JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE

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• Description p.1
• Impact Factor p.1
• Abstracting and Indexing p.2
• Editorial Board p.2
• Guide for Authors p.4

ISSN: 0021-9797

DESCRIPTION
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The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science publishes original research findings on fundamental
principles of colloid and interface science, as well as conceptually novel applications of these in
advanced materials, nanomedicine, energy, environmental technologies, catalysis, and related fields.
Criteria for publication are impact, quality, novelty and originality.

The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science emphasizes fundamental scientific innovation within the
following categories:

A. Colloidal Materials and Nanomaterials

B. Soft Colloidal and Self-Assembly Systems
C. Adsorption, Catalysis and Electrochemistry
D. Interfacial Processes, Capillarity and Wetting
E. Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
F. Energy Conversion and Storage, and Environmental Technologies

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IMPACT FACTOR
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ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING
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Scopus
AGRICOLA
Biological Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts
Chemical Engineering Abstracts
Chemistry Citation Index
Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
Embase
Literature Abstracts/Catalysts and Catalysis
Research Alert
Science Abstracts
Science Citation Index
INSPEC

EDITORIAL BOARD
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Editor-in-Chief
M. Malmsten, University of Copenhagen Department of Pharmacy, København, Denmark
Managing Editor
A.T. Hubbard, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Co-Editors
T.J. Bandosz, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America
D. Berti, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
B. Boyd, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
J. Eastoe, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
M.A. López-Quintela, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G.-Q.M. Lu, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
S.-B. Wang, The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, South
Australia, Australia
G. Zheng, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Assistant Editors
L. Caselli, University of Florence Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff ", Florence, Italy
P. Domínguez Ríos, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
W. Li, Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
L. Liu, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
M. Mamusa, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
M. Salim, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville, Australia
J. Tang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Advisory Board
Z. Adamczyk, Krakow, Poland
J. Arcibar-Orozco, Leon, Mexico
P. Baglioni, Firenze, Italy
A. Bhunia, Kolkata, India
B. Bhushan, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
S. Biswal, Houston, Texas, United States of America
J. P. Chen, Singapore, Singapore
C. H. Choi, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America
R.R. Dagastine, Melbourne, Australia
J. L. Delgado, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
E. Deliyanni, Thessaloniki, Greece
Y.H. Deng, Shanghai, China
J. Dey, Kharagpur, India
J. Dong, Wuhan, China
P. Dowding, Abingdon, United Kingdom
C.A. Dreiss, London, United Kingdom
Y. Du, Suzhou, China
G. D’Errico, Napoli, Italy
K. Edler, Bath, United Kingdom

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Y. Feng, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
A.F. Fery, Dresden, Germany
M. Florent, New York, New York, United States of America
M. Fu, Quanzhou, China
G. Garnier, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
V.M. Gun'ko, Kiev, Ukraine
G. Ji, Nanjing, China
K.P. Johnston, Austin, Texas, United States of America
P.V. Kamat, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
M. Kruk, New York, New York, United States of America
J.B. Li, Beijing, China
J. Lützenkirchen, Karlsruhe, Germany
O. Manor, Haifa, Israel
D. J. McClements, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
L.K. Pan, Shanghai, China
W. Parak, Hamburg, Germany
D. Petsev, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
M. Rutland, Stockholm, Sweden
J.-M. Ruysschaert, Bruxelles, Belgium
Saravanakumar
B.-L. Su, Namur, Belgium
R.F. Tabor, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
P. Tartaj, Madrid, Spain
R.D. Tilton, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
I. Tucker, Wirral, United Kingdom
W. de Vos, Enschede, Netherlands
J. Walz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
M. Wang, Beijing, China
E.J. Wanless
P. Whitby, Palmerston North, New Zealand
D.Q. Wu, Shanghai, China
X. Yan, Shanghai, China
B. Yang, Changchun, Jilin, China
M. Yates, Rochester, New York, United States of America
D. Y. Zhao, Shanghai, China
Editor Emeritus
D.T. Wasan, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Past Editors
V.K. La Mer
Editor, 1946 - 1965
A.C. Zettlemoyer
Co-Editor, 1965 - 1987
M. Kerker
Co-Editor, 1965 - 1987: Editor, 1987 - 1992
J.P. Kratohvil
Co-Editor, 1987 - 2004
H. Kunieda‡
Co-Editor, 2004 - 2005

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GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
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INTRODUCTION
The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science publishes original research on fundamental principles in
chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, materials science, polymer science,
electrochemistry, geology, agronomy, biology, medicine, fluid dynamics, and related fields. The
following categories are used to identify articles published in the Journal of Colloid and Interface
Science:

A. Colloidal Materials and Nanomaterials B. Surfactants and Soft Matter C. Adsorption, Catalysis and
Electrochemistry D. Interfacial Processes, Capillarity and Wetting E. Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
F. Energy Conversion and Storage, and Environmental Technologies

The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science publishes original research articles and feature
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When preparing a new article for submission to JCIS, authors are now asked to strongly consider
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1. Journal space is precious. Papers must be concise, and interesting to the readership. The article
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The JCIS editorial team will ask for reviewers' advice on whether a manuscript can be more concise.
Therefore, appropriate use of supporting material is a necessary condition before a manuscript can
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Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy];
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Cover letter
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