期刊语言：英语

出版地区：英国

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1、投稿方式：在线投稿。

2、期刊网址：

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/dt

https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/dalton-transactions/

3、投稿网址：http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dalton

4、期刊刊期：一年出版四十八期。

2021年4月13日星期二

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Scope

Dalton Transactions is a journal for all areas of inorganic chemistry, which encompasses the organometallic, bioinorganic and materials chemistry of the elements, with applications including synthesis, catalysis, energy conversion/storage, electrical devices and medicine. Dalton Transactions welcomes high-quality, original submissions in all of these areas and more, where the advancement of knowledge in inorganic chemistry is significant. Specific guidance for some areas of our scope is given below.

Solid-state inorganic materials (including nanomaterials): We encourage work in the area of solid-state, materials and nano-chemistry that includes a significant inorganic chemistry component. Contributions could include the synthesis, characterisation, and applications of new inorganic or inorganic-organic hybrid solids, together with studies of their properties. However, studies of properties of known compounds are only encouraged if there is a clear advance in the inorganic chemistry, and where this forms a major component of both the novelty and significance in the paper.

Catalysis: Studies that utilize well-characterized inorganic and organometallic compounds as catalysts for chemical transformations are welcome but must emphasize the advancement of knowledge in inorganic chemistry. This would include catalyst design and synthesis, structure-activity relationships and/or mechanistic studies. Work reporting new catalysts for well-studied reactions must contextualize the reported results within the state-of-the-art to demonstrate impact and advancement. Studies that generate ill-defined species in situ and/or report tables of catalytic data without appropriate comparison with existing catalysts will not be considered at Dalton Transactions.

Bioinorganic and medicinal inorganic chemistry: We welcome work on model compounds of metalloenzymes and biologically active inorganic compounds, including reports on their synthesis, characterization and studies of their applications. Spectroscopic or computational work on metalloenzymes, or pure biochemical, biological, or biomedical studies on inorganic compounds are only encouraged if they clearly relate to specific properties of the metals or metalloid elements involved, and significantly further our understanding of inorganic chemistry. The same applies to papers related to the sensing and visualization of biorelevant metal ions. Such work is expected to have its focus on inorganic aspects and must completely characterize the inorganic compounds involved.

Theoretical and computational studies: We welcome studies that report new models of reactivity, selectivity, bonding or structure, or new computational methods, that have relevance for the design of subsequent experiments. This is most clearly demonstrated by the description of testable predictions derived from the results of the reported theoretical work; the tests of these predictions could be contained in the same paper in which the predictions are described. Computational research that merely reproduces experimental data is not normally suitable for Dalton Transactions.

Analytical/separation studies and sensor development: Analytical studies on inorganic species are encouraged provided there is significant insight into the chemistry of the inorganic component. Speciation and separation studies that are primarily based around kinetic and thermodynamic models are not considered suitable for Dalton Transactions. Organic sensors in which the primary insight is the synthesis or behaviour of the sensor, rather than an inorganic chemistry advance, will not normally be considered.

Dalton Transactions expects complete characterization of all new compounds/materials by state of the art methods, and that the purity of any compound or material used or reported must be adequately demonstrated (please refer to our Journal Specific Guidelines below for detailed information).

Article types

Dalton Transactions publishes:

Communications

Full papers

Perspectives

Frontiers

Comments

Communications

Preliminary accounts of original and significant work of such importance that rapid publication is justified may be published in Communication form.

Material intended for a Communications should be of specific specialist interest to inorganic chemists. Full papers based upon Communications will be acceptable provided that they represent a substantial amplification and extension of the original material.

The recommended length for a communication is three printed journal pages, however some flexibility is allowed.

Full papers

Full papers contain original scientific work that has not been published previously. However, work that has appeared in print in a short form such as a Communication or in ChemComm is normally acceptable.

Perspectives

Perspectives are normally published by invitation. However, suggestions from authors are welcome and enquiries regarding the submission of Perspectives should be directed to the editor.

