Angewandte Chemie Formatting Requirements: Complete Author Guide

Angewandte Chemie manuscripts carry an abstract of no more than 200 words and, in addition, a Table of Contents (TOC) entry that combines a graphic with a short descriptive text.

TOC entry requirements:

• TOC graphic: 5.5 x 5.0 cm (max width x height) or a wide format 2.5 cm tall, color graphic, minimum font size 6 to 7 points (the Notice to Authors gives the wide width as 11.5 cm and the Graphics Guidelines as 11.0 cm, so use 11.0 cm to satisfy both)

• TOC text: up to 50 words and a maximum of 450 characters with spaces, describing the main finding

• Keywords: a maximum of five, in alphabetical order, in American English, with at least two from the journal's Keyword Catalogue

The TOC text is separate from the abstract. In 450 characters, you need to communicate the finding, its significance, and ideally a key data point. This is extremely tight. Every word counts.

For Communications, Research Articles, Reviews, and Minireviews alike, the abstract is limited to 200 words and the TOC entry is provided in addition to it.

Example TOC text structure:

"A new palladium-catalyzed method converts aryl chlorides to boronic esters in 90% yield at room temperature. The reaction tolerates heteroaromatic substrates and scales to 100 grams without loss of selectivity."

That's approximately 210 characters. You have roughly twice this much space. Make it count.

Angewandte Chemie asks for the following in the manuscript:

• Full title (concise and descriptive)

• All author names with affiliations

• Corresponding author(s) marked with an asterisk

• ORCID iDs (required for the submitting corresponding author, encouraged for each co-author)

• Dedication (optional, placed below the title)

• Keywords (a maximum of five)

• TOC text and TOC graphic (on the last page of the manuscript)

The Notice to Authors asks for an informative title that avoids acronyms, abbreviations, and chemical formulae, with the first letters of all words capitalized except coordinating conjunctions, articles, and prepositions. No references may be cited in the title.

Authorship is listed with the full given name and surname of each author, with an asterisk marking each correspondence author and a + symbol marking co-first authors. The address field groups the authors by research group (with academic title and all first names as initials) and gives the complete postal address and the correspondence author's institutional e-mail address.

Figures, schemes, and tables are embedded in the main manuscript file at the appropriate position, so every figure needs to justify its space.

Figure requirements:

• Minimum resolution: at least 300 dpi (.tif, .jpg, .png, or similar)

• Chemical structures in ChemDraw format (.cdx), embedded in the manuscript

• Maximum size for one-column graphics: 8.4 cm

• Maximum size for two-column graphics: 17.8 cm

• Text 1.5 to 2 mm tall (about 7- or 8-point); sans serif fonts such as Arial strongly recommended

• Multi-panel graphics combined into a single image labeled a), b), and so on

• Each Scheme and Figure embedded in the Word file as a single image, not uploaded separately

Scheme requirements:

• Use the ChemDraw template provided on the journal's Author Guidelines page, which is set up for the correct dimensions and font sizes

• A Scheme is a reaction scheme containing chemical structures; a Figure is a graph, crystal structure, photograph, illustration, spectrum, or similar (this journal does not publish Charts)

• Number chemical formulae consecutively

• Give each Figure and Scheme a caption

Table requirements:

• Set up tables with the Table tools in Microsoft Word rather than as graphical elements

• Give every table a brief title

• Subdivide tables only by three horizontal lines (head, body, and foot)

• Denote footnotes [a], [b], [c]

All formulae, Figures, and Schemes must be legible unmagnified when scaled for printing.

Angewandte Chemie uses numbered references with square-bracket citations. The Notice to Authors states that there is no submission requirement for formatting references; if your manuscript is accepted, the typesetters update the formatting into the journal style.

