CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Note: The Aims and Scope of Carbohydrate Polymers must be complied with in order for submissions to be considered for review and possible publication. The Aims and Scope have been modified as of 24 July 2018.Carbohydrate Polymers is a major journal within the field of glycoscience, and covers the study and exploitation of polysaccharides which have current or potential application in areas such as bioenergy, bioplastics, biomaterials, biorefining, chemistry, drug delivery, food, health, nanotechnology, packaging, paper, pharmaceuticals, medicine, oil recovery, textiles, tissue engineering and wood, and other aspects of glycoscience.The role of the well-characterized carbohydrate polymer must be the major proportion of the work reported, not a peripheral topic. At least one named carbohydrate polymer must be cited and be the main focus of the paper and its title. Research must be innovative and advance scientific knowledge.Characterization - For all polysaccharides, including those obtained from a supplier, essential structural information which will affect their behavior in the subsequent work should be given, along with a description of how that information was ascertained. Examples of such essential information include molecular weight, mannuronate/guluronate ratio for alginates, degree of esterification for pectin, degree of deacetylation for chitosan. Editors are unlikely to send papers for formal review with a statement such as "sodium alginate was purchased from XXX Inc." unless additional information is supplied. For papers involving synthesis, polysaccharide derivatives must also be well-characterized. For papers describing identity or application of newly-discovered polysaccharides, purity and monosaccharide composition are essential; some molecular size and linkage information is highly desirable.Hypotheses - Nearly all scientific papers benefit from inclusion of a statement of hypothesis. Such statements should be concise, declarative, and should describe the one or more key hypotheses that the studies upon which the manuscript is based were intended to confirm or refute. Inclusion of a hypothesis statement makes it simple to contrast the hypothesis with the most relevant previous literature and point out what the authors feel is distinct about the current hypothesis (novelty). It also permits the authors to describe why they feel it would be important to prove the hypothesis correct (significance).Topics of interest to the journal:? structure-property relationships? analytical methods? chemical, enzymatic and physical modifications? biosynthesis? natural functions? interactions with other materialsTopics not of interest to the journal:? biological, physiological and pharmacological aspects of non-carbohydrate;molecules attached to, or mixed with, carbohydrate polymers, unless the polysaccharide has a relevant and specific role;? materials science of biocomposites where there is no mention of any specific carbohydrate polymer, or the role of the carbohydrate polymer is not the major proportion of the study;? polyalkanoates, polylactic acid, or lignin.? routine studies of extraction yields without characterisation of the extracted polysaccharide under the different conditions.? routine studies of complexation of a drug with a single cyclodextrin.? studies of newly discovered natural polysaccharides or new polysaccharide derivatives where the structure of the polysaccharide (derivative) is unknown.? production and isolation of enzymes which act on polysaccharides (studies on the mode of action of an enzyme on a polysaccharide are within the journal scope)? carbohydrate oligomers where the degree of polymerization is less than four? treatments of cotton fabrics and cellulose-based paper where the research is largely not about the component cellulose itself;? use of carbohydrate polymers as a support material (e.g. in enzyme immobilization, chromatography, etc.) where there is no specific involvement of the chemistry of the carbohydrate polymer.

注：必须遵守碳水化合物聚合物的目的和范围，以便提交文件供审查和可能的出版。目标和范围已于2018年7月24日修改。碳水化合物聚合物是糖科学领域的一个重要期刊，它涵盖了多糖的研究和开发，多糖在生物能源、生物塑料、生物材料、生物精炼、化学、药物输送、食品、健康、纳米技术、包装、纸张、制药、医药、石油等领域具有当前或潜在的应用前景。回收，纺织品，组织工程和木材，以及其他方面的糖科学。表征良好的碳水化合物聚合物的作用必须是报告工作的主要比例，而不是一个边缘话题。至少有一种命名为碳水化合物的聚合物必须被引用，并且是论文及其标题的主要焦点。研究必须创新，提高科学知识。特征描述-对于所有多糖，包括从供应商处获得的多糖，应提供影响其在后续工作中行为的基本结构信息，以及如何确定该信息的说明。这些基本信息的实例包括分子量、海藻酸钠的甘露糖酸/古龙酸盐比率、果胶的酯化程度、壳聚糖的去乙酰化程度。除非提供额外的信息，否则编辑不太可能发送带有“海藻酸钠购自XXX公司”等声明的文件进行正式审查。对于涉及合成的论文，多糖衍生物也必须有很好的特征。对于描述新发现的多糖的特性或应用的论文，纯度和单糖组成是必不可少的；一些分子大小和连锁信息是非常理想的。假设——几乎所有的科学论文都受益于包含假设陈述。这些陈述应简洁、声明性，并应描述一个或多个关键假设，即手稿所依据的研究旨在证实或反驳。假设陈述的包含使得将假设与最相关的先前文献进行对比变得简单，并指出作者对当前假设的不同看法（新颖性）。它还允许作者描述他们认为证明假设正确（重要性）很重要的原因。杂志感兴趣的主题：?结构属性关系?分析方法?化学、酶和物理修饰?生物合成?自然功能?与其他材料的相互作用期刊不感兴趣的主题：?非碳水化合物的生物学、生理学和药理学方面；附着或混合碳水化合物聚合物的分子，除非多糖具有相关和特定的作用；?生物复合材料的材料科学，未提及任何特定的碳水化合物聚合物，或碳水化合物聚合物的作用不是研究的主要部分；?聚烷醇酯、聚乳酸或木质素。?在不同条件下提取多糖的常规研究，但不描述提取多糖的特征。?药物与单环糊精络合的常规研究。?研究新发现的天然多糖或新的多糖衍生物，其中多糖（衍生物）的结构未知。?产生和分离作用于多糖的酶（关于酶对多糖作用模式的研究在期刊范围内）?聚合度小于4的碳水化合物低聚物?棉织物和纤维素基纸的处理，研究主要不涉及纤维素本身的成分；?将碳水化合物聚合物用作不涉及碳水化合物聚合物化学的支持材料（例如酶固定化、色谱法等）。