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Publishing in Journal of CO2 Utilization: Fit, Timeline & Submission Guide
Journal of CO2 Utilization fits manuscripts where the carbon dioxide use case, mechanism, and benchmark position are all explicit.
Should you submit here?
Submit if editors need to see what the manuscript changes about CO2 capture, conversion, valorization, or process use. Be careful if a higher conversion, selectivity, or yield is weaker when the manuscript does not explain the design logic.
Best fit if
Editors need to see what the manuscript changes about CO2 capture, conversion, valorization, or process use
Not ideal if
A higher conversion, selectivity, or yield is weaker when the manuscript does not explain the design logic
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Impact Factor (2024)
Selective Elsevier CO2 utilization journal
Acceptance Rate
Editorial screening first; peer review after editor fit
Time to First Decision
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What Journal of CO2 Utilization Publishes
Journal of CO2 Utilization publishes research and reviews on carbon dioxide capture, conversion, mineralization, valorization, and use in fuels, chemicals, materials, and process systems.
- CO2 conversion, capture, mineralization, or valorization work with a clear utilization contribution
- Catalytic, electrochemical, photocatalytic, thermochemical, materials, or process studies where CO2 is central to the claim
- Manuscripts with benchmarked performance, mechanism evidence, durability or selectivity support, and a realistic utilization frame
Editor Insight
“Journal of CO2 Utilization readiness depends on whether the manuscript proves a CO2-specific contribution with credible mechanism, benchmarks, and practical utilization framing.”
What Journal of CO2 Utilization Editors Look For
CO2-use principle
Editors need to see what the manuscript changes about CO2 capture, conversion, valorization, or process use.
Benchmark discipline
Performance claims should be compared against relevant state-of-the-art systems, not weak or unrelated baselines.
Mechanism and durability evidence
The figures, methods, controls, and supplementary files should support why the CO2 utilization system works and whether it can sustain the claimed behavior.
Why Papers Get Rejected
These patterns appear repeatedly in manuscripts that don't make it past Journal of CO2 Utilization's editorial review:
Performance increment without principle
A higher conversion, selectivity, or yield is weaker when the manuscript does not explain the design logic.
Weak benchmark set
Editors and reviewers compare against the real CO2 utilization literature, not only friendly baselines.
Generic chemistry framing
The manuscript needs to be a CO2 utilization paper, not general catalysis or materials chemistry with a CO2 example.
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Insider Tips from Journal of CO2 Utilization Authors
Make the CO2 utilization claim visible in the abstract
The first page should identify the CO2 source, conversion or use pathway, benchmark, and practical constraint.
Pair performance with mechanism
Durability, selectivity, controls, and mechanistic evidence make the utilization story credible.
The Journal of CO2 Utilization Submission Process
Scope fit
Before uploadConfirm that CO2 utilization is central to the manuscript rather than a secondary example.
Prepare Elsevier package
Pre-submissionFinalize manuscript, highlights, figures, declarations, data availability, and supplementary evidence.
Submit online
Day 0Upload through Elsevier Editorial Manager following the live guide for authors.
Editorial assessment
Initial screenEditors screen novelty, CO2-use fit, benchmarks, mechanism, and reviewer match.
Peer review
After editor invitationReviewers assess mechanism, benchmarking, reproducibility, durability, selectivity, and practical relevance.
Journal of CO2 Utilization by the Numbers
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Core scope | CO2 capture, conversion, and utilization |
| Submission system | Elsevier Editorial Manager |
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Article Types
Research Paper
Original CO2 utilization research article
Review
Synthesis of CO2 capture, conversion, or utilization evidence
Landmark Journal of CO2 Utilization Papers
Papers that defined fields and changed science:
- CO2 reduction catalysis papers
- Mineral carbonation studies
- CO2-to-chemicals process papers
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