Guidelines for Authors

What is CEP?

Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) is the flagship publication of the American  Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the world's leading organization for chemical engineers. Nearly 30,000 professionals receive the magazine each month. According to CEP’s latest demographic statistics, nearly 85% of these influential readers work in industry, with the rest employed in academia and government. Another 13,000 students have online access to every issue. CEP's mandate is to provide essential technical and professional information to this key audience.

What Types of Articles Does CEP Seek?

CEP publishes articles on the key aspects of chemical engineering, such as:

• Career and Professional Development

• Environmental Management

• Fluids and/or Solids Handling  

• Fuels and Energy

• Information Technology

• Management

• Materials

• Measurement, Automation and Process Control

• Reactions and Separations

• Safety

CEP strives to publish impartial, generic articles that provide "how-to" guidance to the practicing chemical engineer, or an overview of some type of technology. CEP looks for articles that focus on the general chemical engineering problem or situation and the generic method of solving that problem, rather than on what was done in a particular instance to solve a specific problem. We do not publish case histories; it is often valuable to include information from actual installations to illustrate specific points, but the article should not turn into a series of case histories. It’s important that any article cover the topic in a generic, general way and not focus on a single firm’s product or service, because CEP cannot appear to be advocating one approach above others.

Appropriate subjects for articles include: choosing among design or equipment options; troubleshooting a process unit; designing specific plant hardware; assessing the likely impact of emerging technology; reviewing key trends and challenges in engineering research and development; evaluating continuing-education needs; and much, much more.