1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Article Types
4. Manuscript Preparation
5. Experimental Design, Description, and Validation
6. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
7. Author Licensing
8. Publication Process After Acceptance
9. Post Publication
10. Editorial Office Contact Details
Thank for your kind interest in Carbon Energy. The submissions have to consist of the content that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of conferences or symposiums.
All the submissions will be handled and processed using the Research Exchange online submission system.
Once you have prepared your submission in accordance with the Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/CEY2.
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.
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Carbon Energy aims to publish on a wide range of topics from different disciplines that share the focus on the advanced carbon materials and their empowered processes, such as energy storage and conversion, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, heterocatalysis, etc. The cutting-edge research will cover all forms of energy involving carbon materials, spanning from conventional electric and thermal energy to the type that catalyzes chemical and biological transformation. This journal will also prompt new technologies leading to the control of carbon emission and green production of carbon materials. It is expected to make a mark in the field of materials science, electrochemistry, chemical/biochemical synthesis, etc., with ambitions of a high academic impact.
(1) Research Article
Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Carbon Energy.
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).
Figures/tables: No number limits, but 10 figures should be sufficient. The tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and they should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.
Keywords: Please provide 3-6 keywords to highlight the main involving subjects of the article.
(2) Review
Description: Reviews are comprehensive analyses of a specific topic. They can be submitted either by the invitations from the Editors or by the authors themselves; Both types will undergo the peer-review process prior to acceptance.
Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better to be within 8,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Within 260 words, briefly describe the contents of the Review.
References: No word limits. but the American Medical Association (AMA) system of referencing should be used (see AMA Manual of Style for details)
Figures/tables: Minimum 1 table/figure in the review article. The tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and they should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.
Keywords: Please provide 3-6 keywords to highlight the main involving subjects of the article.
Biography: Please provide the first (or co-first) and corresponding authors' biographies. The biographies should include photographs, which are in 40 mm broad, 50 mm high, and better 600 dpi at minimum. It is recommended to keep the biography list as short as possible.
(3) Guest Editorial [only invited by Editors]
Description: It is written by Editorial Board members, invited authors or editors.
Word Limit: 1,000 words maximum.
Abstract: Not required.
Figures/tables: Maximum 2 figure/tables. The figure/tables should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and they should be properly prepared and numbered as describing here.
References: Maximum 5 references. The American Medical Association (AMA) system of referencing should be used (see AMA Manual of Style for details).
Keywords: Not required.
(4) Research Highlights
Description: The report of new findings that will substantially and immediately affect the field of Carbon Energy. It is a brief version and easy to read articles, but the new findings need to be significant and they need to be highlighted explicitly in this type of article.
Word Limit: Within 1,500 words excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Not required.
References: 35 maximum. The American Medical Association (AMA) system of referencing should be used (see AMA Manual of Style for details).
Figures/tables: 4 maximum.
Keywords: Please provide 3-6 keywords to highlight the main involving subjects of the article.
*Notes on Supporting Information: It is mandatory for this type of article. The detailed methods and important experimental or computational data to support the original findings need to be addressed in Supporting Information.
(5) Profile
Description: Maximum two pages interview or introduction of top tier scientists in the field of Carbon Energy.
Word limit: 1200 words maximum.
Abstract: Not required.
References: Not required.
Figure/tables: 1 maximum.
Keywords: Not required.
Manuscripts must be written in American English and be grammatically and linguistically correct. Authors should seek assistance with style, grammar and vocabulary if necessary.
Please note: Wiley provides a professional language and manuscript editing service, with expert help in English language editing, translation service, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation. For detailed information, costs and instructions please go to: Wiley Editing Services.
The structure and compositions of all materials central to the manuscript must be disclosed in the main text or in Supporting Information, this includes commercial and proprietary products, pure materials, and mixtures. Manuscripts reporting results using undisclosed material compositions may not be considered for publication and may be returned without external review.
