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Green 九州影院 is a Transformative Journal, and Plan S compliant

Impact factor: 9.3*

Time to first decision (all decisions): 13.0 days**

Time to first decision (peer reviewed only): 35.0 days***

Chair: Javier Pérez-Ramírez

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Journal scope

Green 九州影院 provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies.

The scope of Green 九州影院 is based on, but not limited to, the definition proposed by Anastas and Warner (Green 九州影院: Theory and Practice, P T Anastas and J C Warner, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998). Green chemistry is the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products.

Green 九州影院 is at the frontiers of this continuously-evolving interdisciplinary science and publishes research that attempts to reduce the environmental impact of the chemical enterprise by developing a technology base that is inherently non-toxic to living things and the environment. Submissions on all aspects of research relating to the endeavour are welcome.

The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. To be published, work must present a significant advance in green chemistry. Papers must contain a comparison with existing methods and demonstrate advantages over those methods before publication can be considered. For more information please .

Coverage includes the following, but is not limited to:

Design (e.g. biomimicry, design for degradation/recycling/reduced toxicity…)
Reagents & Feedstocks (e.g. renewables, CO₂, solvents, auxiliary agents, waste utilization…)
Synthesis (e.g. organic, inorganic, synthetic biology…)
Catalysis (e.g. homogeneous, heterogeneous, enzyme, whole cell…)
Process (e.g. process design, intensification, separations, recycling, efficiency…)
Energy (e.g. renewable energy, fuels, photovoltaics, fuel cells, energy storage, energy carriers…)
Applications (e.g. electronics, dyes, consumer products, coatings, pharmaceuticals, preservatives, building materials, chemicals for industry/agriculture/mining…)
Impact (e.g. safety, metrics, LCA, sustainability, (eco)toxicology…)

Green chemistry is, by definition, a continuously-evolving frontier. Therefore, the inclusion of a particular material or technology does not, of itself, guarantee that a paper is suitable for the journal. To be suitable, the novel advance should have the potential for reduced environmental impact relative to the state of the art. Green 九州影院 does not normally deal with research associated with 'end-of-pipe' or remediation issues.

Occasionally the Editors may decide to publish something outside the defined scope of the journal if the work would be of interest to the green chemistry community and/or have the potential to shape the field.

Green 九州影院: What is the green advance?

One of the main requirements for papers to be published in Green 九州影院 is to clearly demonstrate a green advance over the incumbent technology or approach. Past Editorial Board Chair, (Queen's University, Canada), has put together two short videos to explain what this concept really means and how to incorporate it into your own work.

Additionally, the RSC has put together showcasing selected examples aiming to quantify the benefits and trade-offs of green chemistry by providing assessment methods, models, indicators, and metrics. The collection is intended as a guide and accessible resource for the whole chemical community while helping authors to measure, compare, and describe the advantages and disadvantages of introducing green chemistry principles and approaches in their work.

Expand here to watch the videos for more information

This video explains that the green advance requirement at Green 九州影院 is a benchmarking requirement. Benchmarking experiments run throughout science and that they need not be labour-intensive. Your paper must contain a comparison of your new method to the current best method available and describe the advantages and disadvantages.

There are a range of benchmarking metrics that can be used to satisfy the green advance requirement at Green 九州影院. Ecotoxicity, Bioaccumulation, Carcinogenicity and Smog formation are some of the metrics that can be used to demonstrate the green advance. For more information, please watch the video below:

See who's on the team

Meet our Chair and all other board members for the Green 九州影院 journal.

