Author Resources

Plasma Processes and Polymers is a critically reviewed journal covering all aspects of state-of-the-art in low temperature plasma science presented in various categories. The following categories of contributions are presented: Reviews, Feature Articles, Research Articles, Brief Communications, Debates, Scientific Perspectives. The journal appears in an online only format.

Sections

1. Submission Requirements
2. Article Types
3. Preparing the Submission
4. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
5. After Acceptance
6. Cover Images
7. Appendix
8. Post Publication
9. Guides and Templates

1. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

New submissions should be made via the new Research Exchange (ReX) submission portal: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/PPAP.

Authors simply drag and drop their article files into ReX. The system then plugs into ScholarOne for Reviewing and decision making.
Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to www.submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button.

This journal does not charge submission fees.

Details on manuscript preparation and file upload are provided in Section 2.


Login to ReX

You cannot use your ScholarOne login on the Wiley Authors Submission platform.
If you have previously been published in a Wiley journal, you can use the same credentials you use to access Wiley Author Services for license signing. If you haven’t been published in a Wiley journal before, you’ll probably need to create a new account (visit how to login).
Registration is quick and easy. You can use the login for submissions to all Wiley journals on ReX.

For submissions started prior to February 3, 2023, please visit the ScholarOne Manuscript Submission site to manage or complete your submission.

For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected].


Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.


Free Format Submission

Plasma Processes and Polymers offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.
Before you submit, you will need:

  • Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract (which does need to be correctly styled), introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision. Your manuscript may also be sent back to you for revision if the quality of English language is poor.
  • An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
  • The title page of the manuscript, including:
    • Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)
    • Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication):
      • data availability statement
      • funding statement
      • conflict of interest disclosure
      • ethics approval statement
      • patient consent statement
      • permission to reproduce material from other sources
      • clinical trial registration

Open Access

This journal is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC).

Some organizations pay APCs for their authors via a Wiley Open Access Account.
You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver.


Preprint Policy

This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
Plasma Processed and Polymers will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.


Data Sharing and Data Availability

This journal expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a Data Availability Statement (DAS) to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their Data Availability Statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the data they have shared. Whenever possible the scripts and other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper should also be publicly archived. If sharing data compromises ethical standards or legal requirements then authors are not expected to share it.

Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.


Data Citation

Please review Wiley’s Data Citation policy.


Data Protection

By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed.
You can learn more at Data Protection Policy.


Funding

You should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. You are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature.


Authorship

All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.


Author Pronouns

Authors may now include their personal pronouns in the author bylines of their published articles and on Wiley Online Library. Authors will never be required to include their pronouns; it will always be optional for the author.  Authors can include their pronouns in their manuscript upon submission and can add, edit, or remove their pronouns at any stage upon request. Submitting/corresponding authors should never add, edit, or remove a coauthor’s pronouns without that coauthor’s consent. Where post-publication changes to pronouns are required, these can be made without a correction notice to the paper, following Wiley’s Name Change Policy to protect the author’s privacy. Terms which fall outside of the scope of personal pronouns (e.g. proper or improper nouns), are currently not supported.


ORCID

This journal requires ORCID. Please refer to Wiley’s resources on ORCID.


Reproduction of Copyright Material

If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is the author’s responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners.

The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon submission. You can contact the respective journal directly but many publishers use the online website RightsLink. The access to RightsLink usually can be found on the article page under “Request Permission” or similar links.
Permissions should be uploaded as "Supporting Information Not for Review".
For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.

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2. ARTICLE TYPES

Research Articles must be either of current general interest or of great significance to a more specialized readership. All contributions will be judged on the criteria of originality, quality and novelty. Manuscripts must not have been published previously, except in the form of a preliminary Communication (details requested). Details that could be of importance to the referees, but that are unlikely to be of interest to the reader, can be submitted as an enclosure for the referees.
Only articles that have already been published in a scientific journal should be cited. A PDF file of cited publications that are not yet available for the referees should be uploaded as “supplementary material for review”. Unpublished results and lectures should only be cited for exceptional reasons.
A length of up to 5,000 words incl. references and up to 8 display items (tables, figures, or schemes) is recommended.