Symbols for physical quantities should be italicized, but their units should not be written in italics. As examples: T for temperature with K as the unit, in contrast to T for the unit Tesla; J with units Hz, a with units nm. Stereochemical information (cis, E, R, etc.; d, L), locants (N-methyl), symmetry groups and space groups (C2v), and prefixes in formulae or compound names (tBu and tert-butyl) must be in italics. Latin phrases such as “in situ” should not be italicized. Formula numbers should be bold (Arabic numerals and, if necessary, Roman lowercase letters). Labels of axes labels should be formatted as "variable [units]", e.g., T [K] where the variable is in italics and the units are enclosed in square brackets and in upright type.
Equations should be labeled with consecutive numbers and mentioned by label in the text, for example, “Equation (1).” They should be provided in an editable format – use symbols or an equation editor – do not embed as graphics.
Vectors must be in bold italic letters and tensors in bold letters (both in the text and in equations).
Please distinguish carefully between subscripts, superscripts, and special symbols. Units (e.g. V cm–1, K, Pa etc.) should be written in upright letters (not in italics) with a short space to the number before.
Please use SI units throughout. Mathematical functions which are tabulated (e.g., sin, cos, exp, e, etc.) should be given in upright letters (not in italics).
Physical data should be arranged as follows, where possible:
In addition, when quoting physical data, the following should be considered:
Nomenclature should conform to the current American usage. The rules and recommendations of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB), and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) should be followed. The Latin names of biological species and genera should be written in italics, with the full name always used when it appears for the first time in the text (e.g., Homo sapiens); the abbreviated form (e.g., H. sapiens) may be used thereafter.
Abbreviations and acronyms should be used sparingly and consistently. Where they first appear in the text, the complete term should also be given. Common acronyms such as bp, DNA, RNA, NMR, UV–vis., wt, do not need to be defined.
Title page
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of no more than 260 words containing the major keywords. The abstract should adhere to the word count specifications under the section Manuscript Categories and Requirements. It should state the main problem, methods, results, and conclusions. It must be factual and comprehensive and should be written in the present tense and impersonal style (i.e., avoiding we). The use of abbreviations and acronyms should be limited and general statements (e.g. ‘‘the significance of the results is discussed’’) should be avoided. Abbreviations must be defined when first used and the abstract should not contain any references.
Keywords
Please provide 3-6 keywords that are most relevant to your contents.
Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Table of Contents
A short text and graphic should be provided for the Table of Contents (ToC). The ToC text should describe the main results in 50 to 60 words. It should be written for a general audience and be written in the third person.
The ToC figure should convey the main message of the article. It does not have to be a figure from the article; it can be a combination of figures or a new, original figure composed to represent the topic. The author must be the copyright holder for this figure and any images used to create it. The size of the image should be either 55 mm x 50 mm (w x h) or 110 mm x 20 mm (w x h). Please label the graphic as “For Table of Contents Only” and upload it separately at the first submission stage.
Main Text
Authors should use the subheadings required for the Article Type as specified in the section 'Article Types' and refer to the 'General' guidelines above.
References
The American Medical Association (AMA) system of referencing should be used see the - AMA Manual of Style for details. All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible. In text citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals. Sample references follow:
In-Text examples:
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high risk of foot ulcers.1-3
Several interventions have been successful at increasing compliance.11,14-16
The data of Smith et al18 is further evidence of this effect.
As reported previously,1,3-6
The results were as follows4:
Journal article (1-6 authors):
1. King VM, Armstrong DM, Apps R, Trott JR. Numerical aspects of pontine, lateral reticular, and inferior olivary projections to two paravermal cortical zones of the cat cerebellum. J Comp Neurol. 1998;390(7):537-551.
Journal article with more than six authors:
2. Geller AC, Venna S, Prout M, et al. Should the skin cancer examination be taught in medical school? Arch Dermatol. 2002;138(9):1201-1203.
Journal article with no named author or group name:
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Licensure of a meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menveo) and guidance for use--Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59(9):273.
