Original and revised manuscripts must be submitted online. 

New submissions to the journal must be submitted to the new Editorial Manager site.

Any submitted manuscripts currently under review in JMR's ScholarOne system will be brought to final decision in ScholarOne. Authors will continue to be able to access their current submissions in ScholarOne, please log-in here.

E-mail submissions are not accepted. Complete instructions are available in the online peer review systems.

In preparing a paper for submission to JMR, the following priorities should be given attention by the author:

1)PAPER TITLE – Give careful consideration to the title of the paper and its impact on discoverability by other researchers. Does the title indicate the critical significance of the findings? Does title include key words that will help other researchers in the field find the paper in an online search?

2)METHODOLOGY – Put the Methods section after the Conclusion section and before the Acknowledgments (if any) and Reference sections

3)FIGURES – Take care to provide the highest quality figures possible. Combine related figures into a multi-part format that tells a complete story (original sample, change, resulting sample, etc.)

Figure 1(a)	Figure 1(b)
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Manuscripts must be:

• Written in English
• Formatted to fit 8 ½ x 11 inch paper
• Saved as a .doc file
• Double-spaced
• Single column
• Regular articles of 3250-8000 words (not including figures, captions, or references), with a minimum of 6/maximum of 10 figures and tables combined.  Shorter papers may be rejected on the basis of length. (Note: MRS Communications does accept shorter papers. You can view more information on MRC article types here)
• Review articles of 5500-15,000 words (not including figures, captions, or references), to include no more than 15 figures and tables combined. It should not exceed 150 references. 
• For all submissions, if figures exceed the numbers given above, extras may be included in supplementary information to be uploaded in a word document with other manuscript files. 

Manuscript submissions must include the following:

1. 1. Cover letter explaining the importance and impact of the materials research being reported in the paper. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before, and that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere. Authors are encouraged to suggest appropriate Principal Editors.
   
2. 2. Title page with manuscript title, all authors' names and affiliations (including mailing addresses and postal codes)*, abstract, and name and institutional email address of the corresponding author.
   *During submission, authors must enter all co-author names, addresses, and institutional email addresses.
   
3. 3. Abstract, outlining all subjects related to the new information being presented, as well as conclusions and all numerical results of general interest. A list of experimental techniques used in the research is discouraged. The abstract must be adequate as an index and a summary.
• Maximum 150 words
• Please identify the figure or figure part that best represents your paper for display in the online abstract. A color figure that is visually interesting and tells the reader at a glance what the paper is about is recommended. Please be specific [i.e., Fig. 3(a) or Fig. 3(b)].
• Avoid the use of jargon and other terminology that would render the abstract inaccessible to the non-specialist
• Use past tense when referring to experiments but present tense when referring to scientific law.
4. 4. Three keywords selected from the MRS Publications Keyword List. These keywords are used to facilitate topical searches in the online version of JMR.
5. 5. Three preferred reviewers, including name, email, and institutions. Each reviewer must be from a different institution and not from the institution of the authors. Authors may also note non-preferred reviewers.
6. 6. High resolution figures The preferred format for figure submission is .tif or .eps format. PDF and jpg figures may be acceptable but must be approved by MRS-Cambridge prior to acceptance for publication. All figures submitted in pdf format must be saved in separate files. Please note that the system has a 60 MB upload limit.
7. 7. A signed License-to-Publish agreement. The policy of JMR is that authors (or in some cases their employers) retain copyright and grant MRS a license to publish their work. In the case of gold open access articles this is a non-exclusive license. Authors must complete and return a license-to-publish form upon manuscript submission; the journal will not accept an article for publication without a completed license-to-publish agreement. Please download the appropriate agreement here.
8. 
   For open access articles, the form also sets out the Creative Commons license under which the article is made available to end users: a fundamental principle of open access is that content should not simply be accessible but should also be freely re-usable. Articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) by default. This means that the article is freely available to read, copy and redistribute, and can also be adapted (users can “remix, transform, and build upon” the work) for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, as long as proper attribution is given. Authors can, in the license-to-publish form, choose a different kind of Creative Commons license (including those prohibiting non-commercial and derivative use) if they prefer. 
10. 
    Please note the below requirements for the License-to-Publish Form:
11. 1. Corresponding author's name must appear on all forms.
12. 2. The completed license-to-publish form may be uploaded with the manuscript materials or sent to the Editorial Office electronically at jmr@mrs.org. When sending the form electronically, please use the following subject line: Manuscript ID Number – Copyright Form.
13. 3. Manuscripts cannot be accepted for publication until the completed form is received.

Important Notes about Electronic Manuscript Submission

• Please carefully review the converted PDF file to verify that special characters and formatting have not been lost during conversion. The converted PDF proof that is approved and submitted is viewed by the Editorial Office, editors and reviewers.
• You must click "Submit Manuscript," to complete the manuscript submission process.
• After successful submission, all authors will receive a confirmation email containing the manuscript number.
• To check manuscript status, the corresponding author may log on to the JMR Manuscripts site and proceed to the Author Center, where current status information is displayed for all of that author's articles.
• Please list jmr@mrs.org as an allowable sender in your email system to ensure that all email notifications are delivered.

Language Editing Services All manuscripts must be written in English. If English is not your native language, please have your manuscript edited for correct English grammar and sentence structure prior to submission. Please note that poor English may ultimately be a reason to reject the paper. The Materials Research Society has partnered with American Journal Experts (AJE) to provide a 10% discount to MRS members on a comprehensive suite of author services, including English language editing. Learn more at aje.com/go/mrsauthors.

Use of these services does not guarantee that a manuscript submitted to JMR will be accepted.