Journal Guide

Copyright information
For authors publishing in Energy Procedia, accepted manuscript will be governed by CC BY-NC-ND. For further details see our copyright information. How are Energy Procedia proposals evaluated?
New conference proceedings are considered for publication in Energy Procedia on the basis of scope, topical relevance, international standing, as well as publishing selection criteria including assurances that papers are original, presented at the conference, subject to peer-review, and have not /are not published elsewhere in the same form. Energy Procedia organizers/editors agree to uphold the publishing ethics standards as publicized in the http://www.elsevier.com/about/publishing-guidelines/publishing-ethicsElsevier Publishing Ethics guidelines.

What is the process for submitting Energy Procedia proposals?
Proposals should be prepared using the http://cdn.elsevier.com/promis_misc/05615_EGYPRO_Proposal%20Template.pdfEnergy Procedia Proposal Template and should be sent to:
Steve Barrett, Programme Editor
s.barrett@elsevier.com

What does Energy Procedia offer authors and conferences organizers?
Energy Procedia offers a single, highly recognized platform for hosting selected conference papers that can be freely accessed by millions of researchers. Authors know where to go to keep abreast of the latest developments in their field. Proceedings normally appear online, on Science Direct, within 8 weeks of acceptance of the final manuscripts by the conference organizer/editor and are then made freely available to all users. Energy Procedia offers authors and conference organizers a fast and cost effective way to achieve maximum exposure.
Templates (both Latex and Word) are provided to assist in the publication and the final online papers will contain linked references, XML versions and DOI numbers.

Why should conference organizers choose Energy Procedia?
There is no restriction to the number of papers an Energy Procedia volume can contain. Pricing is affordable, clear and transparent. Energy Procedia offers immediate access, with papers normally online within 8 weeks of acceptance, and open access providing maximum exposure for all papers and conferences. Organizers/editors are credited on the actual volume and are responsible for the quality control, the review process, and the selection of the conference papers.
Energy Procedia does not consider single articles from individual authors.

What is the cost associated with Energy Procedia?
There is an agreed fee, based on the size of the proceedings, which includes online publication on ScienceDirect and free access after acceptance. In addition to the online version there is the possibility to purchase paper copies, CD-ROMs and USB sticks. Moreover, interactive media possibilities such as webcasts and web seminars can be purchased for extra outreach both before and after the conference.

Can Energy Procedia be sponsored?
Sponsoring possibilities can be discussed. Sponsors may include funding bodies, government agencies and/or industry. Benefits to sponsors include visibility to a worldwide scientific audience and the opportunity to communicate via a peer-reviewed platform. Benefits to authors and conference organizers are the extra exposure and potentially reduced costs of the overall conference budget.

What is Procedia Technology?
Procedia Technology is an open access product focusing entirely on publishing conference proceedings, enabling fast dissemination so that conference delegates can publish their papers in a dedicated online issue on Sciverse ScienceDirect.

Procedia Technology will publish papers from conferences with an emphasis in technology or applied engineering disciplines, for example electronics and information technology. Conferences should be relevant to an international audience, with a focused theme and cover timely topics.

For authors publishing in Procedia Technology, accepted manuscript will be governed by CC BY-NC-ND. For further details see our http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/oa-license-policycopyright information.

How are conferences evaluated for inclusion in Procedia Technology?
Conference proceedings are accepted for publication in Procedia Technology based on suitability of scope and are required to meet certain criteria, including the assurance that all papers are original, will be subject to peer review and will not be published elsewhere. Elsevier will evaluate all proposals on the basis of key information related to the conference provided by the organisers, for example, the conference website, programme, supporting organisation and contact details of the committee and keynote speakers. Elsevier may make contact with members of the committee and keynote speakers to obtain further information about the conference during the evaluation process.

What is the process for submitting conference proceedings to Procedia Technology?

Proposals should be prepared using the template /inca/publications/misc/proposalprocediatechnologyfinal.dochere and sent to:

Keith Lambert
Publisher
ProcediaPCC@elsevier.com

What does Procedia Technology offer authors and conferences organizers?
Procedia Technology offers a single, highly recognized platform where conference papers can be hosted and accessed by millions of researchers. Authors then know where to go to keep abreast of the latest developments in their field. All proceedings appear online, on Sciverse ScienceDirect, within 8 weeks of acceptance of the final manuscripts via the conference organizer and are freely available to all users. Procedia Technology offers authors and conference organizers a fast and cost effective way to provide maximum exposure for their papers.