Perspectives are short readable articles covering current areas of interest for an inorganic chemistry audience; they may take the form of personal accounts of research or a critical analysis of activity in a specialist area. By their nature they will not be comprehensive reviews of a field of chemistry, they are typically less than 10,000 words in length. No new work should be presented.

Since the readership of Dalton Transactions is wide-ranging the article should be easily comprehensible to a non-specialist in the field, whilst at the same time providing an authoritative discussion of the area concerned.

Frontiers

Frontiers are normally published by invitation. However, suggestions from authors are welcome and enquiries regarding the submission of Frontiers should be directed to the editor.

Frontiers are short articles that highlight recent important new developments in all areas of inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including biological inorganic chemistry and solid-state inorganic chemistry. They should explain the significance of these developments and also identify where further work is urgently required or where challenges are still faced. No new work should be presented. Frontiers articles can be short, personal accounts of a new area of research and can be speculative in nature, putting a new area in perspective.

Frontiers articles should be approximately 3000-4000 words in length, although this may vary slightly depending on the nature of the article. Dalton Transactions Perspective articles are a more appropriate format for longer articles.

Comments

Dalton Transactions offers Comments and Replies as a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in the journal.

A Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or new insight into the previously published material. Any Reply should further the discussion presented in the original article and the Comment. Comments and Replies that contain any form of personal attack are not suitable for publication.

Comments that are acceptable for publication will be forwarded to the authors of the work being discussed, and these authors will be given the opportunity to submit a Reply. The Comment and Reply will both be subject to rigorous peer review in consultation with the journal’s Editorial Board where appropriate. The Comment and Reply will be published together.

Journal specific guidelines

The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.

It is the responsibility of authors to provide fully convincing evidence for the homogeneity, purity and identity of all compounds they claim as new. This evidence is required to establish that the properties and constants reported are those of the compound with the new structure claimed. Referees will assess, as a whole, the evidence presented in support of the claims made by the authors.

All submissions to Dalton Transactions must include a file of the “integrated manuscript”: this is a file with all of the tables and artwork integrated into the text at a point close to where the table/figure/scheme, etc., is first mentioned.

Tables should be complete with the table number and title above the table and footnotes below. Please place the table in the text at a point where the entire table can fit on a single page (unless the table is longer than a single page).

Figures/schemes/charts should have the number and caption below the artwork. Avoid splitting the graphic over two pages (when possible) by placing it appropriately in the text.

To avoid the shifting of inserted graphics/tables during generation of the pdf file that is read by the editors and reviewers, authors are encouraged to upload a pdf version of their “integrated manuscript” in addition to the native file.

Inorganic and organometallic compounds

A new chemical substance (molecule or extended solid) should have a homogeneous composition and structure. Where the compound is molecular, authors must provide data to unequivocally establish its homogeneity, purity and identification. In general, this should include elemental analyses that agree to within ±0.4% of the calculated values.

In cases where elemental analyses cannot be obtained (for example, for thermally unstable compounds), justification for the omission of this data should be provided. Note that an X-ray crystal structure is not sufficient for the characterisation of a new material, since the crystal used in this analysis does not necessarily represent the bulk sample. In rare cases, it may be possible to substitute elemental analyses with high-resolution mass spectrometric molecular weights. This is appropriate, for example, with trivial derivatives of thoroughly characterised substances or routine synthetic intermediates.

In all cases, relevant spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, UV-vis, etc.) should be provided in tabulated form or as reproduced spectra. These may be relegated to the electronic supplementary information (ESI) to conserve journal space. However, it should be noted that, in general, mass spectrometric and spectroscopic data do not constitute proof of purity, and, in the absence of elemental analyses, additional evidence of purity should be provided (melting points, PXRD data, etc).

Where the compound is an extended solid, it is important to unequivocally establish the chemical structure and bulk composition. Single crystal diffraction does not determine the bulk structure. Referees will normally look to see evidence of bulk homogeneity.

A fully indexed powder diffraction pattern that agrees with single crystal data may be used as evidence of a bulk homogeneous structure and chemical analysis may be used to establish purity and homogeneous composition.