Online articles not yet published in an issue:
4. Smith JJ, Fihn SD, White RH. Treatment of allergic rhinitis. Am J Med. Published online September 20, 2016.
Book:
5. Voet D, Voet JG. Biochemistry. John Wiley & Sons; 1990.
Book chapter:
6. Guyton JL, Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 10th ed. Mosby, Inc; 2003:2939-2984.
Electronic book:
7. Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM. Rudolph's Pediatrics. 21st ed. McGraw-Hill Companies; 2002. http://online.statref.com/Document/Document.aspx?DocID=1&StartDoc=1&EndDoc=1882&FxID=13&offset=7&SessionId=A3F279FQVVFXFSXQ. Accessed August 22, 2007.
Internet document:
8. American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2003. http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2003PWSecured.pdf. Accessed March 3, 2003.
Patent:
9. Furukawa Y, Kishimoto S, Nishikawa K, inventors; Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd, assignee. Hypotensive imidazole derivatives. US patent 4,340,598. July 20, 1982.
Please note that journal title abbreviations should conform to the practices of Chemical Abstracts.
Tables, Figures and Schemes
Tables should be provided with a brief legend and should only be subdivided by three horizontal lines (head rule, neck rule, foot rule). Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings. Tables with only one or two columns and columns with only one or two entries are to be avoided. For footnotes in tables, Roman lowercase letters followed by a closing parenthesis should be used. All tables are numbered (Arabic numerals) in the sequence in which they are referred to in the text.
Each figure and scheme should have a caption and should be inserted in-line within the main text. All figures and schemes must be mentioned in the text in numerical order. Different types of atoms in structural chemistry figures should be clearly distinguishable (by color). The full word "Figure" should be used in all parts of the manuscript when figures are cited. Figure legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must have high readability. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
Vector graphic images such as plots, graphs, and line diagrams (including chemical structures) should either be embedded into a Word document or saved as a PDF, PS, or EPS file. Original files of graphical items prepared using ChemDraw or Photoshop may also be included. Bitmap graphic images such as photographs and electron microscope images should be saved as TIFF or PNG files; each figure part must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi (1000 pixels wide when the image is typeset at a single column width).
You should review the basic figure requirements for manuscripts for peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.
Supporting Information
Acknowledgments
All funding sources relevant to the work reported should be acknowledged, including grant numbers and names of funding bodies. Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
Conflict of Interest Statement
You will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. All the authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. If the authors have no conflicts of interest, this should be stated. See the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on what to include in this section. Please ensure you liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information please visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon submission.
Animal Experimentation
For detailed reporting of animal experimentation, the ARRIVE guidelines (hosted on the NC3Rswebsite, https://arriveguidelines.org/) should be followed. Manuscripts containing experiments using animals must include a statement in the Experimental Section to state that permission was obtained from the relevant national or local authorities. The institutional committees that have approved the experiments must be identified and the accreditation number of the laboratory or of the investigator must be given where applicable. If no such rules or permission are stipulated in the particular country where the research/experiments were carried out, this must be mentioned in the manuscript. Compliance with US Public Health Service’s Policy on Animal Research Advisory Committee Guidelines is strongly recommended.
Human Studies/Subjects and Clinical Samples
For manuscripts containing experiments with human subjects (including the testing of sensor/wearable technologies) or tissue samples from human subjects, a statement regarding appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethical Committee approval must be included. The informed consent of all participating subjects must be obtained, and a statement to indicate this must be included. Confirmation that the study conforms to recognized standards, such as the Declaration of Helsinki, is also required.
When reporting phase II and III clinical trials, reporting on tumor marker studies, or describing human biospecimens, authors should refer, respectively, to the relevant CONSORT statement, REMARK, or BRISQ guidelines. Prospective clinical trials must be registered in www.clinicaltrials.gov (or a similar public repository that matches the criteria established by ICMJE) prior to the start of patient enrollment. Trial registration numbers must be reported in the article.
