Carbohydrate Research publishes reports of original research in the following areas of carbohydrate science: action of enzymes, analytical chemistry, biochemistry (biosynthesis, degradation, structural and functional biochemistry, conformation, molecular recognition, enzyme mechanisms, carbohydrate-processing enzymes, including glycosidases and glycosyltransferases), chemical synthesis, isolation of natural products, physicochemical studies, reactions and their mechanisms, the study of structures and stereochemistry, and technological aspects. 

Papers on polysaccharides should have a "molecular" component; that is a paper on new or modified polysaccharides should include structural information and characterization in addition to the usual studies of rheological properties and the like. A paper on a new, naturally occurring polysaccharide should include structural information, defining monosaccharide components and linkage sequence. 

Papers devoted wholly or partly to X-ray crystallographic studies, or to computational aspects (molecular mechanics or molecular orbital calculations, simulations via molecular dynamics), will be considered if they meet certain criteria. For computational papers the requirements are that the methods used be specified in sufficient detail to permit replication of the results, and that the conclusions be shown to have relevance to experimental observations - the authors' own data or data from the literature. Specific directions for the presentation of X-ray data are given below under Results and "discussion".

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Editor-in-Chief
M. Carmen Galan
M. Carmen Galan
University of Bristol School of Chemistry, Cantocks Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, United Kingdom Email M. Carmen Galan
Associate Editors
Xi Chen
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States Email Xi Chen
Kan Ding
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaEmail Kan Ding
Yuriy Knirel
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskva, Russian Federation Email Yuriy Knirel
Review Editor
Josef Voglmeir
Josef Voglmeir
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Joseph Barchi Jr.
Joseph Barchi Jr.
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Geert-Jan Boons
Athens, Georgia, United States
Hongzhi Cao
Hongzhi Cao
Jinan, China
Ivone Carvalho
RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil
Cristina de Castro
Napoli, Italy
Paola Cescutti
Trieste, Italy
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Leiden, Netherlands
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Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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Trieste, Italy
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Suvarn S. Kulkarni
Suvarn S. Kulkarni
Mumbai, India
Tony Kwok-Kong Mong
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Andy Laws
Andy Laws
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Thisbe Lindhorst
Kiel, Germany
Merilyn Manley-Harris
Hamilton, New Zealand
Cristina de Meo
Edwardsville, Illinois, United States
Anne S. Meyer
Anne S. Meyer
Kongens(Kgs) Lyngby, Denmark
Balaram Mukhopadhyay
Balaram Mukhopadhyay
Mohanpur, India
Laurence Mulard
Paris, France
Jolanda van Munster
Jolanda van Munster
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tottori, Japan
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Christoph Rademacher
Potsdam, Germany
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Niels-Christian Reichardt
San Sebastian, Spain
Alba Silipo
Napoli, Italy
Matthieu Sollogoub
Paris, France
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Debrecen, Hungary
Bridget Stocker
Wellington, New Zealand
Alexander Titz
Saarbrücken, Germany
Sebastie Vidal
Villeurbanne, France
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Lai-Xi Wang
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Wuhan, China
Spencer Williams
Parkville, Australia
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Salzburg, Austria
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Beijing, China
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Wuxi, China
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Shanghai, China