Journal Guide

This journal serves as a platform for the speedy and efficient transmission of information on current research in semigroup theory. Coverage in the journal includes: algebraic semigroups, topological semigroups, partially ordered semigroups, semigroups of measures and harmonic analysis on semigroups, transformation semigroups, semigroups of operators, and applications of semigroup theory to other disciplines such as ring theory, category theory, automata, and logic. Semigroup Forum features survey and research articles. It also contains research announcements, which describe new results, mostly without proofs, of full length papers appearing elsewhere as well as short notes, which detail such information as new proofs, significant generalizations of known facts, comments on unsolved problems, and historical remarks. In addition, the journal contains research problems; announcements of conferences, seminars, and symposia on semigroup theory; abstracts and bibliographical items; as well as listings of books, pa

Seminars in Immunopathology helps clinicians and pathologists keep up-to-date on developments in the field of immunopathology. Guest editors help to organize issues devoted to a single topic. Review articles, by authors who have personally contributed to the topic, summarize new developments. Key references appear at the end of each paper, to provide interested readers with additional background material.

Sensing and Imaging: An International Journal publishes peer reviewed theoretical and experimental papers addressing sensing and imaging technologies and applications in engineering and science.The journal has a broad and multidisciplinary scope.  Topics covered include but are not limited to:     • Physical sensors including mechanical, magnetic and optical systems      • Chemical, gas and biological sensors     • Sensor materials and device technology, actuators, packaging and interface electronics.     • Imaging systems, signal and image processing     • Sensor modelling and simulation.All areas of application are covered, including:     • Security sensing including detection and identification of explosives     • Subsurface sensing and imaging     • Personnel and vehicle detection and surveillance     • Biophysical and biochemical sensing and imaging     • Remote sensing     • Environmental sensing and imaging     • Non-destructive evaluation and testing

Sensing & Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety is an interdisciplinary journal which presents the latest research in measurement and detection methodologies and techniques for the assessment, monitoring, and control of food quality and safety.The scope of the journal encompasses all topics related to food quality and safety evaluation and analysis. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:  Biological or microbiological, chemical, physical, and engineering principles, methods and mechanisms for food quality, safety, and security analysis; Methods and techniques for food property characterization and measurement; Development and application of sensing, imaging, and detection modalities; Non-destructive non-contact evaluations of food quality; Introduction of emerging sensing techniques to the field; State-of-the-art reviews on sensing techniques; Statistical, mathematical and computer methods for food quality and safety analysis; Instrumentation development and evaluation; Industrial implementation considerations (case studies); System development and validation for food quality control, assurance, safety and security.

Service Business presents the most advanced business research on the service sector. International and multidisciplinary in approach, the journal investigates both the profit and non-profit areas of the service sector.Authors share their experiences in developing, implementing, and evaluating their business decisions and strategies. Moreover, they explore not only the latest research and methodologies in the field, but also examine the theoretical and managerial implications and future research opportunities in the service sector.The editorial review board, consisting of leading international scholars and practitioners, ensures top-quality content. Readers will find rigorous conceptual and empirical papers, practice-oriented papers, teaching-oriented papers, case studies, book reviews, conference reports, and periodic special issues.

Officially cited as: Serv Bus

The aim of Service-Oriented Computing & Applications is to publish original and high quality research results on the service-oriented computing (SOC) paradigm, models and technologies that have significant contributions to the advancement of service oriented systems and their applications. Service-oriented computing has emerged as a major research topic in the past few years. Although the concept has evolved from earlier component-based software frameworks, web service standards are based on the readily and openly available internet protocols, and thus are easier and cheaper for companies to adopt. The strong support from major computer and IT service companies further speeds up the acceptance and adoption of SOC. However, service developers and users face many significant challenges and opportunities that are introduced by the dynamism of software service environments and requirements. This requires new concepts, methods, models, and technologies along with flexible and adaptive infrastructure for services developments and management in order to facilitate the on-demand integration and formation of services across different platforms and organizations. The success of service-oriented systems relies on the adoption of the derived technologies to meet the demands from the evolving environment. The journal focuses on the issues and research results related to the development of service-oriented technology, including service infrastructures, theoretical foundations and their applications and experiences in service-oriented computing. Topics covered by the journal include, but are not limited to, the following subjects as they relate to service-oriented computing and applications: Service-Oriented Architecture Services analysis, design, development and test Service orchestration and composition <, /LI> Resource management for web services Quality and reliability of web services Service-Oriented Software Engineering Formal methods for services analysis, design, development, and test Service requirement engineering SOA solution patterns Services matching and policy Verification and validation of SOA systems Quality and reliability of web services System Technology Security, trust and privacy QoS and end-to-end performance Web service standards Autonomic computing IP and digital right management Brokering and integration Service connection technology Grid-based web services Business Services and Technology Business service representation and knowledge Business process integration and management Supply chain and channel management Auction Negotiation E-business standards Service-Oriented Semantic Computing Semantic web Software agent Service discovery Ontological engineering Service evolutionary approaches Service-Oriented Applications E-business and e-commerce M-commerce E-entertainment E-learning E-government E-health