Image Processing
Images submitted for publication must accurately represent the original data, and authors must provide, if requested by the editors, unprocessed and raw data to aid in the reviewing process. Images submitted should be minimally modified, and any modification to original raw data should be clearly and fully disclosed, either in the figure legends, the Experimental Section, or in the Supporting Information. This should include the software used and the settings and methods applied in manipulations.
Processing should be applied equally to the entire image and also to controls. Processing that obscures data or emphasizes certain regions at the expense of others should not be used. When used, false-color and nonlinear adjustments, such as gamma correction, deconvolution, filtering, thresholding, and projection, should be clearly indicated in the manuscript.
In the case of gels and blots, cropped images may be used when necessary for clarity and conciseness. These modifications must be clearly mentioned, and the full gels and blots should be provided as Supporting Information. A clear line should mark the boundary between different gels where these were cropped, and all important bands should be maintained in the image.
Statistical Analysis
Reported data should be representative and reproducible. For original research articles, a sub-section entitled "Statistical Analysis" should be included at the end of the Experimental Section that fully describes the following:
All relevant figure and table legends should contain information on sample size/number of replicates (n), probability (P) value, the specific statistical test for each experiment, data presentation, and the meaning of the significance symbol.
A more detailed checklist can be found here: The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts
Data Sharing and Data Availability
Carbon Energy encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited. All accepted manuscripts may elect to publish a data availability statement to confirm the presence or absence of shared data. If you have shared data, this statement will describe how the data can be accessed, and include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data, or an accession number) from the repository where you shared the data. You may use the Standard Templates for Author Use or draft your own.
When data is available and linked, authors will need to provide a citation of the data in their reference list.
Data citation:
[dataset]Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g., DOI)
The term [Dataset] will be removed before publication.
To help choose an appropriate data repository for your research, you may consider the following:
Some example repositories are as follows:
Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), EMBL Nucleotide Archive, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis
Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories: Protein Information Resource (PIR) or SWISS-PROT.
For manuscripts describing structural data, atomic coordinates and the associated experimental data should be deposited in the appropriate databank (see below). Data in databanks must be released, at the latest, upon publication of the article. Please ensure that atomic coordinates and experimental data are released on time.
For more information, check Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies and our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Data Citation
Please review Wiley’s Data Citation policy.
Editorial Peer-review Policy
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here.
Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to, patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.
Funding
Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature.
Authorship
The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.
In the case of joint first or senior authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’
ORCID
As part of our commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, Carbon Energy requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information here.
As the member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal follows its core practices and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read our Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors and Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines here.
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication. Please review Wiley’s Data Protection Policy to learn more.
Refer and Transfer Program
Wiley believes that no valuable research should go unshared. This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program. If your manuscript is not accepted, you may receive a recommendation to transfer your manuscript to another suitable Wiley journal, either through a referral from the journal’s editor or through our Transfer Desk AssistantAll articles published by Carbon Energy are fully open access where they are immediately freely available to read, download and share. To cover the cost of publishing, Carbon Energy charges a publication fee when a submission is accepted for publication. There is no fee for initial submission for editorial/peer-review evaluation. Accepted papers will be published under CC BY - Creative Commons Attribution License. With the Creative Commons license, the author retains copyright and the public is allowed to reuse the content. The author grants Wiley a license to publish the article and to identify as the original publisher. All authors will be directed to the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) in accordance with funder mandates effective on 1 April 2013.
Please kindly note that substantial changes to the manuscript after acceptance may require a re-evaluation by peer reviewers. If you have any questions or updates after your manuscript’s acceptance, please contact the editorial office at your earliest convenience.
Access and sharing
Please review Wiley’s guidelines on sharing your research here. The submitted version of the manuscript, the accepted version, and the published version (Version of Record) can all be deposited on an institutional or other repository of the author's choice without embargo.
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Carbon Energy Editorial Office
Email: carbonenergy@wzu.edu.cn
Wenzhou University, China