Brief Communications are brief reports on experimental or theoretical studies in all branches of low temperature plasma science. Preliminary results might be presented, which will usually be followed up by a Full Paper. The results must be of great significance and contribute to the development or further development of an important area of research. A short text justifying why a preliminary communication should appear in Plasma Processes & Polymers should be included in the cover letter. The paper must be written in such a way that the nonspecialist is able to recognize the significance of the findings, and all significant parts must not already have appeared in print or electronic online systems (for example in reviews, proceedings or preprints). Contributions that do not satisfy these criteria will not be accepted for publication. Only Communications that are judged to be of sufficient interest to the readership will be sent to three independent referees.
Length: Inclusive of title page, text pages, references, footnotes, and legends to the figures/schemes, a Communication should not exceed 3,000 words; a maximum of 4 display items (tables, figures, or schemes) may be added.
Only in exceptional cases of highest urgency and scientific importance, and when a written justification of their extended length is provided, will longer manuscripts be accepted.

Feature Articles and Reviews
Feature Articles should focus on a specific area of low temperature plasma science, without being as exhaustive as a Review. The author’s own work can be highlighted. However, important contributions of others must be cited and also briefly discussed, so that non-specialist readers can get a general idea of the field. An outlook describing new challenges should be given at the end of the manuscript.
Reviews should describe topics of more general interest and give a more complete literature survey over a certain period of time. Most importantly, Feature Articles and Reviews should be critically written, i.e., rather than an assembly of detailed information, a critical selection and treatment of the material is desired; unsolved problems and possible developments should also be discussed.
Although Reviews and Feature Articles are generally written on invitation, unsolicited manuscripts are also welcome provided their contents are in keeping with the character of the journal. The first section of the article itself, the Introduction, should primarily introduce the non-specialist to the subject in as clear a way as possible.
A biographical sketch (100 words) and a portrait photograph (JPG or TIF file) of each author/co-author (or a maximum of 300 words in total) can be submitted together with the final version/production data.
A length of up to 11,000 words incl. references and up to 10 display items (tables, figures, or schemes) is recommended.

Scientific Perspectives present a personal opinion on a topic, often with a novel/imaginative approach to a provocative question, with an engaging though rigorous investigation, including new developments, and moderate referencing.

Debates present opinions from one or more people (who may agree or disagree) on a published work, current understanding/status of an area, or how practice should be undertaken. Generally with references.

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3. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

The authors are encouraged to state in the cover letter the reasons why the manuscript should be considered for publication in Plasma Processes & Polymers.

Manuscripts should be typed with double spacing (12 pt Times New Roman; Greek letters in the character font Symbol). Avoid using any special characters from non-standard, region-specific character fonts!

If applicable, authors should inform the editor of existing referee reports that are related to the present submission and send their reply to the referees. The authors must inform the editor of any manuscripts submitted to, soon to be submitted to, or in press at other journals that have a bearing on the manuscript being submitted.

Contributions of sufficient interest to the readers will be sent to independent referees. Authors are encouraged to suggest suitable referees.
All accepted manuscripts are edited before publishing to ensure scientific consistency, clarity of presentation, and uniformity of style.

Authors may use the Word Template or the LaTex template for manuscript preparation. Alternatively, manuscripts can be submitted in Free Format.


File Upload

Microsoft Word manuscripts can be uploaded either as a single document (containing the main text, tables and figures), or with figures and tables provided as separate files. Should your manuscript reach revision stage, figures and tables must be provided as separate files.

LaTeX manuscripts via ReX: select the file designation “Main Document – LaTeX .tex File” on upload. You must submit:

  • a PDF version of the manuscript for Peer Review. Upload this file as “Main Document - LaTeX PDF.”
  • the LaTeX source code files (text, figure captions, and tables, preferably in a single file), BibTex files (if used), any associated packages/files along with all other files needed for compiling without any errors. Upload as "Main Document – LaTeX". The zip file must not contain the manuscript PDF.
  • electronic graphics files for the illustrations in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), PDF or TIFF format. Authors are requested not to create figures using LaTeX codes.

Any supporting files that are referred to in the Latex Main Document should be uploaded as a “LaTeX Supplementary File.”

Revision: When submitting your LaTeX revision you must still upload a single PDF that you have generated from your now revised source files. You must use the File Designation "Main Document - LaTeX PDF". In addition you must upload a compressed file with all TeX source files, including figures. Upload as "Main Document – LaTeX".

Cover Letters and Conflict of Interest statements may be provided as separate files, included in the manuscript, or provided as free text in the submission system. A statement of funding (including grant numbers, if applicable) should be included in the “Acknowledgements” section of your manuscript.