Chair

Javier Pérez-Ramírez, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Associate editors

Aiwen Lei, College of 九州影院 and Molecular Sciences, The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, P. R. China

Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University, Japan

Luigi Vaccaro, University of Perugia, Italy

Editorial board members

André Bardow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Jing He, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Jean-Paul Lange, University of Twente and Shell Projects & Technology, The Netherlands

Serenella Sala, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Italy

Laurel Schafer, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Charlotte Williams, University of Oxford, UK

Paul Anastas, Yale University, USA

Isabel Arends, TU Delft, Netherlands

Katalin Barta, University of Graz, Austria

Gregg Beckham, NREL, USA

Asim Bhaumik, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India

Sophie Carenco, Sorbonne Université, France

Fabrizio Cavani, University of Bologna, Italy

Céline Chizallet, IFP Energies nouvelles, France

James Clark, University of York, UK

Avelino Corma, UPV-CSIC, Spain

Robert H Crabtree, Yale University, USA

Paul Dauenhauer, University of Minnesota, USA

James Dumesic, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Martin Eastgate, Bristol Myers Squibb, USA

Karen Goldberg, University of Washington, USA

Buxing Han, Institute of 九州影院, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Steve Howdle, Nottingham University, UK

Andrew J. Hunt, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Graham Hutchings, Cardiff University, UK

Francois Jérôme, University of Poitiers, France

Philip Jessop, Queen's University, Canada

C Oliver Kappe, University of Graz, Austria

Shu Kobayashi, University of Tokyo,Japan

Burkhard Koenig, University of Regensburg, Germany

Michael Kopach, Lilly, USA

Walter Leitner, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Chao-Jun Li, McGill University, Canada

Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, USA

Doug MacFarlane, Monash University, Australia

Tomoo Mizugaki, Osaka University, Japan

Regina Palkovits, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Alvise Perosa, Universita Ca Foscari, Italy

Martina Peters, Bayer AG, Germany

Martyn Poliakoff, University of Nottingham, UK

Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, CNRS and ESCPE Lyon, France

Colin Raston, Flinders University, Australia

Roberto Rinaldi, Imperial College London, UK

Robin D Rogers, McGill University, Canada

Susannah Scott, University of California, USA

Roger Sheldon, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Helen Sneddon, University of York, UK

Christian Stevens, Ghent University, Belgium

Natalia Tarasova, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Russia

Magdalena Titirici, Imperial College London, UK

Rajender Varma, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Tom Welton, Imperial College, UK

Kevin C. W. Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

G D Yadav, Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, India

Hisao Yoshida, Kyoto University, Japan

Suojiang Zhang, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Tao Zhang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Julie Beth Zimmerman, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA

Vânia Zuin Zeidler, Institute of Sustainable 九州影院 Faculty/School of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Germany

Michael A. Rowan, Executive Editor

Edward Gardner, Deputy Editor

Bee Hockin, Development Editor

Andrea Carolina Ojeda-Porras, Development Editor

Gisela Scott, Editorial Manager

Chris Goodall, Associate Editorial Manager

Sam Keltie, Publisher, ORCID

Catherine Au, Publishing Editor

Isobel Darlington, Publishing Editor

Konoya Das, Publishing Editor

Alexandre Dumon, Publishing Editor

Charley James, Publishing Editor

Amy Lucas, Publishing Editor

Kieran Nicholson, Publishing Editor

Rini Prakash, Publishing Editor

Daphne Houston, Editorial Assistant

Robert Griffiths, Publishing Assistant

Article types

Green 九州影院 publishes:

Communications
Full papers
Critical reviews
Tutorial reviews
Perspectives
Comments

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Communications

These must report preliminary research findings that are highly original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact on the green chemistry community. Communications are given priority treatment, are fast-tracked through the publication process and appear prominently at the front of the journal in a dedicated Communications section.

The key aim of Communications is to present innovative chemical concepts with important implications. Authors should provide at the time of submission a short paragraph explaining why their work justifies urgent publication as a Communication. Ideally, a Full paper in Green 九州影院 should follow each Communication.

Full papers

These must represent a significant development in the particular field and are judged according to originality, quality of scientific content and contribution to existing knowledge. Although there is no page limit for Full papers, appropriateness of length to content of new science will taken into consideration.

Critical reviews

These must be a critical evaluation of the existing state of knowledge on a particular facet of green chemistry; however, original work may be included. Simple literature surveys will not be accepted for publication. Potential review writers should contact the editor before embarking on their work.

