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Editor Sir Michael Pepper FRS Publishing Editor Suzanne Abbott RSTA_368_1914_cover.qxd 01/21/10 12:05 PM Page 2 GUIDANCE FOR AUTHORS Editor Selection criteria computer programs. However, the printed version must Sir Michael Pepper FRS The criteria for selection are scientific excellence, include enough detail to satisfy most non-specialist readers. originality and interest across disciplines within the Supplementary data up to 10Mb is placed on the Society's Publishing Editor physical sciences and engineering, including mathematics website free of charge. Larger datasets must be deposited Suzanne Abbott and Earth science. The Editors are responsible for all in recognised public domain databases by the author. editorial decisions and they make these decisions based on the reports received from the referees and/or Editorial Conditions of publication Editorial Board Board members. Many more good proposals and articles Articles must not have been published previously, nor are submitted to us than we have space to print, and we be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Michael Pepper, Editor Brian Launder give preference to those that are of broad interest and of main findings of the article should not have been London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Electronic and School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, University College London University of Manchester high scientific quality. reported in the mass media. Like many journals, Phil. Russel Caflisch Alan Martin Trans. R. Soc. A employs a strict embargo policy where Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Physics, Durham University Publishing format the reporting of a scientific article by the media is Peter Coveney William McGuire Centre for Computational Science, University College London Department of Earth Sciences, University College London Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A articles are published regularly online embargoed until a specific time. The Editor has final Walter Craig Alfredo Ozorio de Almeida Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University and in print twice a month. Along with all Royal Society authority in all matters relating to publication. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) John Dainton Annie Powell journals, we are committed to archiving and providing Cockroft Institute For Accelerator Science and Technology Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe Ben Feringa perpetual access. 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