Author and co-authors affiliations: At submission, the submitting author will be prompted to provide the email addresses for all contributing authors. For a seamless manuscript transformation, the manuscript should already contain full names (First, Middle, and Last) for all authors and the complete affiliation addresses. At minimum, authors should include the institution name and country, but a complete affiliation also includes department name and institution city. The institution postal code is optional.


Revision Submission

Revised manuscripts must usually be uploaded within 30 days of authors being notified of provisional acceptance pending satisfactory revision. All changes made within the document during the revision MUST be marked in color.

For help with submissions, please contact: [email protected].


Main Text File

All pages including those containing the references, tables, and legends must be numbered consecutively.

The text file should include the following elements:

  1. A brief informative title (up to 150 characters) containing the major key words. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
  2. The full names of the authors with institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
  3. Abstract/Summary (up to 120 words) containing the major keywords;
  4. Abstract figure;
  5. Keywords: (up to five, at least two of the keywords should be taken from the Keywords of Plasma Processes and Polymers list);
  6. Main body: formatted as introduction, materials & methods, results, discussion, conclusion;
  7. Acknowledgments;
  8. References (numbered in the order of appearance in the text);
  9. Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
  10. Figures: Figure legends must be added beneath each individual image during upload AND as a complete list in the text
  11. Appendices (if relevant).

The text must be preceded by a Summary or Abstract, which contains all the important results and should not exceed 120 words. An “eye-catching” graphic for the Summary should be included that could be the same as for the ‘Table of Contents’ (Graphical Abstract).

The sequence of sections should be: Introduction, Experimental Section, Results and Discussion, Conclusion. Figures, schemes, tables, and formulas should be integrated into the main text where they are discussed.

The name(s) of any sponsor(s) of the research contained in the paper, along with grant number(s) should be included in the Acknowledgements section at the end of the main text.

Please do not use italics for Latin or other special phrases or words unless in reference to biological genus or species names, e.g., Arachis hypogaea, but ‘ab initio’.


Acknowledgments

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.


Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the 'Conflict of Interest' information in Section 4. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.


Experimental Section

The Experimental Part should contain only descriptions of experiments. It must be sufficiently clear to enable a repetition of the work.
The source and purity of all relevant starting compounds should be mentioned. Methods used for sample characterization should also be described (apparatus, conditions, etc.). The relevant literature should be cited for known methods and for the description of known compounds; only modifications should be described.


Materials and Methods

If a method or tool is introduced in the study, including software, questionnaires, and scales, the author should state the license this is available under and any requirement for permission for use. If an existing method or tool is used in the research, the authors are responsible for checking the license and obtaining the permission. If permission was required, a statement confirming permission should be included in the Materials and Methods section.


References

This journal uses Wiley Chemistry-Material Science reference style. As the journal offers Free Format submission, however, this is for information only and you do not need to format the references in your article. This will instead be taken care of by the typesetter.

References should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible. The numbers of references should appear in the text in brackets e.g. [1, 21] or [1-4]. Journal titles are abbreviated; abbreviations may be found in the following: Web of Science Journal Title Abbreviations.
Please do not format the references section with the Numbering function of your word-processing program. We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote (e.g. the ChemPhysChem endnote style, which is similar to the journal style) or Reference Manager (www.refman.com) for reference management and formatting.

Please give the names of all authors (no "et al.")!

Unpublished results and lectures should only be cited for exceptional reasons.


Footnotes

Footnotes can be placed at the foot of each page. They should be referred to in the text with consecutive, superscript Arabic numerals. Keep footnotes brief; they should contain only short comments tangential to the main argument of the paper and should not include references.


Tables

Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text.
All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶ should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.


Figures and Supporting Information

Figures, supporting information, and appendices should be supplied as separate files.

You should review the basic figure requirements for manuscripts for peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.

Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc. Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.
View Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.


Mathematical and Chemical Equations and Physical Quantities

Equations (both mathematical and chemical) must be numbered consecutively in parentheses at the end of the line. Bold Arabic numerals should be used for numbering structural formulae. For the sake of clarity, products of units should be written with multiplication points. Physical quantities should be typed in italics and those for units in upright characters, e.g., l = 2.4 × 103 m, ΔHf = 21 kJ · mol-1.

All Equations should appear within the main text except when they contain graphical elements. However, in the latter case their location in the main text must be mentioned.

