Notes and Rapid Communications are limited to less than four pages of the Journal. Notes are concerned with subjects of limited scope which require no further information in a future publication. Rapid Communications deal with significant findings worthy of urgent publication. Review Articles are limited to review of the author's own results in a systematic research, which have been published recently, in part or in whole.

For papers submitted for publication as Rapid Communications, a brief introduction outlining the significance of the work and the rationale for urgent publication must be submitted together with the manuscript.

Manuscripts should be submitted via web-based online submission system: http://www.cjps.org.

Upon publication, thirty offprints will be sent to the main author of each contribution.

Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be written in English, double-spaced and single-sided on A4 sheets with margins of 3 cm all round, and should be numbered beginning with the title page. The first page of an article should contain only (1) the title of the paper, (2) the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s), (3) an abstract of 50-250 words, (4) 3-5 keywords and (5) an abbreviated title not exceeding 45 characters (including spaces) for the running head.

Heading and Subheadings for different sections of the paper should be clearly indicated. Units of measurement, abbreviations and symbols should follow the International System of Units (SI). Equations and formulae should be typed clearly. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side of the page. Any special symbols should be identified in the margin.

Tables should be typed on separate sheets together with a suitable caption at the top of each table. Figures should be submitted on separate sheets as original drawings in Indian ink and laser-printed drawings, or as high contrast photographs on glossy paper. All figure captions should be summarized on a separate sheet after the text. Both tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.

References should be cited in the text with Arabic numerals within square brackets in order of appearance, and listed at the end of the paper in numerical order. The following style should be followed for the reference list:

Journal:
Reference number, surname, initial(s), journal, year of publication, volume number: page number

1.	Mochel, K D, J. Polym. Sci., A-1, 1972, 10: 1009
2.	Wang, H L, Chen, J M, Huang, Y and Shen, J R, Chinese J. Polym. Sci., 1997, 15(10): 57
3.	Einaga, Y and Fujita, H, Polymer, in press

Books:
Reference number, surname, initial(s), "title", edition, publisher, place of publication, year, volume number, page number

4.	Zhou, Q F and Wang, X J, "Liquid Crystalline Polymers" (in Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, 1994, p.88

Patents:
Reference number, inventor's surname, initial(s), or patentee (firm), year, patent number

5.	Furukawa, J, Kobayashi, E and Takahire, K., 1974, U.S.Pat., 3,817,968