Submissions to the Journal of Chemical Education
Keywords for Submissions to the Journal Choose one or two terms from the General list and three or four from the Specific Terms and Techniques list, for a total of four to six keywords. If you have any suggestions for making this list more useful by either addition or deletion, please let us know because we will update it periodically.
General Terms Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry Curriculum Demonstrations History/Philosophy
Inorganic Chemistry Instrumental Methods Introductory/High School Chemistry Laboratory Instruction Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry Polymer Chemistry Public Understanding/Appreciation Safety/Hazardous Materials Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice
Gases Genetics Geochemistry Graduate Education/Research Gravimetry Group Theory Hormones Industrial Chemistry Inorganic Synthesis Intermolecular Forces Internet Ion Exchange IR Spectroscopy Isotopes Kinetics Laboratory Instruction Laboratory Computing Laboratory Equipment/Apparatus Lasers/Laser Spectroscopy Liquids Luminescence Magnetic Properties Mass Spectrometry Materials Science Mechanisms Medicinal Chemistry Metal Carbonyls Metals Micelles Microscale Minorities in Chemistry MO Theory Molecular Modeling/Dynamics Molecular Properties/Structure Multimedia Natural Products NMR Spectrometry Nomenclature/Units/Symbols Non-major Courses Nuclear/Radiochemistry
Nucleic Acids Outreach Organic Synthesis Organometallics Peptides Pericyclic Reactions Periodicity/Periodic Table Phase Transitions/Diagrams Photochemistry Plant Chemistry Proteins Qualitative Analysis Quantitative Analysis Quantum Chemistry Reactive Intermediates Redox Reactions Separation Methods Solid-State Chemistry Solutions/Solvents Spectroscopy Statistical Mechanics Stereochemistry Stoichiometry Surface Science TA Training Teaching/Learning Aids Textbooks Theoretical Chemistry Thermal Analysis Thermodynamics Time-Dependent Reactions Titrimetry Transition Elements Undergraduate Research UV-Vis Spectroscopy Vitamins Water Women in Chemistry Any element may be a key word.
Specific Terms and Techniques Acid-Base Chemistry Administrative Amino Acids Aqueous Solution Chemistry Astrochemistry Atomic Properties/Structure Bioorganic/Bioinorganic Biophysical Chemistry Biotechnology Bonding Theory Calorimetry Carbenes Carbohydrates Catalysis Chemical Education Research Chemical Engineering Chemical Information Chromatography Computational Chemistry Computer Assisted Instruction Conductivity Consumer Chemistry Coordination Chemistry Crystallography Descriptive Chemistry Diffusion Drugs/Pharmaceuticals Dyes Electrochemistry Electron Transport Electrophoresis Environmental Chemistry Enzymes Equilibrium Ethics Excited States/Energy Transfer Food Science Forensic Chemistry Fourier Transform Techniques Free Radicals
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A Guide to Submission Since 1924, the ACS Division of Chemical Education, Inc. has published the Journal as a means of communication among people who are interested in teaching chemistry. The Journal’s more than fifteen thousand readers represent teachers of chemistry from middle school through university as well as scientists in industry and government. In the words of W. T. Lippincott, a former editor, the Journal’s aims are “to provide chemistry teachers with information, ideas, and materials for improving and updating their background and their understanding of the science, and for helping them in their teaching and in their effectiveness in developing the talents of students. The central idea here is that this should be not only a ‘living textbook of chemistry’ as one of the early editors put it, but a perpetual and dependable learning source for chemists who teach.” The Journal publishes in several media, as described below in Other Journal Publications.
Editorial Objectives The Journal publishes articles in these main areas: • Chemical Education Today (news, commentary, reports) • Chemistry Every Day for Everyone (applications, history, interdisciplinary activities, public understanding) • In the Classroom (teaching tips, methods, demonstrations, content, principles) • In the Laboratory (experiments, microscale, safety) • Information/Textbooks/Media/Resources (chemical information, technology and multimedia applications) • Research: Science and Education (pedagogical reviews, science education research)
All manuscripts receive the benefit of the peer-review process before acceptance and publication.
Our Aims and Expectations We expect that your manuscript has not been published elsewhere or submitted for publication elsewhere. There should have been a literature search to determine whether the work duplicates previously published work. The manuscript should fit within the aims of the Journal, and it should contain a general overview at the beginning describing how it is relevant to the classroom, laboratory, or curriculum.
main areas listed above, your manuscript best fits. You are invited to suggest reviewers; if you do, please provide current addresses. 4. Keywords. To help categorize your manuscript and aid in the preparation of the Index, provide at least four keywords that best describe it. A list from which to choose may be found on page 471 of this issue, on our WWW site, or we will send you one upon request. 5. Abstract (four copies). Include an abstract of about 200 words. The title of the manuscript and the authors’ names should appear on the same page as the abstract. This abstract will be a major part of the Internet version of the Journal, and will also help us in the review process. 6. Literature search. If it is not already part of your manuscript, include the results of a literature search that indicates your own and others’ work that has a bearing on the manuscript you are submitting.
Where To Submit All manuscripts, including those for feature columns and the Secondary School Section, should go to the Journal’s editorial office at the address below. Submissions for other than the print medium should also be sent to the address below.
What Happens Next When we have received your manuscript and the accompanying materials (abstract, keywords, literature search) you will receive an acknowledgment letter and a Copyright Assignment form. As soon as your signed Copyright Assignment form has been returned, your manuscript will be sent to reviewers. Except in unusual circumstances, we will not communicate with you again until all of the reviewers’ comments are in. Most manuscripts need at least some revision before they are accepted. When the manuscript has been accepted, we will send information on how to submit a final version of your text, figures, and tables on disk.
Other Journal Publications In addition to a monthly print Journal, there are related print and nonprint resources: • Journal of Chemical Education: Software publishes instructional materials for chemistry. At the present time this includes software for Macintosh, Windows, and MS-DOS; videodiscs; CDROMs; and videotape. • JCE: Internet is the place where the Internet is the primary medium of publication. What can be found here cannot be found in print, often because the primary message cannot be printed. Animations and movies are examples. Another example is the on-line Index to Chemistry Textbooks in Print. • Other Publications includes books, reprint volumes, cumulative indexes, and Handbook for Teaching Assistants.
What To Submit 1. General Considerations. The manuscript should (a) have pedagogical content, (b) appeal to a clearly identified audience, (c) be accurate, original and useful to its audience, and (d) include a thoroughly researched bibliography. It should begin with a brief statement of why the reader should take the time to read it. The text should be in concise, clear and proper English. Whenever possible, incorporate material by citing recent relevant publications, especially J. Chem. Educ. Do not repeat what has already been published. Include illustrations drawn so as to convey the information most effectively, but only necessary ones. 2. Four copies of the manuscript. The manuscript should be typed, double spaced (approximately 3 lines per inch), in a font size no smaller than 10 point; use 1 inch margins on all sides of the page. More detailed Style Guidelines are available in The ACS Style Guide [Dodd, J. S., Ed.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1986]. 3. A cover letter from the corresponding author. Include complete postal and email addresses, and telephone and fax numbers; tell us which method of communication you prefer. You should also specifically state where, among the six
For More Information or To Correspond with the Journal Journal of Chemical Education University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry 209 North Brooks Street Madison, WI 53715-1116 phone: fax: email: WWW:
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