Please provide equations in an editable format, like Mathtype. Do not embed equations as graphics.


Nomenclature and Terminology

The rules and recommendations of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB), and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) should be adhered to.


Graphical Table of Contents

The journal's table of contents will be presented in graphical form with a brief abstract.
The table of contents entry must include the article title, the authors' names (with the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk), no more than 80 words or 3 sentences of text summarizing the key findings presented in the paper and a figure that best represents the scope of the paper.
The graphic should be “eye-catching”, as it is meant to attract the readers’ attention. It could be a figure or part of a figure from your manuscript - or a newly created figure based on the content of the article. The graphic should be of sufficient resolution and prepared to fit the final reproduction size with a height of about 5 cm, a width between 5-8 cm, and no additional figure caption. If applicable, please ensure an appropriate lettering size and avoid unnecessary details or too small items within the graphic.
Table of contents entries should be written in impersonal or passive style and should preferably be submitted on a separate page at the end of the article and uploaded separately as ‘Graphical Abstract’ at revision.
You must hold the copyright of the figure and it should not be reproduced from an external source without permission.


General Style Points

The following points provide general advice on formatting and style.

  • Abbreviations: In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly, and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially, use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
  • Units of measurement: Measurements should be given in SI or SI-derived units. Visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website for more information about SI units.
  • Numbers: numbers under 10 are spelt out, except for: measurements with a unit (8mmol/l); age (6 weeks old), or lists with other numbers (11 dogs, 9 cats, 4 gerbils).
  • Trade Names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.
  • Equations: Equations should be numbered sequentially. Except for small in-line equations, they should appear on separate lines. Please provide equations in an editable format, like Mathtype. Do not embed equations as graphics. In the text, equations may be referred to by writing "... in Eq. (1)". At the beginning of a sentence, use the full form "Equation (1) shows ...".

Special Issues

If submitting your article to a Special Issue, please select the correct Special Issue option within the submission system.

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4. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review

This journal operates under a single-anonymised peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

All contributions will be evaluated according to the standard procedures of peer review, usually by two referees. To facilitate the refereeing process, please provide the names and email addresses of referees capable of reviewing your manuscript. Please make sure that the suggested referees are not too closely related to your own publications.
View Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process.

Appeals and Complaints 

Authors may appeal an editorial decision if they feel that the decision to reject was based on either a significant misunderstanding of a core aspect of the manuscript, a failure to understand how the manuscript advances the literature or concerns regarding the manuscript-handling process. Differences in opinion regarding the novelty or significance of the reported findings are not considered as grounds for appeal. To raise an appeal, please contact the journal by email, quoting your manuscript ID number and explaining your rationale for the appeal. The editor’s decision following an appeal consideration is final.  

To raise a complaint regarding editorial staff, policy or process please contact the journal in the first instance. If you believe further support outside the journal’s management is necessary, please refer to Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics. 

Refer and Transfer Program

Wiley believes that no valuable research should go unshared. This journal participates in Wiley’s Transfer Desk Assistant program. If your manuscript is not accepted, you may receive a recommendation to transfer your manuscript to another suitable Wiley journal, either through a referral from the journal’s editor or through Wiley’s Transfer Desk Assistant.


Publishing and Research Ethics

Please visit Wiley's Research DE&I Statement and Publishing Policies.

The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and research reporting guidelines.

This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Read also Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors and Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines.


Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript.

Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, membership of the editorial board of the journal, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company.

Please read the following statements, adding those sections which are relevant at the end of your submitted manuscript under a heading 'Statement of Interests'.

  1. Authors' declaration of personal interests:
  1. [Name of individual] has served as a speaker, a consultant, an advisory board member for [names of organisations], and has received research funding from [names of organisation].
  2. [Name of individual] is an employee of [name of organisation].
  3. [Name of individual] owns stocks and shares in [name of organisation].
  4. [Name of individual] owns patent [patent identification and brief description].

The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission, including the following or similar statement: “The authors have stated explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article”. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

  1. Declaration of funding interests:
  1. This study was funded [in part or in full] by [insert name of funding organisation], grant number [insert grant or other identification number].
  2. The [writing or preparation] of this paper was funded in part by [insert name of funding organisation].
  3. Initial data analyses were undertaken by [name of individuals if not listed as authors] who are employees of [name company] and received funding from [insert name of funding organisation].

