分子催化出版完整的論文，這是原始的，嚴格的，學術貢獻審查分子和原子方面的催化活化和反應機制。所涵蓋的范圍如下：多相催化包括固定化分子催化劑均相催化包括有機催化、有機金屬催化和生物催化照片和電化學用計算方法分析了催化反應的理論方面提交給分子催化的手稿最理想地屬于化學合成領域，即制備用作制藥原料、精細化學品、商品化學品或作為大宗化學品(或其前體)的化合物。涉及非合成主題的手稿，例如降解反應(例如降解染料/污染物的光催化)、(生物)傳感器或燃料電池，將不被考慮在分子催化上發表。不屬于上述目標和范圍的稿件將在編輯一級予以拒絕。例如：催化材料的常規制備和表征常規有機合成催化劑的應用僅僅復制實驗數據的例行計算研究范圍以來的愛思唯爾期刊分子催化、應用催化：一般情況下，應用催化乙：環境、和催化通信是互補的，一個適當的提交每個雜志可能是邊緣，在這種情況下，建議將尋求另一個編輯器，可能將提交到應用催化：一般情況下，應用催化乙：環境、或催化通訊(字母)和作者(年代)的協議。分子催化定期發表論文全文；關于定義良好的主題的特刊僅通過邀請發布。不過，歡迎作者隨時提出建議，如有任何問題，請向編輯提出。任何特刊都應包含至少30篇文章，介紹該領域的領先專家和/或領先機構的工作。評論和觀點文章通常是通過邀請發表的。透視是簡短的文章，涵蓋了當前分子催化領域的興趣領域的個人帳戶的形式。一種叫做“正在進行的故事”的新形式正在準備中；它將專注于一個仍然開放的分子催化研究，顯示出一個專業領域在理解方面的進展。

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