The journal of SET-VALUED AND VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS is devoted to variational aspects of mathematical analysis and its applications and to all the aspects involving set-valued mappings and related topics. The journals aims to serve both specialists and users of set-valued and variational analysis, promoting, in this way, strong interactions between them, with particular emphasis on applications. The scope of the journal includes variational principles and their applications to mathematical sciences, operations research, economics, applied sciences, and engineering; set-valued and generalized differential calculus; methods of set-valued and variational analysis in constrained optimization, calculus of variations, and optimal control of ordinary differential, functional differential, and partial differential equations; variational inequalities and their generalizations; variational convergence; fixed points of set-valued mappings; selections and parameterizations; differential, integral

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research is an interdisciplinary behavioral science journal offering a feminist perspective. It publishes original research reports and review articles that illuminate the underlying processes and consequences of gender role socialization, gendered perceptions and behaviors, and gender stereotypes. The range of topics is broad, extending to gender issues in employment and work environments; interpersonal relationships; sexual orientation and identity; body image; violence against women, or intimate partners; gender role socialization; the influences of media, schools, peers and community on stereotypes; the acquisition, maintenance, and impact of stereotypes; the cultural, economic, legal and political effects of contemporary social change; or methodological issues in gender research. All papers consider the possibility of study participant gender differences in the initial statement of hypotheses and the analysis of data.Under the current editor, the journal stresses clear description

Sexuality Research and Social Policy is an international forum for the publication of original peer-reviewed state-of-the-art empirical research on sexuality, theoretical and methodological discussions, and the implications of this evidence for policies across the globe regarding sexual health, sexuality education, and sexual rights in diverse communities. This multidisciplinary journal also publishes brief research and conference reports; white papers; book, film, and other reviews; together with guest editorials and commentaries. In addition, Sexuality Research and Social Policy occasionally publishes special issues on timely topics.

Sexuality & Culture is an international interdisciplinary forum for analysis of ethical, cultural, psychological, social, and political issues related to sexual relationships and sexual behavior. These issues include, but are not limited to: sexual consent and sexual responsibility: sexual harassment and freedom of speech and association: sexual privacy: censorship and pornography: impact of film/literature on sexual relationships: and university and governmental regulation of intimate relationships, such as interracial relationships and student-professor relationships. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original theoretical articles based on logical argumentation and on literature review and empirical articles that describe the results of experiments or surveys on the ethical, cultural, psychological, social, or political implications of sexual behavior. The journal also publishes book reviews, critical reviews of published books or other media.

Sexuality and Disabililty is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original interdisciplinary scholarly papers that address the psychological and medical aspects of sexuality in relation to rehabilitation. Publishing timely research articles, review articles, case studies, clinical practice reports, brief research reports, survey data reports, and book and film reviews, the journal offers the latest developments in the area of sexuality as it relates to a wide range of disabilities and conditions. Contributions address: clinical and research progress; community programs; independent-living programs; guidelines for clinical practice; special grand-rounds topics; consumer issues; and contemporary developments in special programs in sex education and counseling for people with disabilities. The journal features special issues with internationally renowned guest editors focusing on current topics in sexual health. By publishing research, best-practice, evidence-based, and educational article

Shock Waves provides a forum for presenting and discussing new results in all fields where shock and detonation phenomena play a role. The journal addresses physicists, engineers and applied mathematicians working on theoretical, experimental or numerical issues, including diagnostics and flow visualization.   Coverage includes, among other topics, aero- and gas dynamics, acoustics, physical chemistry, condensed matter and plasmas, with applications encompassing materials sciences, space sciences, geosciences, life sciences and medicine.   Of particular interest are articles which provide insights into fundamental aspects of the techniques that are relevant to more than one specific research community.   The journal publishes scholarly research papers, invited review articles and short notes, as well as comments on papers already published in this journal.  

This journal publishes high-level articles in fundamental and applied mathematics. It covers a broad spectrum of subjects: algebra and logic, real and complex analysis, functional analysis, differential equations, mathematical physics, geometry and topology, probability and mathematical statistics, mathematical cybernetics, mathematical economics, mathematical problems of geophysics and tomography, numerical methods, and optimization theory. The content of Siberian Advances in Mathematics is mainly formed by translations of the Russian journal Matematicheskie Trudy published by Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS. Original papers are accepted as well.

Siberian Mathematical Journal provides the English-speaking scientific community with the results of mathematical work being performed in Akademgorod (Science City), the educational and research center near Novosibirsk in Siberia. Akademgorod has achieved an international reputation for excellence in many scientific and technical disciplines. Siberian Mathematical Journal is a translation of the peer-reviewed Russian journal Sibirskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, a publication of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.