Surface Science Spectra An International Journal Devoted to Archiving Surface Science Spectra of Technological and Scientific Interest
		An official journal of AVS

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Editor:  S.W. Gaarenstroom, General Motors Corp., USA

Add a cost-effective tool to your lab or library by subscribing to Surface Science Spectra – the definitive international reference guide to spectral data. Applications range from routine identification work to current research in industrial, government, and university labs. Surface Science Spectra offers scientists, engineers, and analysts easy and convenient access to high-quality spectra and related data with every quarterly issue.

A Comprehensive Spectral Reference. Surface Science Spectra is the only ongoing source available for comprehensive spectral data. An official journal of the American Vacuum Society, Surface Science Spectra currently publishes XPS, Auger, and SIMS spectra and will expand to include other surface spectroscopies in future volumes.

Surface Science Spectra archives, in a systematic and uniform format, surface data from a wide range of fields – giving you truly usable reference spectra and the latest findings on new and materials important to your work or research.

Extensive Experimental Details Included. Each data entry in the journal contains complete and useful information about the spectra presented, enabling you to accurately compare them with your own experimental results. Surface Science Spectra presents each spectrum in its unsmoothed and unmanipulated form so that you know you're looking at original data, not someone else's interpretation.

Based on a comprehensive Data Dictionary that identifies 188 items necessary to fully define each set of spectra, every submission includes details on:

• sample history and treatment
• instrument configuration
• calibration
• experimental parameters
• data analysis methods

You can use the extensive, descriptive information presented in these published spectra to correctly relate them to your own spectra – providing additional verification of your results or even eliminating the need and expense of generating reference spectra of your own.

The Only Peer-Reviewed Spectral Archive. Surface Science Spectra is the only refereed spectral data reference source available. Peer-review ensures that only the highest quality spectra are accepted for publication and sets new standards for data collection. Reviewers verify that all submissions are free from error or manipulation, are free from inconsistencies or omissions that would reduce the usefulness of the data for comparison, have technological significance, and have enduring value to the surface science community.

More Spectra Than in Other Journals. Surface Science Spectra publishes full sets of spectra, not just the one or two most journal articles typically include. Scientists can share all the spectra associated with their research – spectra generally omitted in other journals because there isn't room – as well as the complete background details on their experiments, making precise and meaningful comparisons possible despite instrument or procedural differences.

Focused-Topic Issues and Consolidated References on Specific Materials. In addition to submissions from the general surface science community, Surface Science Spectra publishes Focused-Topic Issues containing data from specific materials classes and applications. Focused-Topic Issues contribute to the completeness of the archival database by including collections of spectra on materials of particular interest to the community. Edited by renowned experts in materials characterization and surface analysis, Focused-Topic Issues provide in-depth spectral data of widely used materials in a number of fields, including information on:

• semiconductors
• transition metals
• oxides
• biomaterials
• polymers
• and more!

Your Surface Science Spectra subscription will include Focused-Topic issues as part of the journal's quarterly distribution. And every issue receives a thorough peer review for quality and completeness.

Reference, Comparison, and Technical Spectra. Spectra published in Surface Science Spectra fall into three general categories:

• Reference Spectra – of such high quality that they can be used to define energy scales or as calibration points.
• Comparison Spectra – of well-defined surfaces, which can be used to identify and analyze surface chemistries through comparisons taken in the analytical laboratory.
• Technical Spectra – which characterize complicated surfaces of technological interest due to the material or the circumstances of measurement.

Spectra in Hard Copy, Online Journal, and Electronic Format. Surface Science Spectra is not only a journal, but a growing database with new materials being added with each issue. Spectra are published in hard copy, in a searchable online journal format, and in electronic format on disk.

Contribute Your Spectra and Related Data to a Growing International Database of High-Quality Spectra. Become part of this new standard in surface science by contributing your spectra to the Surface Science Spectra data archive. Designed by experts in the field of surface science and tested and refined since 1992, the contribution process is creating higher standards for data collection. Each submission must include all the necessary information needed to fully describe the spectra so that data can be reproduced and/or compared.

Submitted spectra and related data are distributed to recognized experts in the field for peer review, and only submissions that meet the criteria established to maintain the integrity of the journal and the ongoing database project are accepted for publication. Once accepted, your work is archived, published in the quarterly journal, and cited in relevant abstracting and indexing sources. And authors publishing articles receive complimentary copies of the issues containing their analyses.

By submitting your research to this important project, you are joining the list of scientists and researchers who have contributed the important analytical reference information that the surface scientists and lab analysts have long needed.

How to Publish Your Work. Surface Science Spectra welcomes your contributions of reference, comparison, and technical spectra on any material of scientific and technological interest. Since surface spectra are sensitive to instrumental differences and different specimen historics and treatments, you are encouraged to submit additional spectra of materials already in the database that highlight those variations.

Submissions are made by completing an official Contributors Form, either on paper or by using Surface Science Spectra's Electronic Contributor's Form software, to ensure standardized records for publication. Submissions should be in English and include the digitized spectra on computer-readable media.

Pages for the Surface Science Spectra journal are prepared from the electronic database. Publication of your spectral information becomes available to your peers both in hard copy and in electronic form for comparison and evaluation.