Authors should list all funding sources in the Declarations section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/.


Publications by the Editors or Editorial Board

The Editor and Editorial Board members are never involved in editorial decisions about their own work. The Editor, Editorial Board members and other editorial staff (including peer reviewers) will withdraw from discussions about submissions where any circumstances might prevent him/her offering unbiased editorial decisions. In particular, when editorial decisions are required about peer reviewed articles where the Editor or Editorial Board member is an author or is acknowledged as a contributor, the affected Editor or Editorial Board member will exclude themselves and are not involved in the publication decision. When the Editor is presented with papers where their own interests may impair their ability to make an unbiased editorial decision, decisions about the paper are deputised to a suitably qualified individual.


Authorship

The journal follows the ICMJE definition of authorship, which indicates that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:

  1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; and
  2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
  3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
  4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged. These authorship criteria are intended to reserve the status of authorship for those who deserve credit and can take responsibility for the work. The criteria are not intended for use as a means to disqualify colleagues from authorship who otherwise meet authorship criteria by denying them the opportunity to meet criterion #s 2 or 3. Therefore, all individuals who meet the first criterion should have the opportunity to participate in the review, drafting, and final approval of the manuscript.

Additional Authorship Options: Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. 'X and Y should be considered joint first author' or 'X and Y should be considered joint senior author.'


Acknowledgements

Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article who does not meet the criteria for authorship including anyone who provided professional writing services or materials.</ br> Authors should obtain permission to acknowledge from all those mentioned in the Acknowledgements section.</ br> Group authorship (for manuscripts involving a collaboration group): if you would like the names of the individual members of a collaboration Group to be searchable through their individual PubMed records, please ensure that the title of the collaboration Group is included on the title page and in the submission system and also include collaborating author names as the last paragraph of the “Acknowledgements” section. Please add authors in the format First Name, Middle initial(s) (optional), Last Name. You can add institution or country information for each author if you wish, but this should be consistent across all authors.


Clinical Trial Registration

The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, the reasons for this should be explained.

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5. AFTER ACCEPTANCE

After your paper is accepted, your files will be assessed by the editorial office to ensure they are ready for production. You may be contacted if any updates or final files are required. Otherwise, your paper will be sent to the production team.


Wiley Author Services

When an accepted article is received by Wiley's production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services.
The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.


Copyright and Licensing

Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal's standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License. Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License. For more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies view Wiley's Funder Agreements.

Open Access fees: If you choose to publish with open access you will be charged a fee. Visit the list of Article Publication Charges for Wiley journals.

Self-Archiving definitions and policies: Note that the journal's standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Visit Wiley's self-archiving definitions and policies for more detailed information.


Proofs

Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email.

 

Early View

Upon publication, articles are available as full text HTML or PDF in Early View prior to inclusion in an issue and can be cited as references using their Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

 

Author Name Change Policy

In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

 

Correction to Authorship

In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, the journal will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author list, please complete the Request for Changes to a Journal Article Author List Form and contact either the journal’s editorial or production office, depending on the status of the article. Authorship changes will not be considered without a fully completed Author Change form. [Correcting the authorship is different from changing an author’s name; the relevant policy for that can be found in Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines under “Author name changes after publication.”]

 

Article Promotion Support

Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

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6. COVER IMAGES

Plasma Processes and Polymers provides the possibility to have your article featured on a cover page with an illustrative and eye-catching figure which graphically represents the essence of your paper. A cover publication is a great way to increase the visibility of your manuscript in the scientific community and to maximize the impact of your work.

Requirements:

  1. Text and line art (graphs, charts, maps, etc.) reproduce best if saved as EPS or PDF. Please remember to embed fonts. This ensures that any text reproduces exactly as you intend
  2. Photographic images are best saved as TIFF or PNG, as this ensures that all data are included in the file. JPEG should be avoided if possible, as information is lost during compression; however, it is acceptable for purely photographic subjects if the image was generated as a JPEG from the outset.
  3. Microsoft Office: If you have generated your images in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), or similar software, it is best to send us the files in their native file formats.
  4. Please ensure all images are a minimum of 600 dpi.
  5. Please also submit a short description of the image or the work it represents.
  6. As this is a publishing service for authors we do ask authors to contribute to the publication costs. For more information please contact the publisher at [email protected].
  7. You must hold the Copyright of the Cover image and it should not be reproduced from an external source without permission.

