Journal Guide

The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine is a forum for debate, education and entertainment for health professionals interested in clinical medicine, as well as medical developments and research worldwide. The JRSM's prime responsibility is to its readers and its aim is to influence clinical practice and policy making across the medical world. Contributions to the JRSM reflect its international and multidisciplinary readership and include current thinking across a range of specialties.While Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine receive the JRSM as one of the benefits of membership, the journal has full editorial independence.

The Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is an English language, peer-reviewed scholarly publication in the area of cardiovascular disease. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association publishes original papers, reviews, case studies and letters on:
• Adult cardiac surgery
• Adult congenital heart disease
• Cardiac imaging
• Cardiac nursing
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congenital heart disease
• Electrophysiological heart disease
• Extracorporeal circulation and cardiac perfusion
• Heart failure
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Pediatric cardiac surgery
• Preventive cardiology
• Rheumatic valvular disease
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is the official publication of the Saudi Heart Association and is published by King Saud University in collaboration with Elsevier and is edited by an international group of eminent researchers.

Editorial Transition Justice Quarterly (JQ) is an official publication of the ACJS. JQ is a refereed, multi-disciplinary journal that publishes theoretical, empirical and interpretive studies of issues related to criminal justice. JQ is indexed in Criminology and Penology Abstracts, Police Science Abstracts, Criminal Justice Periodical Index, and Criminal Justice Abstracts. In the past decade, JQ has become a premier journal and it continues to be a major forum for criminal justice related scholarship, making it an essential part of any library's holdings. Peer Review Policy: All work appearing in this journal has undergone editorial screening and peer review.

The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary journal of innovation in research, services and programs in criminal justice and corrections. The journal is an essential professional resource for practitioners, educators and researchers who work with individuals involved in the criminal justice system and study the dynamics of rehabilitation and individual and system change. Original research using qualitative or quantitative methodology, theoretical discussions, evaluations of program outcomes, and state of the science reviews will be considered. A primary journal focus is the use of research to improve practice, with articles clearly defining the theoretical and empirical basis for program models and establishing connections between research findings and needed interventions and services. Programs and services for correctional populations residing in prison, as well as in the community, are examined.The range of topics included in the journal is broad and encompasses alternatives to incarceration; community reentry and reintegration; alcohol, substance abuse and mental health treatment interventions; services for correctional populations with special needs; recidivism prevention strategies; educational and vocational programs; families and incarceration; and culturally appropriate practice and probation and parole services. Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, a peer-reviewed publication of Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, was established in 1985 to promote clinical and scientific research in medical sciences in Taiwan, and to disseminate this research to the international community of medical and healthcare professionals. It is published monthly by Elsevier.

Now in its third decade of publication, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (KIEJ) is an interdisciplinary quarterly journal of the Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It publishes philosophically rigorous and empirically informed articles in all areas of bioethics (broadly construed) and on related issues in practical ethics. The KIEJ has recently focused on publishing papers that explore ethical and social issues in science practice, as well as philosophical approaches to health, environmental, and science policy, especially those which situate philosophical and ethical issues in a global context.