicableThe subject addressed in this article is worthy of investigation. 0 __1 __2 __ 3 __4The information presented was new.0 __1 __2 __3 __4The conclusions were supported by the data.0 __1 __2 __ 3 __4Is there a financial or other conflict of interest between your work and that of the authors?YES __ NO__Please give a frank account of the strengths and weaknesses of the article:

最近这个期刊的审稿速度很快。编辑给审稿人一周时间决定是否审稿，接受审稿后要求两周到三周回复审稿意见。对文章的创新性有一定要求，注重材料的性能测试。