Notice to Authors for Paper Submission to Electrochemistry

Revised Sept. 6, 2002

1 General Scope and Types of Papers

1. "Electrochemistry" is devoted to the publication of research papers in the fields of electrochemistry and applied physical chemistry. The following types of papers in English (or Japanese) may be submitted.
   1. Article: Full length papers containing original results including significant conclusions or facts.
   2. Technical report: Technological reports containing new information, valuable data and methods directly related to industrial technology.
   3. Note: Short notes containing new facts, significant data and methods, if fragmentary, not exceeding three pages in the printed form.
   4. Communication: Communications containing new facts, valuable data and methods, and requiring prompt publication, not exceeding three pages in the printed form.
   5. Comprehensive paper: Comprehensive papers that draw conclusions from the treatment of existing data, include significant new data, or make new experimental results or theoretical views of broad interest.
   6. Review: Papers presenting a general survey of an outstanding subject in Electrochemistry.
2. Only original contributions will be considered except for Comprehensive Papers and Reviews. However, Technical Papers or Technological Reports, which contain a significant improvement over the results already published as Communications in this journal or elsewhere, will be considered.

2 Submission and Refereeing of Manuscripts

1. Authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with both these regulations and the "Instructions for Authors", otherwise the manuscripts will not be accepted.
2. Three complete sets (one original and two copies) of the manuscript including tables, figures and/or pictures should be addressed to:
   

   Editor-in-Chief, Electrochemistry The Electrochemical Society of Japan 4-8-30, Kudan-minami, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0074, Japan

3. The manuscript may also be submitted via e-mail if the complete set of the manuscript including tables, figures and/or pictures is presented as a PDF file. No two-byte characters should be used in papers in English. The mailing address is: edit@electrochem.jp
4. The date received is the day on which the editor receives the manuscripts.
5. The submitted manuscripts that are accepted for publication will not be returned to the author; rejected manuscripts will be returned.
6. The decision to accept a manuscript for publication will be made by the editorial committee.
7. The editors may ask that a manuscript be revised. If the revised paper is not submitted within two months, the manuscript may be regarded as having been withdrawn.
8. If the submitted manuscript is accepted in accordance with the "Instructions for Authors", the author should send the final accepted version of the manuscript and the floppy disk to the editor-in-chief. The contents of the floppy disk must correspond exactly to the hard copy version of the paper.

3 Proofs

4 Corrections

5 Fees and Reprints

6 Copyrights