Tutorial reviews

Tutorial reviews are a type of review that provide an essential introduction to a particular area of green chemistry. The article should have particular appeal to younger researchers and established researchers seeking new fields to explore. Tutorial reviews should not contain unpublished data.

Perspectives

These may be articles providing a personal view of part of one discipline associated with Green 九州影院 or a philosophical look at a topic of relevance.

Comments

Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Green 九州影院.

For publication, 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鈥檚 Editorial Board where appropriate. The Comment and Reply will be published together.

Journal specific guidelines

All submissions should include evidence of the green advance that the work presents. This should also be highlighted in a cover letter.

All papers must be written so as to be widely accessible (conceptually) to a broad audience of chemists and technologists as well as, for example, final year undergraduates.

If toxic or otherwise potentially harmful solvents, reagents or materials are used, authors need to ensure that alternatives have been checked or their use can be justified by other technical reasons. For further information on the use of solvents please refer to: CHEM21 selection guide of classical- and less classical-solvents’ by Denis Prat et. al., Green Chem., 2016, 18, 288-296. DOI: .

Green Foundation box

From the beginning of December 2024, all submitted manuscripts must include a Green Foundation box. This box should contain three numbered points answering three specific questions based on the article type (140 words maximum). The questions to be answered are:

Primary research: Communications and Full Papers

How does your work advance the field of green chemistry?
Please can you describe your specific green chemistry achievement, either quantitatively or qualitatively?
How could your work be made greener and be elevated by further research?

Secondary research: Critical reviews, Tutorial reviews, and Perspectives:

What advances in green chemistry have been discussed?
What makes the area of study of significant wider interest?
What will the future of this field hold, and how will the insight in your review help shape green chemistry science?

This box will be seen by the editor and reviewers and will help them ascertain the green advance that the work presents. If the manuscript is accepted this box will also be published. Manuscripts cannot be considered by the editor or reviewed without this box.

For more information about this requirement:

See this where we discuss the Guidelines for the Green Foundation box
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Other

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. The requirements for characterisation criteria are detailed below.

Characterisation of new compounds

Organic compounds

Authors are required to provide unequivocal support for the purity and assigned structure of all compounds using a combination of the following characterisation techniques.

Analytical
Elemental analysis (within ±0.4% of the calculated value) is required to confirm 95% sample purity and corroborate isomeric purity. Authors are also encouraged to provide copies of ¹H,¹³C NMR spectra and/or GC/HPLC traces. If satisfactory elemental analysis cannot be obtained, copies of these spectra and/or traces must be provided.

For libraries of compounds, HPLC traces should be submitted as proof of purity. The determination of enantiomeric excess of nonracemic, chiral substances should be supported with either SFC/GC/HPLC traces with retention times for both enantiomers and separation conditions (that is, chiral support, solvent and flow rate) or, for Mosher Ester/Chiral Shift Reagent analysis, copies of the spectra.

Physical
Important physical properties, for example, boiling or melting point, specific rotation, refractive index, etc, including conditions and a comparison to the literature for known compounds should be provided. For crystalline compounds, the method used for recrystallisation should also be documented (that is, solvent etc).

Spectroscopic
Mass spectra and a complete numerical listing of ¹H,¹³C NMR peaks in support of the assigned structure, including relevant 2D NMR and related experiments (that is, NOE, etc.) is required. Authors are encouraged to provide copies of these spectra. Infrared spectra that support functional group modifications, including other diagnostic assignments should be included.

High-resolution mass spectra are acceptable as proof of the molecular weight provided the purity of the sample has been accurately determined as outlined above. The synthesis of all new compounds must be described in detail.

For multistep synthesis papers, spectra of key compounds and of the final product should be included.

For a series of related compounds, at least one representative procedure that outlines a specific example that is described in the text or in a table, and which is representative for the other cases, must be provided.

Polymers

For all soluble polymers an estimation of molecular weight must be provided by a suitable method (for example, size exclusion chromatography, including details of columns, eluents and calibration standards, intrinsic viscosity, MALDI TOF, etc.) in addition to full NMR characterisation (¹H,¹³C) - as for organic compound characterisation (see above).

