Thanks for your kind interest in SusMat. The submissions have to consist of the contents that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of conferences or symposiums.
The submission system will prompt you to use an ORCID ID (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish your work from that of other researchers as well as develop your personal profile in a worldwide platform.
All the submissions will be performed and processed using ScholarOne online submission system.
A cover letter should be included in the ‘Cover Letter Field’ of the ScholarOne system. The text can be entered directly into the field or uploaded as a file.
The cover letter must contain:
A statement confirming the paper has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.
An acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly and in keeping with the latest guidelines of the International Committee of the Journal Editors, each author’s contribution to the paper is to be described, i.e., what role each author participated in.
A statement confirming that all authors are in agreement with the content of manuscript.
In addition, the authors should state clearly the motivation and the novelty of their research in the cover letter. The author also needs to clarify the key results and the advances compared to previous work of their manuscripts.
Once you have prepared your submission in accordance with the Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/susmat.
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2. AIMS AND SCOPE
SusMat aims to publish on a wide variety of topics that focus on sustainable development in a broad range of areas: materials science, engineering, chemistry, physics and ecology. It is expected to take an interdisciplinary, integrated and balanced approach to all areas of sustainable materials with ambitions of high academic impact.
The scope of SusMat is intentionally broad and encompasses relevant fields for sustainable energy and environment including but not limited to the following topics.
1) Environment friendly materials: polymer degradation, waste polymer recycles, biomaterials, biomass conversion, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and utilization (CCU), clean synthesis technology and lead-free perovskite.
2) Green catalysis: homogenous catalysis as well as heterogenous catalysis embracing electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, environmental catalysis, biocatalysis, organocatalysis, enzymatic catalysis, nanoparticle catalysis, catalytic synthesis and mechanism.
3) Clean energy: sustainable energy (solar, geothermal, wind and hydrogen energy), energy conversion and storage, energy efficiency and alternative fuel technologies.
4) Waste treatment and management: solid waste treatment (Pyrolysis, toxic substance reduction & separation, and resource recovery), exhaust gas treatment (desulfurization, decarbonization, denitrification, and volatile organic compounds removal), water cleaning (Ion removal, oil/water separation, desalination and water filtration). The journal recognizes the complexity of sustainability issues, and therefore particularly welcomes innovative multidisciplinary research with wide impact. Readership will include materials scientists, engineers, chemists, physicists, energy and environment researchers from academia and industry as well as policy makers.
3. MANUSCRIPT TYPES
(1) Research Articles
Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SusMat.
Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better to be within 5,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Within 260 words, briefly describe the contents of the research article.
References: No word limits, but the American Medical Association (AMA) system of referencing should be used (see AMA Manual of Style for details).
