Journal Guide

Science China Life Sciences, an academic journal cosponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published by Science China Press, is committed to publishing high-quality, original results in both basic and applied research. Science China Life Sciences is published in both print and electronic forms. It is indexed by Science Citation Index. Categories of articles: Reviews summarize representative results and achievements in a particular topic or an area, comment on the current situation, and advise on the research directions. The author’s own opinion and related discussion is requested. Regular articles report on important original results in all areas of life sciences. Short communications present short reports in a timely manner of the latest important results.

Scientia Horticulturae is an international journal publishing research related to horticultural crops. Articles in the journal deal with open or protected production of vegetables, fruits, edible fungi and ornamentals under temperate, subtropical and tropical conditions. Papers in related areas (biochemistry, micropropagation, soil science, plant breeding, plant physiology, phytopathology, etc.) are considered, if they contain information of direct significance to horticulture. Papers on the technical aspects of horticulture (engineering, crop processing, storage, transport etc.) are accepted for publication only if they relate directly to the living product. In the case of plantation crops, those yielding a product that may be used fresh (e.g. tropical vegetables, citrus, bananas, and other fruits) will be considered, while those papers describing the processing of the product (e.g. rubber, tobacco, and quinine) will not. The scope of the journal includes all horticultural crops but does not include speciality crops such as, medicinal crops or forestry crops, such as bamboo. Basic molecular studies without any direct application in horticulture will not be considered for this journal.Types of paper: 1. Original full papers (regular papers)2. Review articles (should cover a part of the subject of active current interest) 3. Short Communications - 3.1 Report of preliminary results of important research (pilot investigation: e.g. no duplications or with other restrictions) - 3.2 Newly developed methodology or modification of existing methodology, possibly description of first test. - 3.3 Results of the application of an earlier published research methodology on other crops or under different conditions (fact finding or recipes) that are nevertheless of interest to an international readership. Should include new scientific insight.4. Book Reviews (included in the journal on a range of relevant books which are not more than 2 years old).Original papers should report the results of original research and should be of international and not only regional interest. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form. Reviews should cover a part of the subject active current interest. They may be submitted or invited.Short Communications should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular paper. They should not occupy more than 4 printed pages (about 8 manuscript pages, including figures, etc.).For consultation or suggestions please contact the Editors-in-Chief.

Scientia Marina is the successor to Investigación Pesquera, a journal of marine sciences published since 1955 by the Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona (CSIC). Scientia Marina is included in the Science Citation Index since 1998 and publishes original papers, reviews and comments concerning research in the following fields: Marine Biology and Ecology, Fisheries and Fisheries Ecology, Systematics, Faunistics and Marine Biogeography, Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, and Marine Geology. Emphasis is placed on articles of an interdisciplinary nature and of general interest.

Scientific Research and Essays (SRE) (ISSN 1992- 2248) is an open access journal with the objective of publishing quality research articles in science, medicine, agriculture and engineering. All papers published by SRE are blind peer reviewed. SRE is a very rapid response journal with two issues published every month.The following types of papers are considered for publication:* Original articles in basic and applied research.* Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays.Manuscripts must be sent as e-mail attachment to sre.research.journal@gmail.com. SRE editorial board makes an objective and quick decision on each manuscript and informs the corresponding author within three weeks of submission. If accepted, the article is published online within days. SRE is an open access journal and all articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the public and private sectors, government agencies, educators and the general public. The journal also provides a medium for documentation and archiving of scientific research. SRE papers are exposed to the widest possible readership.