Fibre Diffraction Review

Instructions for Authors

Submitted original papers, technical reports, mini-Reviews, comments/letters and meeting reports for inclusion in Fibre Diffraction Review are welcome.

Technical Reports:

These include presentations of the latest developments in CCP13 and other fibre diffraction/ non-crystalline diffraction software and their scientific justification and also, for example, reports on developments at synchrotron beamlines used for fibre diffraction and non-crystalline diffraction studies.

Mini-Reviews:

These include summary presentations of the 'state of the art' in the structural analysis of particular fibrous or non-crystalline systems.

Original Papers:

These present previously unpublished results from fibre diffraction or small-angle scattering experiments using either X-ray, neutron or electron diffraction.

Expanded Poster-Prize Abstracts:

At each of the CCP13/ NCD Annual Workshops cash prizes are presented to the best poster presentations. The judges are always senior scientists in the field and are often from overseas. Winners of the Poster Prizes are invited to expand their abstracts into short papers for inclusion in Fibre Diffraction Review.

Refereeing:

All papers, of whatever category above, will be refereed by at least two people (from the CCP13 Committee or their nominated referees) and may be either (a) accepted as they stand, (b) returned for rapid revision, or (c) rejected. As well as their scientific content, papers will be judged on their clarity of presentation and the quality of their figures.

Meeting Reports:

Fibre Diffraction Review includes reports on relevant meetings and conferences which include an element of fibre diffraction or small-angle scattering and which will be of general interest to our readers. Such reports will often be solicited by the Editor from known meeting participants. Other potential contributors to this part of the Journal should contact the Editor prior to writing their report.

Comments/Letters:

Feedback from readers about CCP13, about the NCD community and about the Journal itself are welcome. These could be in the form of comments or letters to the Editor. Suitable contributions will be published in the Journal.

Advertisements:

Industrial/commercial adverts of interest to our readers are welcome. Potential advertisers should contact the Editor for details of current rates.

Submission:

Contributions should be sent to the Editor before the annual deadline (November 30th) for each issue. Contributions submitted after this date may be held over for the following issue. Colour illustrations are welcome and are included without charge. Contributions should be submitted both in hardcopy (THREE complete copies) and in electronic format to the Editor (j.squire@ic.ac.uk) or in electronic format to andrew.he@ic.ac.uk . Text should be in Word 6 format and illustrations should be submitted as separate files at high resolution in TIFF format. References should be in the format specified for Fibre Diffraction Review Issue 11 or afterwards, and should be complete with titles.

Here are detailed instructions on how to prepare for your paper(s):

Articles should be in 12pt times unless otherwise specified. Text should be in Word 6 format (or above) and illustrations should be submitted as separate files in TIFF format or JPG format. from now on, Latex file is acceptable and recommended. Powerpoint files are not acceptable, however.

Title should be in 14pt bold and mixed case.

Author's name should appear as initials followed by surname (eg. J.M. Squire). Where more than one affiliation is to be listed, numbered superscripts should appear after the surname of the appropriate author.
Affiliations should appear in 10pt type as an enumerated list.
Headings should appear in bold type.
Quotation marks should be of the style "....".
Equations should preferably be constructed within the Microsoft equation editor. The equation number should appear in brackets at the end of the equation and as a number in brackets within the body of the text.
Figure and table captions should be labelled in 12pt bold as Figure 1: ..... with the remainder of the legend appearing in 10pt normal typeface. These should be submitted separately from the body of the text or figure/table.
References should appear as an enumerated list. The number of the reference appearing in square brackets both within the body of the text and in the list. References should take the following format:
[1] Fraser, R.D.B., Macrae, T.P., Miller, A. and Rowlands, R., J.Appl. Cryst. (1976) 9, 81-94.
Digitised photographs and images should be submitted in tiff format (gif is also acceptable). Note that images may not appear in the originally chosen colours in the printed form unless submitted in the CMYK format.
Line graphs and drawings should be submitted either in encapsulated postscript (by special arrangement) or in Illustrator format. Both images and line graphs/drawings should be submitted as separate files and not included as part of a Word document.

Reprints:

Currently it is cheaper to reproduce the whole Journal than to prepare separate reprints of each article. Those wishing to purchase multiple extra copies of the Journal at the prices detailed below should specify this when their article is submitted. Non-contributors who wish to purchase extra copies of the Journal may do so on the same terms as above by contacting the Editor before the November 30^th deadline.

Extra copies:

1 copy £10

5 copies £40

10 copies £60

20 copies £100

30 copies £140

50 copies £200

100 copies £300

(prices include postage and packing)

Furthermore, the high quality electronic versions of Fibre Diffraction Review (in PDF format) can be downloaded from (http://www.fibrediffraction.org/).

Editor's Address

Professor John M. Squire

Editor, Fibre Diffraction Review

Biomedical Sciences Division,

Biological Structure and Function Section,

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,

London SW7 2AZ.

e-mail: j.squire@ic.ac.uk

voicemail: 0207 594 3185

fax: 0207 594 3169