The Journal of the European Ceramic Society

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The Journal of the European Ceramic Society

• Richard Todd
• Editor (electronic submissions)

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• Founded 1987
• Federation of Ceramic Societies from 24 countries
• Biennial conferences and other activities
• JECS

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JECS - History

• First issue June 1989
• Published by Elsevier
• Editor 1989-present Professor Sir Richard Brook
  OBE
• 2007-8
• JECS Trust Established
• Electronic submission and refereeing introduced
• Richard Todd (University of Oxford, UK) appointed
  to handle electronic submissions

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Impact factors over time
JECS
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Journal details

• 12 regular issues per year
• 4 special issues per year
• Current acceptance rate 25
• Scope any aspect of ceramic science and
  technology,
• i.e. processing-microstructure-properties
• theoretical or experimental
• any nationality
• Language English

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Editorial policy

• Papers judged primarily on quality
• novelty, originality, rigour
• Achieved in two stages
• Fast First Review
• Editors check for scope, content, quality
• Rapid decision
• Peer review expert reviewers
• Arbitration by Editors

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The JECS Trust

• Profits from JECS shared with Elsevier
• JECS Trust oversees funds from Elsevier
• comprises representatives of the Journal, the
  Publisher and ECerS
• Funding is used to sponsor

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e.g.

• JECS prize for best paper
• Events to further the aims of ECerS, JECS and
  especially young researchers..........
• this event and others in the future (e.g. Novi
  Sad)
• Inter-laboratory visits to learn new techniques
  etc.
• Support for focused conferences, themed
  workshops, topical networks
• Apply now!
• Details at http//www.ecers.org/pages/JECS.php