碳水化合物聚合物涵蓋單糖聚合物的研究和開發(fā)，這些聚合物在生物能源、生物塑料、生物材料、納米技術(shù)、生物精煉、藥物輸送、食品、化學(xué)、包裝、造紙、制藥、醫(yī)學(xué)、石油回收、紡織品等領(lǐng)域具有當(dāng)前或潛在的應(yīng)用和木頭。充分表征的碳水化合物聚合物的作用必須是所報告工作的主要部分，而不是次要的。必須引用至少一種指定的碳水化合物聚合物，并將其作為論文標(biāo)題和論文本身的主要焦點。研究必須具有創(chuàng)新性并推進科學(xué)知識。如果從供應(yīng)商處獲得多糖，則應(yīng)提供將影響其在后續(xù)工作中的行為的基本結(jié)構(gòu)信息。例如，分子大小/粘度信息、藻酸鹽的甘露糖醛酸/葡萄糖醛酸比例、果膠的酯化程度、殼聚糖的脫乙?；潭?。編輯不太可能將論文送去正式審查并附上諸如“海藻酸鈉購自 XXX Inc.”之類的聲明。除非提供額外信息。為了被接受，除了所研究的應(yīng)用之外，論文還必須包括多糖的一些特征（如果還不知道）。純度和單糖成分至關(guān)重要；一些分子大小和連接信息是非常需要的。

Carbohydrate Polymers covers the study and exploitation of polymers of monosaccharides which have current or potential application in areas such as bioenergy, bioplastics, biomaterials, nanotechnology, biorefining, drug delivery, food, chemistry, packaging , paper, pharmaceuticals, medicine, oil recovery, textiles and wood. The role of the well-characterized carbohydrate polymer must be the major proportion of the work reported, not peripheral. At least one named carbohydrate polymer must be cited and be the main focus of the title of the paper, and of the paper itself. Research must be innovative and advance scientific knowledge. Where a polysaccharide is obtained from a supplier, essential structural information which will affect its behavior in the subsequent work should be given. For example, molecular size/viscosity information, mannuronate/glucoronate ration 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. To be acceptable, the paper must include some characterization of the polysaccharide (if not already known) in addition to the application studied. Purity and monosaccharide composition are essential; some molecular size and linkage information is highly desirable.