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Note: The Aims and Scope of Carbohydrate Polymers must be complied with in order for submissions to be considered for review and possible publication. The Aims and Scope have been modified as of 24 July 2018.
Carbohydrate Polymers is a major journal within the field of glycoscience, and covers the study and exploitation of polysaccharides which have current or potential application in areas such as bioenergy, bioplastics, biomaterials, biorefining, chemistry, drug delivery, food, health, nanotechnology, packaging, paper, pharmaceuticals, medicine, oil recovery, textiles, tissue engineering and wood, and other aspects of glycoscience.
The role of the well-characterized carbohydrate polymer must be the major proportion of the work reported, not a peripheral topic. At least one named carbohydrate polymer must be cited and be the main focus of the paper and its title. Research must be innovative and advance scientific knowledge.
Characterization - For all polysaccharides, including those obtained from a supplier, essential structural information which will affect their behavior in the subsequent work should be given, along with a description of how that information was ascertained. Examples of such essential information include molecular weight, mannuronate/guluronate ratio for alginates, degree of esterification for pectin, degree of deacetylation for chitosan. Editors are unlikely to send papers for formal review with a statement such as "sodium alginate was purchased from XXX Inc." unless additional information is supplied. For papers involving synthesis, polysaccharide derivatives must also be well-characterized. For papers describing identity or application of newly-discovered polysaccharides, purity and monosaccharide composition are essential; some molecular size and linkage information is highly desirable.
Hypotheses - Nearly all scientific papers benefit from inclusion of a statement of hypothesis. Such statements should be concise, declarative, and should describe the one or more key hypotheses that the studies upon which the manuscript is based were intended to confirm or refute. Inclusion of a hypothesis statement makes it simple to contrast the hypothesis with the most relevant previous literature and point out what the authors feel is distinct about the current hypothesis (novelty). It also permits the authors to describe why they feel it would be important to prove the hypothesis correct (significance).
Topics of interest to the journal: • structure-property relationships • analytical methods • chemical, enzymatic and physical modifications • biosynthesis • natural functions • interactions with other materials
Topics not of interest to the journal: • biological, physiological and pharmacological aspects of non-carbohydrate; molecules attached to, or mixed with, carbohydrate polymers, unless the polysaccharide has a relevant and specific role; • materials science of biocomposites where there is no mention of any specific carbohydrate polymer, or the role of the carbohydrate polymer is not the major proportion of the study; • polyalkanoates, polylactic acid, or lignin. • routine studies of extraction yields without characterisation of the extracted polysaccharide under the different conditions. • routine studies of complexation of a drug with a single cyclodextrin. • studies of newly discovered natural polysaccharides or new polysaccharide derivatives where the structure of the polysaccharide (derivative) is unknown. • production and isolation of enzymes which act on polysaccharides (studies on the mode of action of an enzyme on a polysaccharide are within the journal scope) • carbohydrate oligomers where the degree of polymerization is less than four • treatments of cotton fabrics and cellulose-based paper where the research is largely not about the component cellulose itself; • use of carbohydrate polymers as a support material (e.g. in enzyme immobilization, chromatography, etc.) where there is no specific involvement of the chemistry of the carbohydrate polymer.
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Editors-in-Chief John F. KennedyChembiotech Laboratories Ltd, WR15 8SG, Tenbury Wells, United Kingdom Email John F. KennedyManuel CoimbraUniversity of Aveiro Chemistry Department, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal Email Manuel CoimbraEditors Tatiana BudtovaCentre for Formation of Materials, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FranceUniversity of Naples - Parthenope, Napoli, Italy Kevin EdgarVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesRobert GilbertUniversity of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSimon McCarthyHemCon Medical Technologies Inc, Portland, Oregon, United StatesBerit Smestad PaulsenUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayUniversity of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Run-Cang SunDalian Polytechnic Universit, Center for Lignocellulose Science and Engineering, School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian, ChinaEditorial Manager Cláudia NunesUniversity of Aveiro Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal Email Cláudia NunesFounding Editor John MitchellUniversity of Nottingham School of Biosciences, Loughborough, United KingdomEditorial Board Members James BeMillerPurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United StatesEric BertoftUniversity of Minnesota Department of Animal Science, St. Paul, Minnesota, United StatesH ChengUSDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Hongbing DengWuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaKeyur DesaiKimberly-Clark CorporationJacques DesbrieresUniversity of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Pau, FranceAlain DufresneInternational Graduate School of Paper Print Communication and Biomaterials, St Martin d'Heres, FrancePedro FardimÅbo Akademi University Physics, TURKU, FinlandJovin HasjimRoquette Management Shanghai Co Ltd, Shanghai, ChinaGloria Huerta-AngelesContipro a s, Dolni Dobrouc, Czech RepublicMarcello IacominiFederal University of Parana, Curitiba, BrazilHiroshi KamitakaharaKyoto University, Kyoto, JapanUniversity of Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenija, Germany Andreas KoschellaFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyXiaoxi LiSouth China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States Ping LuLong Island University, Brooklyn, New York, United StatesPawadee MethacanonMetal and Materials Technology Center, Khlong Luang, ThailandF.L. Fwu-Long MiTaipei Medical University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanJohn MooreStellenbosch University Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Matieland, South AfricaEdwin MorrisUniversity College Cork National University of Ireland, Cork, IrelandPatrick NavardEngineering College Paris, Paris, FrancePoonsuk PrasertsanPrince of Songkla University Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Hat Yai, ThailandIan SimsVictoria University of Wellington Ferrier Research Institute, Wellington, New ZealandRekha SinghalInstitute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, IndiaAndrej SinicaUniversity of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Praha, Czech RepublicMaciej SkotakNew Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United StatesGraz University of Technology, Graz, Austria Metropolitan Autonomous University Iztapalapa, Iztapalapa, Mexico Manuel VilanovaUniversity of Porto, PortugalQi WangAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada Guelph Research and Development Centre, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaPete WilliamsWrexham Glyndwr University, Wrexham, United KingdomJian-Yong WuThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong KongGregory ZieglerPennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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