FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDELINES 

Note: Please read the following guidelines carefully. Manuscripts that do not conform to these guidelines may be delayed in publication or returned to authors for resubmittal.

Overview

The Journal strives to present information in a clear, direct, and easily understood format. Manuscripts should concisely provide essential information, avoiding wordiness, duplication, and unnecessary detail. Although the Journal does not maintain a page-limit policy, authors should be mindful of their audience and strive for efficiency in presentation. Manuscripts that are unnecessarily lengthy or repetitive will be identified as such by the Journal reviewers and/or editors, and returned to the authors for revision. Authors should also remain cognizant of the Journal’s page charge policy, which is assessed on a per-page basis.

General Formatting Information

For initial online manuscript submittal, the following formats are acceptable for all TEXT files:

• Microsoft Word

• WordPerfect

• Adobe PDF

• PostScript

• RTF

• PDF+ASCHII form TeX or LaTeX

For submittal of revised (i.e., after peer review) or final (i.e., accepted for publication) manuscripts, only the following formats are acceptable for TEXT files:

• Microsoft Word

• WordPerfect

• RTF

Acceptable table and figure formatting requirements are detailed below.

Journal Style

Manuscripts must be typed 1½ -spaced, including references and the numbered list of figure captions. Times New Roman 12-point is the preferred font. Allow at least a 1-inch margin on all sides. Text should be typed flush left on the page; do not right-justify or hyphenate. Do not insert page or section breaks within text, but number all pages consecutively and include line numbering throughout. Do not use footnotes or endnotes within the text. Do not italicize common Latin words or phrases, such as “i.e.,” “e.g.,” or “a priori.” Do not include any design or complex formatting, such as two-column text formats, embedded text boxes or figures, or unnecessary changes in font, type size, page depth, and page width. Manuscripts should include only simple attributes such as bold, italics, superscript, and subscript to a specific letter, word, or words.

Authors are expected to follow the style conventions detailed in the most recent edition of The ACS Style Guide (3rd Edition, Anne M. Coghill, Lorrin R. Garson, eds.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2006), with the following few exceptions:

• Second(s) is abbreviated as “sec” (not “s”);
• Hour(s) is abbreviated as “hr” (not “h”);
• Use “ HH:MM a.m./p.m. ” style for time, rather than 24-hour time PST or PDT style;
• Versus is abbreviated as “vs.” (not “vs”) within parentheses, tables, and captions (the word should not be abbreviated in body text);
• Yard is abbreviated as “yd”; and
• Year is abbreviated as “yr” (not “y”) in descriptions of experimental work.

Authors should also refer to back issues of the Journal as a guide.

Manuscript Requirements

Manuscripts should not exceed 11,000 words in length, not including the Abstract, Implications, or References. Figures and tables are submitted separately and are not included in the word count. In addition, all manuscripts must contain the following elements:

• A concise title that avoids acronyms and abbreviations;
• A list of all authors and their affiliations, including the city, state/province, and country for each;
• An abstract of 300 words or less, summarizing the work’s purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions;
• An implications statement of 100 words or less, explaining the practical implications of the manuscript for law-makers, policy-makers, and others ;
• References (following the text), numbered and cited in consecutive order as they appear within the text, and styled according to The ACS Style Guide (see examples below);
• Any relevant tables and figures, following the formats and style outlined herein; and
• An “about the authors” statement (in paragraph format), providing the name, title, affiliation, and current contact information for the corresponding author, and the affiliation of each co-author. Excessive biographical information is unnecessary.
• All literature review sections in submitted manuscripts should include references to pertinent A&WMA Journal publications (if possible) which have been published within the past 2-3 years to allow our readers a sense of how the submitted manuscript fits in with previous research.

Line Numbering

Insert consecutive (i.e., does not revert to Line 1 after first page) line numbering in the left margin of all pages containing text. This function can be performed automatically by most word processing programs. In Microsoft Word, this feature is found under the "Page Setup" function.

Headings

Subdivide manuscripts into major sections, such as introduction, experimental methods, results, conclusions, acknowledgments, and references. Do not number subtitles (i.e., “1. Introduction” should be “INTRODUCTION”).

• FIRST-LEVEL HEADINGS SHOULD BE TYPED BOLD, IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, flush left.

• Second-Level Headings Should Be Typed Bold, in Initial Capital Letters, centered.

• Third-Level Headings Should Be Typed in Italics and with Initial Capital Letters, flush left.  This heading then should be followed by a period, two character spaces, and the subsequent text.
• Headings Beyond Level Three Are Discouraged: However, if they are essential to clarifying the discussion, they should be flush left, in italics with initial capital letters, followed by a colon (not a period). When appropriate, they can be numbered (1), (2), (3), etc.

Equations

Number equations consecutively as they appear within the text. Center them horizontally, with the equation number in parentheses and positioned flush right on the same line as the equation. For multi-line equations, center the equation between the lines (still flush right). Use care in positioning super- and subscripts, and avoid superscripts that may be confused with exponents. Use the term “eq” “(plural “eqs”) within text (e.g., “As shown in eq 1…”), unless beginning a sentence (e.g., “Equation 1 was used to determine…”).

Nomenclature

Use consistent units of measurement, and give dimensions for all terms. Acronyms and abbreviations may be used within the manuscript; however, they must be defined at their first mention within the text. (For a list of standard abbreviations, please refer to the ACS Style Guide.)

Footnotes

References

References must be formatted according to the reference style listed in the ACS Style Guide on pp. 293-294; that is, in consecutive order as they are cited within the text, using Arabic numeral superscripts (do not use the author-date format). Do not use an automatic footnoting or referencing function. Do not use “et al.” in references unless there are more than 10 authors; rather, list all authors for each reference. At a minimum, all references should include author, title, publisher, place, year, volume and issue number, page numbers, and DOI number, if available . Examples of reference styles include the following:

1. Carson, M.A.; Atkinson, K.D.; Waechter, C.J. An Analysis of Leachate in Groundwater; J. Biol. Chem. 1982, 257, 8115-8121.  
   

2. Bockris, J.O.; Reddy, A.K.N. Modern Electrochemistry; Plenum: New York, 1970; Vol. 2, p 132.
   

3. Geactinov, N.E. In Polycyclic Hydrocarbons and Carcinogenesis; Harvey, R.G., Ed.; ACS Symposium Series 283; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1985; pp 12-45.
   

4. Kanter, H. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arizona, December 1984.  
   

5. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Quality Control for Pesticides and Related Compounds; EPA-600/1-79/008; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1979.  
   

6. Roe, A.B. J. Pharm. Sci., in press. [this means that the article has been accepted for publication]  
   

7. Roe, A.B. J. Pharm. Sci., submitted for publication.  
   

8. Urdal, K.; Fallon, J.D. Structure and Reactivity of Surfaces. In Proceedings of A&WMA’s 80th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Denver, CO, June 5-8, 1994; A&WMA: Pittsburgh, PA, 1994; Paper AB-1055.

9. Kornack, D.; Rakic, P. Cell Proliferation without Neurogenesis in Adult Primate Neocortex; Science June 3, 2006, doi: 10.1126/science.1065467.

Authors should look to previous issues of the Journal, as well as The ACS Style Guide, for reference styles not listed above.

Tables

Tables can be submitted in the same file formats as the text of the manuscript, but should be grouped together at the end of the manuscript rather than embedded within the text. Number all tables consecutively as they are cited within the text. List each caption above the corresponding table, as follows:

 Table 1. Summary of the chemical and physical properties of FGD sludge.

Footnotes may be used within tables using superscript letters. Place footnoted material below the corresponding table.