Templates (both Latex and Word) are provided to assist in the publication and the final online papers contain linked references, XML versions and DOI numbers.

Why should conference organizers choose Procedia Technology?
There is no limit to the amount of papers a Procedia Technology issue can contain and pricing is affordable, clear and transparent. Procedia Technology offers immediate access for all, with papers online within 8 weeks of acceptance, and open access providing maximum exposure for individual papers and the related conference. Organizers are being credited on the actual issue and are fully responsible for quality control, the review process and the content of individual conference papers.

What are the costs associated with Procedia Technology?
There is an agreed fee, based on the size of the proceedings, which includes online publication on Sciverse ScienceDirect and free access after acceptance. In addition to the online version there is the possibility to purchase paper copies, CD-ROMs and USB sticks. Moreover, interactive media possibilities such as webcasts and web seminars can be acquired for extra exposure both before and after the conference.

Can Procedia Technology be sponsored?
We are open to discussing sponsoring possibilities at all times. Sponsors can include funding bodies, government agencies and/or industry. Benefits to sponsors include visibility amongst a scientific audience and the opportunity to communicate messages via a peer-reviewed platform. Benefits to authors and conference organizers are extra exposure of the conference and reduced costs to the overall conference budget.

Founded in 1960 at the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, under the title Genetica Polonica, Polish Journal of Genetics and Breeding. In 1995, it was renamed Journal of Applied Genetics (JAG). Since 2011, the Journal of Applied Genetics has been published by Springer. It publishes peer-reviewed original papers, short communications (including case reports) and review articles focused on the research of applicative aspects of plant, human, animal and microbial genetics and genomics.

ZAMM is one of the oldest journals in the field of applied mathematics and mechanics and is read by scientists all over the world. The aim and scope of ZAMM is the publication of new results and review articles and information on applied mathematics (mainly numerical mathematics and various applications of analysis, in particular numerical aspects of differential and integral equations), on the entire field of theoretical and applied mechanics (solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics). ZAMM is also open to essential contributions on mathematics in industrial applications.

The Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics welcomes manuscripts on biological structure, dynamics, interactions and expression. The Journal is one of the leading publications in high end computational science, atomic structural biology, bioinformatics, virtual drug design, genomics and biological networks. The Journal publishes original articles and timely reviews. If an author wishes to write a review, please obtain clearance from any one of the Editors.

The Journal of Clinical Apheresis publishes articles dealing with all aspects of hemapheresis. Articles welcomed for review include those reporting basic research and clinical applications of therapeutic plasma exchange, therapeutic cytapheresis, therapeutic absorption, blood component collection and transfusion, donor recruitment and safety, administration of hemapheresis centers, and innovative applications of hemapheresis technology. Experimental studies, clinical trials, case reports, and concise reviews will be welcomed.

The Journal of Digestive Diseases is the official English-language journal of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology. The journal is published six times per year and includes peer-reviewed original papers, review articles and commentaries concerned with research relating to the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, biliary tract and pancreas. The journal also occasionally republishes, with permission, peer-reviewed articles of scientific or clinical excellence that have appeared in Chinese-language journals.

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a fully refereed forum for the dissemination of scholarly work devoted to the cinemas of Japan and Korea and the interactions and relations between them. The increasingly transnational status of Japanese and Korean cinema underlines the need to deepen our understanding of this ever more globalized film-making region.

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a peer-reviewed journal. The peer review process is double blind. Detailed Instructions for Authors can be found here.

Journal of Otology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research findings from disciplines related to both clinical and basic science aspects of auditory and vestibular system and diseases of the ear. This journal welcomes submissions describing original experimental research that may improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying problems of basic or clinical significance and treatment of patients with disorders of the auditory and vestibular systems. In addition to original papers the journal also offers invited review articles on current topics written by leading experts in the field. The journal is of primary importance for all scientists and practitioners interested in audiology, otology and neurotology, auditory neurosciences and related disciplines.

The IEEE Electron Devices Magazine is a publication of technical articles and of invited articles on historical, strategic, and society related content in the field of electron devices and their applications. The magazine is intended to serve, in part, as a forum to publish review and tutorial articles of general interest in the field of electron devices, articles on, and by, electron device pioneers, articles on societal and humanitarian topics related to electron devices and their applications, announcements and reviews of EDS-sponsored conferences, highlights of honors and awards, articles on best practices in industry, reports on road-maps in the field, as well as columns on topics by leaders from industry and academia.

The Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology aims to encourage and promote clinical and research activities pertaining to Surgical Oncology. It also aims to bring in the concept of multidisciplinary team approach in management of various cancers.The Journal would publish original article, point of technique, review article, case report, letter to editor, profiles of eminent teachers, surgeons and instititions - a short (up to 500 words) of the Cancer Institutions, departments, and oncologist, who founded new departments.

The Theory and Methods series intends to publish papers that make theoretical and methodological advances in Probability and Statistics. New applications of statistical and probabilistic methods will also be considered for publication. In addition, special issues dedicated to a specific topic of current interest will also be published in this series periodically, providing an exhaustive and up-to-date review of that topic to the readership. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Computers in Human Behavior Reports is an open access scholarly journal dedicated to examining human computer interactions and impact of computers on human behavior from diverse interdisciplinary angles. As a companion journal to Computers in Human Behavior (CHB), CHB Reports is a forum for both theoretical and practical implications of human-centered computing. It addresses the human aspects in relation to the systems and contexts in which humans perform, operate, communicate, and interact. CHB Reports welcomes research articles, review articles, negative results studies, scale validations and replication studies.

Contraception: X is the open access mirror journal of Contraception.

Contraception: X offers authors with high-quality research who want to publish in a gold open access journal the opportunity to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible.

Contraception: X authors will pay an article publishing charge (APC), have a choice of license options, and retain copyright. 

Contraception and Contraception: X have the same aims and scope. A unified editorial team manages rigorous peer-review for both titles using the same submission system. The author's choice of journal is blinded to referees, ensuring the editorial process is identical.

Current Applied Polymer Science publishes expert review articles and thematic issues in all applied aspects of polymer science including composites, nano polymeric composites and molecular composites, It includes biodegradable polymers, polysaccharides and other natural polymers, membranes, energy conversion and storage, conducting polymers, biomedical implants, and synthetic polymers. It will cover miscible and compatible polymer blends, amorphous and semi-crystallline polymer blends, rubber toughened and elastomeric blends, self-reinforced blends, interpenetrating networks and all other aspects of polymer science as applied to various fields of pharmaceuticals, industrial manufacture, health, agriculture, new materials and other areas.

Current Enzyme Inhibition aims to publish original research, review and letter articles in all the latest and outstanding developments on enzyme inhibition studies. The coverage includes the mechanisms of inhibitory processes of enzymes, recognition of active sites, and the discovery of agonists and antagonists, leading to the design and development of new drugs of significant therapeutic value. Current Enzyme Inhibition is an essential journal for every pharmaceutical researcher and medicinal chemist who wishes to have up-to-date knowledge about each and every development in the study of enzyme inhibition.

Recent Patents on Materials Science publishes review and research articles, and guest edited thematic issues on recent patents in all areas of materials science. A selection of important and recent patents on materials science is also included in the journal. The journal is essential reading for all researchers involved in materials science. The journal also covers recent research (where patents have been registered) in fast emerging areas of materials science, biomaterials, biological materials, magnetic materials, medical implant materials, nanomaterials, ceramics, plastics, polymers, semi-conductors, coatings, composites, paper, wood, textile, methods, design and techniques.

Current Opinion in Hematology is an easy-to-digest bimonthly journal covering the most interesting and important advances in the field of hematology. Its hand-picked selection of editors ensure the highest quality selection of unbiased review articles on themes from nine key subject areas, including myeloid biology, Vascular biology, hematopoiesis and erythroid system and its diseases. Each issue also contains a Current World Literature section, offering a thorough bibliography of papers selected from hundreds of top journals in the field.

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology is a bimonthly publication offering a unique and wide ranging perspective on the key developments in the field. Each issue features hand-picked review articles from our team of expert editors. With eleven disciplines published across the year – including reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic cancer and fertility– every issue also contains an in-depth bibliography gleaned from several hundred top journals in the field, complete with annotations detailing the merits of the most important papers.

Current Clinical Pharmacology publishes frontier reviews on all the latest advances in clinical pharmacology. The journal aims to publish the highest quality review articles, drug clinical trial studies and guest edited thematic issues in the field. Topics covered include: pharmacokinetics; therapeutic trials; adverse drug reactions; drug interactions; drug metabolism; pharmacoepidemiology; and drug development. The journal is essential reading for all researchers in clinical pharmacology.