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to more specialized journals.
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a technical improvement or increase in the scope of the work, it will not be accepted in the
absence of a novel conceptual advance.
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immediately withdrawn from JACS and will not be published.
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Communications, 30 days for major revisions of Articles, and 21 days for major revisions of
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possible. No paper is released for
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Web site as soon as page proofs are corrected and all author concerns are resolved. ASAP
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