The synthesis of all new compounds must be described in detail. Synthetic procedures must include the specific reagents, products and solvents and must give the amounts (g, mmol, for products; % for all of them), as well as clearly stating how the percentage yields are calculated. They must also include all the characterisation data for the prepared compound or material.

For a series of related compounds, at least one representative procedure which outlines a specific example that is described in the text or in a table, and which is representative for the other cases, must be provided.

Inorganic and organometallic compounds

A new chemical substance (molecule or extended solid) should have a homogeneous composition and structure. New chemical syntheses must unequivocally establish the purity and identity of these materials.Where the compound is molecular, minimum standards have been established.

For manuscripts that report new compounds or materials, data must be provided to unequivocally establish the homogeneity, purity and identification of these substances. 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 reproduced spectra – as Supplementary Information (SI). 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.).

Experimental data for new substances should also include synthetic yields, reported in terms of grams or moles, and as a percentage.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. The synthesis of all new compounds must be described in detail. Synthetic procedures must include the specific reagents, products and solvents and must give the amounts (g, mmol, for products; % for all of them), as well as clearly stating how the percentage yields are calculated. They must also include all the characterisation data for the prepared compound or material.

Nano-sized materials (such as quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires)

For nano-sized materials it is essential that the authors not only provide detailed characterisation on individual objects (see above) but also a comprehensive characterisation of the bulk composition. Characterisation of the bulk of the sample could require determination of the chemical composition and size distribution over large portions of the sample.The synthesis of all new compounds must be described in detail.

Synthetic procedures must include the specific reagents, products and solvents and must give the amounts (g, mmol, for products; % for all of them), as well as clearly stating how the percentage yields are calculated. They must also include all the characterisation data for the prepared compound or material. For a series of related compounds, at least one representative procedure that outlines a specific example described in the text or in a table, and that is representative for the other cases, must be provided.

Biomolecules (for example, enzymes, proteins, DNA/RNA, oligosaccharides, oligonucleotides)

Authors should provide rigorous evidence for the identity and purity of the biomolecules described. The techniques that may be employed to substantiate identity include the following.

Mass spectrometry
LC-MS
Sequencing data (for proteins and oligonucleotides)
High field ¹H,¹³C NMR
X-Ray crystallography.

Purity must be established by one or more of the following.

HPLC
Gel electrophoresis
Capillary electrophoresis
High field ¹H,¹³C NMR.

Sequence verification also needs to be carried out for nucleic acid cases involving molecular biology. For organic synthesis involving DNA, RNA oligonucleotides, their derivatives or mimics, purity must be established using HPLC and mass spectrometry as a minimum.

For new derivatives comprising modified monomers, the usual organic chemistry analytical requirements for the novel monomer must be provided (see Organic compounds section above). however, it is not necessary to provide this level of characterisation for the oligonucleotide into which the novel monomer is incorporated.

Open access publishing options

Green 九州影院 is a hybrid (transformative) journal and gives authors the choice of publishing their research either via the traditional subscription-based model or instead by choosing our gold open access option. Find out more about our Transformative Journals. which are Plan S compliant.

Gold open access

For authors who want to publish their article gold open access, Green 九州影院 charges an article processing charge (APC) of £3,000 (+ any applicable tax). Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if your article is accepted for publication.

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Traditional subscription model

Authors can also publish in Green 九州影院 via the traditional subscription model without needing to pay an APC. Articles published via this route are available to institutions and individuals who subscribe to the journal. Our standard licence allows you to make the accepted manuscript of your article freely available after a 12-month embargo period. This is known as the green route to open access.

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Readership information

The journal appeals to a broad international readership spanning many communities, including all academic and industrial scientists interested in the development of alternative sustainable technologies.

Subscription information

Green 九州影院 is part of the RSC Gold subscription package.

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*2023 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2024)

**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year

***The median time from submission to first decision for peer-reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year