Key formatting rules:

• Use numbered citations (inline square brackets) within the text, numbered in the order of citation

• Each reference number holds only one literature citation, not multiple sub-parts (a, b, c)

• Include author names, journal or book title, article title where applicable, year, volume and issue, and pagination; the DOI is optional but highly recommended

• List all authors, but if the number exceeds six, list three followed by "et al."

• Include the full-length article title and the full-length journal name

• Use one consistent reference style throughout (the Notice's examples use the Chicago style)

Example references:

[1] A. Author, B. Smith, C. Brown, "Total Synthesis of a Natural Product," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61, (2022): e202116340.

[2] "S. Ronca 2017, Chapter 10-Polyethylene." in Brydson's Plastics Materials. Eighth Ed., edited by M. Gilbert, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-323-35824-8.

Cite Angewandte Chemie articles in the International Edition only, using the full journal title "Angewandte Chemie International Edition", as the Notice to Authors asks. Wiley's journal overview page gives "Angew. Chem. Int. Ed." as the abbreviated title, and articles published since January 2022 are cited with the 10-character eLocator instead of page numbers.

Use the CASSI search tool to verify journal abbreviations. Wiley provides an EndNote template (Angewandte Chemie style) on the journal's Author Guidelines page.

Supporting Information (SI) is expected where applicable. The Notice to Authors asks that detailed experimental methods and full characterization data go in the SI rather than in the Communication or Research Article, and the SI is subject to peer review.

Typical SI contents:

• Experimental procedures for all new reactions and compounds

• Full characterization data (1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS, IR, melting points)

• Copies of NMR spectra for all new compounds

• Crystallographic data (CIF files deposited with CCDC)

• Computational methods, coordinates, and energies

• Additional control experiments

• Kinetic data, selectivity tables, substrate scope extensions

SI formatting:

• Must include a table of contents

• PDF format for the SI document, in English

• Relationships between the sections of the main article and the SI should be readily apparent

• Crystallographic data deposited with the joint CCDC and FIZ Karlsruhe service before submission and uploaded as .cif files together with the manuscript

The Communication format pushes detailed experimental methods and full characterization data to the SI, so reviewers expect thorough documentation there.

The Notice to Authors prefers a Word file prepared in one of the journal's templates, and a general purpose LaTeX template is also provided.

Word submissions:

• Use the article-type template from the journal's Author Guidelines page

• Single-spaced text

• Include all text, Schemes, Figures, Tables, and the Table of Contents text and image at the appropriate position in a single manuscript file

• Upload the manuscript as a Word file (.doc, .docx)

• ChemDraw files (.cdx) for chemical structures, embedded in the manuscript

LaTeX submissions:

• Wiley provides a general purpose LaTeX template

• Do not include your own style sheets or macros, and keep the file as simple as possible

• The LaTeX file is not used directly to typeset the manuscript; it is converted before editing and typesetting (latex2rtf)

A Word file prepared in one of the journal's templates is preferred, with ChemDraw for chemical structures.

Angewandte Chemie has several unique requirements and conventions that differ from other chemistry journals.

1. Word-based length guidance. Communications are measured in words (typically 2500), from the start of the abstract to the end of the conclusion, with references excluded.

2. The TOC text sits alongside the abstract. This 450-character text is the only summary readers see in the table of contents. It needs to stand alone as a description of your work. Don't reference figures or use abbreviations that aren't universally understood.

3. VIP (Very Important Paper) designation. The journal lists Very Important Papers among its sections, but the Notice to Authors does not describe how a paper is selected, and no share of papers is published.

4. Hot Paper designation. The journal also lists Hot Papers among its sections. The Notice to Authors does not describe how Hot Papers are chosen or offer a way to request the designation.

5. Citing the International Edition only. When citing Angewandte Chemie papers, the Notice to Authors asks you to cite the International Edition only, with the full journal title, and to use the eLocator for articles published since 2022.

