GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

Submission of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be sent to the Editorial Office at the following address

Redakcja Polimery
Instytut Chemii Przemysłowej
ul. Rydygiera 8
01-793 Warszawa, Poland
Tel.: +48 (022) 568 21 73
Tel./Fax: +48 (022) 633 98 04
e-mail: polimery@ichp.pl

If produced in conventional form, the Manuscript should be sent in duplicate. If prepared on a disk (Word 2.0 or 6.0), two hard-copy versions should accompany the disk.
The Manuscript should be typed in Times New Roman CE 12 or similar on A-4 paper sheets, one side only, double-spaced, with ample margins. The left-hand margin should be 4 cm; the right-hand margin should be min. 1.5 cm One set of illustrations should be sent in the form suitable for reproduction. The size of the Manuscript should not exceed 12 formal pages (approx. 2000 characters/formal page or 24 000 characters per manuscript) including tables and figures. Larger Manuscripts should be subdivided into Parts to be published in subsequent issues of the Polimery.

Organization of manuscript
Author(s), Address(es), Title. Follow this sequence, please. Include full names of Authors (avoid initials) and complete address(es). Indicate to whom correspondence should be sent.

Summary. Should not exceed 250 words. It should state clearly the objective of the work, give a concise and terse description of the study, and indicate the important conclusion(s).

Introductory part. Do not use the subtitle Introduction. State the problem and outline your idea(s).

Body. This should be organized in clearly identified sections supplied with appropriate titles and subtitles. Do not number your sections.

Tables. Please acknowledge the limitations set by the size and layout of the "Polimery". A table should not exceed the printed area of the page. Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals, in accordance with their sequence in the text. The text should include reference to each table. Table titles should be brief and self-explanatory. Column titles should be brief (explanations, if any, may be given in footnotes). Units of data should be preceded by a comma; they should be given in the fractional form, e.g., m³/h, or in the exponential form, e.g., m³h^-1. Tables should be written on separate pages, added to the Manuscript. They should not be included into the body of the Manuscript.

Figures. Should be closed within a framework and contain an auxiliary network of coordinate lines. Should not contain "empty areas" at the extremes. Curves should be numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.), and the number should be placed in the middle rather than at the end of the curve. Figures are reduced in the ratio 1:2 (or 2:3 or 2:5). In print, they should not be larger than 85 x 80 mm in size. Data points should be marked by symbols accessible in printer's type-matter (e.g. ;? ⊕ ⊂ x ∠ and the like).
Figures and photographs should be given separately, neither stuck on the Manuscript paper sheets nor folded. Should be numbered with Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. References should be made to each figure and photograph in the text. Each figure and photograph should be identified on the reverse (or in the lower front in the case of line drawings). No letter, number or symbol should be less than 4 mm in height. Text in the figures should be kept to absolute minimum. Explanations are given in figure captions. Photographs should have a good contrast; sharp and glossy copies are required. Color illustrations cannot usually be included.
Please indicate on the margin of a page the places where a given Tables and/or a Figure (specify its number) is mentioned for the first time.

Figure captions. All figure captions should be collected as a separate list on an individual sheet(s) of paper.

Formulas. Should be type written, with subscripts and superscripts set off clearly. Greek letters and other non-Latin symbols, when used for the first time, should be explained in the margin. Special care should be exercised to distinguish between zero (0) and the letter "0" and between one (1) and the letter "1". In simple formulas, slash (/) is permissible instead of the horizontal line. Fractional powers are preferred to root signs. Powers of e are more conveniently denoted by exp(...). Ion charges should be denoted as, e.g., Ba²⁺ and SO₄^2- rather than Ba⁺⁺ and SO₄^--.
Equations (mathematical and chemical) should be numbered in parentheses placed on the right-hand side. Each equation and formula should start from a new line.