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NOTE TO AUTHORS PHYSICA C serves as an exclusive, rapid channel of the journal PHYSICA for publications on superconductivity and related subjects. PHYSICA C is published monthly. Publication speed The latest technology is used in editorial handling, typesetting and printing of the articles, so that publication within six to ten weeks is guaranteed. All papers will be refereed. To speed up publication, proofs will be read by the Publisher, unless the author - upon submission of the paper - specifically requests proofs to be sent to him. The above guarantee holds for papers that have been accepted unconditionally and have been proofread by the Publisher. Scope PHYSICA C contains papers dealing with all aspects of superconductivity. This includes theoretical papers on the fundamental issues raised by high-T= superconductivity, reports on measurements of a wide variety of physical properties of high-To superconductors, on new materials and new preparation techniques, on thin-film and device-oriented work and on theoretical results pertinent to such experiments. New results in the traditional areas of superconductivity as well as on novel phenomena (e.g. heavy-electron superconductivity) will also be included. Nature of publication As stated above, PHYSICA C aims at very short publication times. Rapid publications should not be confused with short communications, however, and it should be emphasized that PHYSICA C is not to be considered as a letters journal. While for the sake of efficient communication authors are requested to formulate their results in a concise and compact form, there is no length limit on papers. Each paper must be self-contained, properly introduced with references to published work and fully documented with adequate source material. The breathless style of some letters journals, claims to be substantiated in future publications and references to inaccessible work are to be avoided. Submission Manuscripts should be sent simultaneously to one of the Editors and to the Publisher. Two copies should be sent to the Editor. These copies are used for refereeing so that readability is the only technical requirement and the use of telefax is encouraged. For the complete addresses of the Editors see overleaf. The original copy, with figures suitable for reproduction (for technical requirements see page 3 of cover) should be sent to: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. c/o Drs. J. ten Have P.O. Box 103 1000 AC Amsterdam The Netherlands

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