Angewandte Chemie has specific expectations for different types of research:

New compounds must be fully characterized by appropriate analytical methods with sufficient evidence for composition, structure, and purity, and bulk purity should be verified with elemental analysis or, in exceptional circumstances, another appropriate method. For known compounds, characterization by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry is sufficient, purity should be verified, and a reference to the fully characterized compound should be provided.

Angewandte Chemie manuscripts are submitted through Wiley's Research Exchange system, reached from the journal's Author Guidelines page. Prepare these files:

1. Main manuscript (Word or LaTeX): title, author information, body text, references

1. TOC graphic: 5.5 x 5.0 cm (or the wide format), embedded on the last page of the manuscript

1. TOC text: 450 characters max, included in the manuscript

1. Figures and Schemes: embedded in the manuscript file as high-resolution images (at least 300 dpi)

1. Supporting Information: complete PDF with table of contents

1. CIF files (if applicable): deposited with CCDC, deposition number included in manuscript

1. Cover letter: addressing significance and fit

1. Suggested reviewers: suggestions for impartial reviewers in the cover letter, plus any opposed reviewers or conflicts of interest

The most frequent issues with Angewandte Chemie submissions:

• Communication running well beyond the typical 2500 words

• TOC graphic wrong dimensions (5.5 x 5.0 cm or the wide format)

• TOC text exceeding 450 characters

• Several literature citations placed under one reference number

• Figures and schemes not embedded in the manuscript file

• ChemDraw structures not using the journal's ChemDraw template

• Incomplete compound characterization in SI

• Missing CIF deposition numbers for crystal structures

Follow precisely if:

• You are submitting to Angewandte Chemie and want to avoid a desk return for formatting

• The journal's author guidelines specify these exact requirements

• You are preparing a final submission, not an initial draft

Less critical if:

• You are preparing a first draft for internal review

• You are using the journal's Word or LaTeX template, which approximates the published layout

• You plan to rely on the typesetters, who update reference formatting into the journal style after acceptance

Across our pre-submission reviews of Angewandte Chemie manuscripts, these four issues come up again and again before a paper ever reaches a reviewer.

TOC graphic and TOC text not meeting combined requirements. Angewandte Chemie requires both a TOC graphic (5.5 x 5.0 cm, or a wide format 2.5 cm tall) and a TOC text of no more than 450 characters describing the main finding. Both go on the last page of the manuscript. The image needs to be purpose-built to those dimensions.

The 450-character TOC text must accurately represent the paper's central claim in accessible language; generic text ("We report a new method for X") without specifying what is novel about the method is revised during production.

Novelty does not meet the "general interest or great importance" threshold for Communications. The author guidelines say Communications and Research Articles present results of general interest or great importance to the development of a specific area of research. This is one of the highest novelty standards in chemistry. A paper that would be strong for JACS, Chemical Science, or ACS Catalysis may not clear the Angew. Chem. bar.

Common patterns that are rejected: incremental methodology improvements over a recent paper in the same group, reactivity studies that extend known chemistry to a new substrate class without new mechanistic insight, and materials applications that are impressive by performance metrics but not conceptually new.

Experimental section incomplete for a Communications format. Unlike journals where Communications are short and defer details to the supplement, Angewandte Chemie requires a complete experimental section as part of the Supporting Information. Full synthetic procedures, characterization data (NMR, MS, HRMS, X-ray where applicable), and reproducibility details must be provided at initial submission. Missing experimental data is a common cause of revision before peer review begins.

Scope mismatch: specialized chemistry outside the journal's broad-chemistry focus. Angewandte Chemie publishes across all of chemistry, but the work must have significance beyond a single sub-discipline. Highly specialized papers in niche areas of coordination chemistry, polymer science with limited synthetic breadth, or engineering applications of chemistry without chemical novelty are rejected for insufficient general chemistry relevance. The journal's appeals policy says it publishes research that is of interest to a general, multidisciplinary readership.

A Angewandte Chemie submission readiness check evaluates TOC graphic compliance, novelty threshold, experimental completeness, and broad relevance against these patterns.