Instructions for authors
About the Journal
Aerosol Science and Technology is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Aerosol Science and Technology accepts the following types of article:
Original Articles, Reviews, Aerosol Research Letters
Aerosol Science and Technology ( AS&T) is a peer-reviewed international journal owned by the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). The goal of AST is to advance knowledge on aerosols and to facilitate its application. AST publishes results of theoretical, numerical, and experimental investigations into aerosol behavior, measurement, and effects. Articles on either basic or applied work are suitable. Examples of topics include instrumentation for the measurement of aerosol physical, optical, chemical, and biological properties; aerosol dynamics and transport phenomena; numerical modeling; charging; nucleation; nanoparticles and nanotechnology; lung deposition and health effects; filtration; and aerosol generation. Consistent with the criteria given above, papers that deal with the atmosphere, climate change, indoor and workplace environments, homeland security, pharmaceutical aerosols, combustion sources, aerosol synthesis reactors, and contamination control in semiconductor manufacturing will be considered. AST normally does not consider papers that describe routine measurements or models for aerosol air quality assessment. The journal publishes reviews of relevant books and computer software, as well as announcements of interest to the aerosol community.
Open Archives Initiative. Articles and Reviews published in AST are freely available on the web one year after they appear in print in formats consistent with the Open Archives Initiative, and they become available electronically to subscribers approximately five weeks after they are submitted to the publisher. Aerosol Research Letters (ARL) are freely available to the world electronically as soon as they are published.
Types of Papers Published. AST publishes Articles, Reviews, and Aerosol Research Letters (ARL). Articles and Reviews must include a one-paragraph abstract of 100-250 words.
Aerosol Research Letters (ARL). ARL provide rapid publication of short articles that describe especially significant developments in our discipline. ARL will be limited to no more than 10% of articles published in AST. ARL are restricted to 3000 words including text, references, tables, and figure panels. ARL do not include abstracts. Tables and figures are equivalent to 300 words each. Editors will prescreen submitted ARL to decide whether they should be considered for review. These decisions will be made quickly.
Paper Submission. Initial submissions for review, revised manuscripts, and publication-ready accepted manuscripts must be submitted through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ast.
Initial Submissions. Manuscripts to be considered for publication can be submitted in one or more files. Figures can be embedded in the text or submitted in separate files. However, note that the publication requirements for accepted papers limit figures to the file formats listed below and there is a charge for color printing. Authors are advised to consider publication requirements when they first prepare the figures for their manuscripts.
Accepted Papers. Text, tables, and individual figures must be submitted in separate files. The publisher can accept files from most commonly used word processing software. Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines:
Submit figures as separate files, not embedded in text files
tif, .eps, .psd,. jpeg,. ps, .png and .emf formats only
Minimum resolution of 300 dpi or higher at publication size; higher resolution is preferred
Lettering (in a sans serif font) and data points should be large enough to be easily read when the figure is reduced to fit in one column (3.5” in width) or over two columns (7.25” in width) for larger figures or figures containing more detail
All figures must be numbered consecutively, according to their appearance in the text.
Page Limits. AST does not have a strict policy on the length of papers; however, our target length for articles is 9 or fewer pages, not including references. When merited by content, review articles might be longer than that. Authors are encouraged to write concisely and to use online supplementary information (SI) where possible (see below). Authors can estimate the length of a published paper by assuming 1,000 words per printed page. The number of “words” is calculated by using MS Word’s word count tool to determine the total number of words in the entire paper, including title, authors’ names and addresses, body of paper, figure captions, references, etc., and report this as “number of words” in the manuscript submission process. To estimate the total length of a paper, add 300 words per figure panel (e.g., a figure with four photos or graphs counts as four figure panels) and 300 words per table.
Supplementary Information (SI). The article as it appears in the printed copy of the journal should present a clear and concise synthesis and summary of results. SI is available online, and should be used where possible to limit the number of printed pages. Accordingly, appendices should not exceed 1-2 typeset pages. SI is an integral component of the peer-reviewed, archival article. SI can be used for information such as experimental details (schematics, analytical procedures, materials, methods, etc.), mathematical derivations or more detailed data, tables or figures that provide information to support conclusions drawn in the printed paper. SI is not typeset by the publisher, but is published in the form provided by the authors. SI can include videos.
Open Access
You have the option to publish open access in this journal via our Open Select publishing program. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research. Articles published Open Select with Taylor & Francis typically receive 32% more citations* and over 6 times as many downloads** compared to those that are not published Open Select.
Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access. Visit our Author Services website to find out more about open access policies and how you can comply with these.
You will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make your article open access and this cost can often be covered by your institution or funder. Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
Please visit our Author Services website or contact openaccess@tandf.co.uk if you would like more information about our Open Select Program.
*Citations received up to Jan 31st 2020 for articles published in 2015-2019 in journals listed in Web of Science®.
**Usage in 2017-2019 for articles published in 2015-2019.
Peer Review and Ethics
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Preparing Your Paper
Original Articles, Reviews, Aerosol Research Letters
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words.
Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
If you have any questions, please contact the Journal Editorial Office:
Editor-in-Chief: JONATHAN REID
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Cantock’s Close
Bristol BS8 1T
United Kingdom
E-mail: j.p.reid@bristol.ac.uk
or
Editorial Assistant: YAELLE HARTLEY School of Chemistry, S211
Cantock’s Close
Bristol BS8 1T
United Kingdom
E-mail: ast-office@bristol.ac.uk
Style Guidelines
Please refer to these quick style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy.
Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
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