More information on cover artwork can be found here: Guide for Cover Artwork Submission (PDF).

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7. APPENDIX

Publication Charges

Color figures are published online free of charge.
Page Charges: The journal does not charge for publication.

 

Resource Identification Initiative

The journal supports the Resource Identification Initiative, which aims to promote research resource identification, discovery, and reuse. This initiative, led by the Neuroscience Information Framework and the Oregon Health & Science University Library, provides unique identifiers for antibodies, model organisms, cell lines, and tools including software and databases. These IDs, called Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), are machine-readable and can be used to search for all papers where a particular resource was used and to increase access to critical data to help researchers identify suitable reagents and tools.

You will be asked to use RRIDs to cite the resources used in your research where applicable in the text, similar to a regular citation or Genbank Accession number. For antibodies, you should include in the citation the vendor, catalogue number, and RRID both in the text upon first mention in the Methods section. For software tools and databases, please provide the name of the resource followed by the resource website, if available, and the RRID. For model organisms, the RRID alone is sufficient.

Additionally, you must include the RRIDs in the list of keywords associated with the manuscript.

To Obtain Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs):

  • Use the Resource Identification Portal, created by the Resource Identification Initiative Working Group.
  • Search for the research resource (please see the section titled “Search Features and Tips” for more information).
  • Click on the “Cite This” button to obtain the citation and insert the citation into the manuscript text.

If there is a resource that is not found within the Resource Identification Portal, you are asked to register the resource with the appropriate resource authority. Information on how to do this is provided in the “Resource Citation Guidelines” section of the Portal.
If any difficulties in obtaining identifiers arise, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Example Citations:

  • Antibodies: "Wnt3 was localized using a rabbit polyclonal antibody C64F2 against Wnt3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat# 2721S, RRID: AB_2215411)"
  • Model Organisms: "Experiments were conducted in c. elegans strain SP304 (RRID:CGC_SP304)"
  • Cell lines: "Experiments were conducted in PC12 CLS cells (CLS Cat# 500311/p701_PC-12, RRID:CVCL_0481)"
  • Tools, Software, and Databases: "Image analysis was conducted with CellProfiler Image Analysis Software, V2.0 (http://www.cellprofiler.org, RRID:nif-0000-00280)"

Species Names

Upon its first use in the title, abstract, and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species, and authority) in parentheses. For well-known species, however, scientific names may be omitted from article titles. If no common name exists in English, only the scientific name should be used.

 

Genetic Nomenclature

Sequence variants should be described in the text and tables using both DNA and protein designations whenever appropriate. Sequence variant nomenclature must follow the current HGVS guidelines; see varnomen.hgvs.org, where examples of acceptable nomenclature are provided.

 

Sequence Data

Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DDBJ, EMBL, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis. The suggested wording for referring to accession-number information is: 'These sequence data have been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession number U12345'. Addresses are as follows:
- DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ): www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp
- EMBL Nucleotide Archive: ebi.ac.uk/ena
- GenBank: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank

Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories:
- Protein Information Resource (PIR): pir.georgetown.ed
- SWISS-PROT: expasy.ch/sprot/sprot-top

 

Structural Data

For papers describing structural data, atomic coordinates and the associated experimental data should be deposited in the appropriate databank (see below). Please note that the data in databanks must be released, at the latest, upon publication of the article. We trust in the cooperation of our authors to ensure that atomic coordinates and experimental data are released on time.
- Organic and organometallic compounds: Crystallographic data should not be sent as Supporting Information, but should be deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) at ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure%5Fdeposit.
- Inorganic compounds: Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe (FIZ; fiz-karlsruhe.de).
- Proteins and nucleic acids: Protein Data Bank (rcsb.org).
- NMR spectroscopy data: BioMagResBank (bmrb.wisc.edu).

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8. POST PUBLICATION

When the article is published online,
- The author receives an email alert (if requested).
- The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
- The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
- The corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receive a publication alert and free online access to the article.

Make your article discoverable online! Consult our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips in order to maximize online discoverability for your published research. Included are tips for making your title and abstract SEO-friendly, choosing appropriate keywords, and promoting your research through social media. Read more about SEO and how to promote your work here: Promotional Toolkit

Measuring the Impact of an Article: Wiley also helps authors measure the impact of their research through specialist partnerships with Kudos and Altmetric.

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9. GUIDES AND TEMPLATES

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(Author Guidelines Updated December 2023)