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Reviewer Instructions

In Essays (up to 25000 characters) themes from every aspect of chemistry, including the philosophy or history of science, can be addressed freely. Use of unpublished results from original research should be extremely limited. Primarily, known topics should be discussed illuminatingly and critically from a new vantage point, and they should be suitably illustrated. Essays should usually have only one author.

Referee Recommendation

Referees should give an overall recommendation as to whether a manuscript should be published without, with minor, or with major alterations, or should be rejected.

Please formulate the comments for the authors in a polite form, even when heavy criticism is being delivered.

Minor alterations include:

• To correct references or add more references;
• To improve the quality of graphics;
• To give more accurate explanations for some of the results;
• To shorten the manuscript;
• To correct typos or other minor mistakes.

Major alterations include:

• To include more details;
• To completely rewrite the manuscript.

Manuscripts that require major alterations will usually be re-evaluated by the referee(s).

To help us assess the paper we request that you answer the following questions:

1. Please rate the current interest of the topic to chemists

Naturally, the judgment of the importance of a paper is to a certain extent subjective. Please note, we are asking for an evaluation of the importance only with regard to publication in Angewandte Chemie. Thus, a paper can be considered to be very important or highly important for a broad and heterogeneous readership and is thus suitable for publication in Angewandte Chemie or it may be "only" important to a particular area and thus is more suitable for journals catering to a more specific audience.

2. Please rate the citation of previous publications

3. Please rate the length of the manuscript

Essays should have not more than 25000 characters.

4. Please rate the critical selection of presented content

5. Please rate the didactic presentation of the content

6. Please indicate whether you have included attachments

If you have information that is relevant to the comments and recommendation you have made, this can be sent either as an attachment for the Handling Editor or for the Author. Where the attachment is for the author, please ensure that any formulations or file information will not give away your identity.