注：必須遵守碳水化合物聚合物的目的和范圍，以便提交文件供審查和可能的出版。目標和范圍已于2018年7月24日修改。碳水化合物聚合物是糖科學領域的一個重要期刊，它涵蓋了多糖的研究和開發，多糖在生物能源、生物塑料、生物材料、生物精煉、化學、藥物輸送、食品、健康、納米技術、包裝、紙張、制藥、醫藥、石油等領域具有當前或潛在的應用前景。回收，紡織品，組織工程和木材，以及其他方面的糖科學。表征良好的碳水化合物聚合物的作用必須是報告工作的主要比例，而不是一個邊緣話題。至少有一種命名為碳水化合物的聚合物必須被引用，并且是論文及其標題的主要焦點。研究必須創新，提高科學知識。特征描述-對于所有多糖，包括從供應商處獲得的多糖，應提供影響其在后續工作中行為的基本結構信息，以及如何確定該信息的說明。這些基本信息的實例包括分子量、海藻酸鈉的甘露糖酸/古龍酸鹽比率、果膠的酯化程度、殼聚糖的去乙酰化程度。除非提供額外的信息，否則編輯不太可能發送帶有“海藻酸鈉購自XXX公司”等聲明的文件進行正式審查。對于涉及合成的論文，多糖衍生物也必須有很好的特征。對于描述新發現的多糖的特性或應用的論文，純度和單糖組成是必不可少的；一些分子大小和連鎖信息是非常理想的。假設——幾乎所有的科學論文都受益于包含假設陳述。這些陳述應簡潔、聲明性，并應描述一個或多個關鍵假設，即手稿所依據的研究旨在證實或反駁。假設陳述的包含使得將假設與最相關的先前文獻進行對比變得簡單，并指出作者對當前假設的不同看法（新穎性）。它還允許作者描述他們認為證明假設正確（重要性）很重要的原因。雜志感興趣的主題：?結構屬性關系?分析方法?化學、酶和物理修飾?生物合成?自然功能?與其他材料的相互作用期刊不感興趣的主題：?非碳水化合物的生物學、生理學和藥理學方面；附著或混合碳水化合物聚合物的分子，除非多糖具有相關和特定的作用；?生物復合材料的材料科學，未提及任何特定的碳水化合物聚合物，或碳水化合物聚合物的作用不是研究的主要部分；?聚烷醇酯、聚乳酸或木質素。?在不同條件下提取多糖的常規研究，但不描述提取多糖的特征。?藥物與單環糊精絡合的常規研究。?研究新發現的天然多糖或新的多糖衍生物，其中多糖（衍生物）的結構未知。?產生和分離作用于多糖的酶（關于酶對多糖作用模式的研究在期刊范圍內）?聚合度小于4的碳水化合物低聚物?棉織物和纖維素基紙的處理，研究主要不涉及纖維素本身的成分；?將碳水化合物聚合物用作不涉及碳水化合物聚合物化學的支持材料（例如酶固定化、色譜法等）。

Note: The Aims and Scope of Carbohydrate Polymers must be complied with in order for submissions to be considered for review and possible publication. The Aims and Scope have been modified as of 24 July 2018.Carbohydrate Polymers is a major journal within the field of glycoscience, and covers the study and exploitation of polysaccharides which have current or potential application in areas such as bioenergy, bioplastics, biomaterials, biorefining, chemistry, drug delivery, food, health, nanotechnology, packaging, paper, pharmaceuticals, medicine, oil recovery, textiles, tissue engineering and wood, and other aspects of glycoscience.The role of the well-characterized carbohydrate polymer must be the major proportion of the work reported, not a peripheral topic. At least one named carbohydrate polymer must be cited and be the main focus of the paper and its title. Research must be innovative and advance scientific knowledge.Characterization - For all polysaccharides, including those obtained from a supplier, essential structural information which will affect their behavior in the subsequent work should be given, along with a description of how that information was ascertained. Examples of such essential information include molecular weight, mannuronate/guluronate ratio for alginates, degree of esterification for pectin, degree of deacetylation for chitosan. Editors are unlikely to send papers for formal review with a statement such as "sodium alginate was purchased from XXX Inc." unless additional information is supplied. For papers involving synthesis, polysaccharide derivatives must also be well-characterized. For papers describing identity or application of newly-discovered polysaccharides, purity and monosaccharide composition are essential; some molecular size and linkage information is highly desirable.Hypotheses - Nearly all scientific papers benefit from inclusion of a statement of hypothesis. Such statements should be concise, declarative, and should describe the one or more key hypotheses that the studies upon which the manuscript is based were intended to confirm or refute. Inclusion of a hypothesis statement makes it simple to contrast the hypothesis with the most relevant previous literature and point out what the authors feel is distinct about the current hypothesis (novelty). It also permits the authors to describe why they feel it would be important to prove the hypothesis correct (significance).Topics of interest to the journal:? structure-property relationships? analytical methods? chemical, enzymatic and physical modifications? biosynthesis? natural functions? interactions with other materialsTopics not of interest to the journal:? biological, physiological and pharmacological aspects of non-carbohydrate;molecules attached to, or mixed with, carbohydrate polymers, unless the polysaccharide has a relevant and specific role;? materials science of biocomposites where there is no mention of any specific carbohydrate polymer, or the role of the carbohydrate polymer is not the major proportion of the study;? polyalkanoates, polylactic acid, or lignin.? routine studies of extraction yields without characterisation of the extracted polysaccharide under the different conditions.? routine studies of complexation of a drug with a single cyclodextrin.? studies of newly discovered natural polysaccharides or new polysaccharide derivatives where the structure of the polysaccharide (derivative) is unknown.? production and isolation of enzymes which act on polysaccharides (studies on the mode of action of an enzyme on a polysaccharide are within the journal scope)? carbohydrate oligomers where the degree of polymerization is less than four? treatments of cotton fabrics and cellulose-based paper where the research is largely not about the component cellulose itself;? use of carbohydrate polymers as a support material (e.g. in enzyme immobilization, chromatography, etc.) where there is no specific involvement of the chemistry of the carbohydrate polymer.