The Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (JAAP) is devoted to the publication of papers dealing with innovative applications of pyrolysis processes, the characterization of products related to pyrolysis reactions, and investigations of reaction mechanism. To be considered by JAAP, a manuscript should present significant progress in these topics. The novelty must be satisfactorily argued in the cover letter. A manuscript with a cover letter to the editor not addressing the novelty is likely to be rejected without review.

More specifically, the Scope of the Journal includes:

Fundamental pyrolysis research on chemical substances and materials comprising:
- experimental studies of pyrolysis reactions such as chemical mechanism and kinetic investigations; this includes preparative pyrolysis methods for the synthesis of novel compounds and mechanisms of high temperature reactions;
- computational and theoretical studies of reaction mechanism, kinetics, and thermodynamics are acceptable, provided they are directly related to experimental data, either new or previously published, but they must be described adequately in the paper;
- computational processing of pyrolysis data, such as advanced pattern recognition and principal component analysis and other multivariate analyses.

Analytical pyrolysis, i.e. the characterization of a material in inert atmosphere by thermally induced degradation reactions;
- exploring chemical composition and structure of materials by revealing thermal and chemical decomposition reactions leading to products fully identified by chemical and spectroscopic methods;
- applications of analytical pyrolysis in environmental, biological, medical, forensic, cultural heritage, food, geochemical, polymer, and materials science;
- new instrumentation and new analytical methods using pyrolysis reactions or to unravel the chemical composition of pyrolysis products.

Applied pyrolysis dealing with the development of pyrolysis processes for producing valuable chemicals and/or energy carriers (gas, liquid, solid or electricity) and/or materials from fossil or renewable feedstock or waste, the recycling of materials, and the disposal of toxic substances. The manuscript must discuss the relationships between pyrolysis conditions and product characteristics. This topic includes:

- various feedstock (fossil fuels, biomass, wastes, polymers, etc.) and the co-processing of different feedstock;

- various thermal processes (slow and fast pyrolysis, torrefaction, carbonization, high pressure pyrolysis, catalytic pyrolysis, deoxygenation, hydropyrolysis, solvent liquefaction).

The combination of a pyrolysis process with other types of treatment (mechanical, biological, or chemical) or materials characterization is within the scope of the journal only if the main focus of the manuscript is the pyrolysis process. Integrated processes combining pyrolysis reactors and products purification are welcome, if different pyrolysis conditions are studied. The computational modeling of pyrolysis reactors or processes should be related to experimental data, either new or previously published, but they must be described adequately in the paper.

The pyrolysis conditions should be described thoroughly (residence times of solid and vapors, temperature distributions, etc.). The pyrolysis products must be chemically characterized. Catalysts should be physically and chemically characterized before reaction, and, when feasible analysis of catalysts after reaction is also desirable. While this may not always be possible, at least qualitative assessments should be made.

The investigation of pyrolysis of a new feedstock or material with conventional methods, but without new development of the pyrolysis process is not sufficiently novel to be considered by JAAP.

Review articles are invited by the Editors but may also be proposed in writing to the Review Editor. The subject of review articles should be broad enough to appeal to a wide range of readers. Discussion should be concise, but adequate. More detailed discussion may be appropriate in some cases. It is expected that reviews should be critical rather than just catalogs of published data. They should include the most important, recent advances in the topic, whereas papers of low scientific significance should be given very limited coverage.

Out of the scope of JAAP

The Journal does not consider studies based on:

- the activation of carbons and characterization of activated carbons;

- thermal analysis, mass yields without characterization of the pyrolysis products by chemical and spectroscopic methods;

- characterization and application of pyrolysis products, unless clearly related to/aimed at understanding the influence/details of pyrolysis processes and conditions;

- theoretical studies, kinetic modelling etc. which are not complemented with or validated by experimental data

- combustion, gasification or incineration unless specifically related to the interplay between pyrolysis and oxidation reactions.

Editors
Marianne Blazsó
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Email Marianne Blazsó
Anthony Dufour
National Centre for Scientific Research, France Email Anthony Dufour
Daniele Fabbri
University of Bologna Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, Bologna, Italy Email Daniele Fabbri
Haoquan Hu
Dalian University of Technology School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian, China Email Haoquan Hu
Shogo Kumagai
Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Sendai, Japan Email Shogo Kumagai
Mark Nimlos
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States Email Mark Nimlos
Curt Wentrup
University of Queensland School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, Australia Email Curt Wentrup
Reviews Editor
Marianne Blazsó
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Email Marianne Blazsó
Honorary Board
John M. Challinor
ChemCentre, Perth, Australia
Giorgio Montaudo
University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Shin Tsuge
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Editorial Advisory Board
Franco Berruti
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Thallada Bhaskar
Indian Institute of Petroleum CSIR, Dehradun, India
Sylvie Derenne
Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Barney Ellison
University of Colorado Boulder Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Rafael Font
University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Shiqiu Gao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Process Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multi-Phase Complex Systems, Zhongguancun, Beijing, China
Manuel Garcia Perez
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States
Roy Goodacre
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Mohammad R. Hajaligol
Philip Morris USA Inc, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Haruo Kawamoto
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Rainer Koch
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Qiang Lu
North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
Francesca Modugno
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Charles A. Mullen
USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States
Hajime Ohtani
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Yong Sik Ok
Korea University Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Clemens Schwarzinger
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
Ravikrishnan Vinu
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Shurong Wang
Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Hangzhou, China
Richard Ming Wah Wong
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Haiping Yang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Wuhan, China
Jale Yanik
Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Yun Yu
Curtin University Chemical Engineering, Perth, Australia