Extra information when writing JACS Communications
When producing communications for J. Am. Chem. Soc., the
class will automatically lay the text out in the style of the
journal. This gives a guide to the length of text that can be
accommodated in such a publication. There are some points to bear in
mind when preparing a JACS Communication in this way. The layout
produced here is a model for the published result, and the
outcome should be taken as a guide to the final length. The
spacing and sizing of graphical content is an area where there is
some flexibility in the process. You should not worry about the
space before and after graphics, which is set to give a guide to the
published size. This is very dependant on the final published layout.
You should be able to use the same source to produce a JACS
Communication and a normal article. For example, this demonstration
file will work with both type=article and
type=communication. Sections and any abstract are
automatically ignored, although you will get warnings to this effect.
Acknowledgements
Please use “The authors thank …” rather than “The
authors would like to thank …”.
The author thanks Mats Dahlgren for version one of achemso,
and Donald Arseneau for the code taken from cite to move
citations after punctuation. Many users have provided feedback on the
class, which is reflected in all of the different demonstrations
shown in this document.
Suppinfo
This will usually read something like: “Experimental procedures and
characterization data for all new compounds. The class will
automatically add a sentence pointing to the information on-line:
Table of Contents
Some journals require a graphical entry for the Table of Contents.
This should be laid out “print ready” so that the sizing of the
text is correct.
Inside the tocentry environment, the font used is Helvetica
8 pt, as required by Journal of the American Chemical
Society.
The surrounding frame is 9 cm by 3.5 cm, which is the maximum
permitted for Journal of the American Chemical Society
graphical table of content entries. The box will not resize if the
content is too big: instead it will overflow the edge of the box.
This box and the associated title will always be printed on a
separate page at the end of the document.