Journal Guide

The Journal of Plant Biology, an official publication of the Korean Society of Plant Biologists, is an international journal devoted to basic researches in biochemistry, cellular biology, development, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and systematics of plants.The Journal publishes original articles, reviews and brief communications detailing significant research contributions to plant science.Celebrating its 50th year of publication in 2007, the Journal of Plant Biology first appeared in 1958, and was published until 1994 under the title Korean Journal of Botany.
  

The Journal of Public Transportation is an international peer-reviewed open access journal. The Journal contains original research and case studies associated with various forms of public transportation and related transportation and policy issues. Topics are approached from a variety of academic disciplines, including engineering, planning, economics, geography, public policy, political science, and others, and include policy, methodological, technological, and financial aspects. Emphasis is placed on the identification of innovative solutions to public transportation problems.

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) is a premiere source for high-quality peer-reviewed research that defines the state of the art, and future horizons, of learning and teaching with technology in educational environments. JRTE publishes original research, literature reviews and syntheses, and methodological reviews, policy analyses, and theoretical or conceptual positions that relate to the efficacy of instructional uses of educational technology. International in scope, the journal is published quarterly.

The Journal of Scholarly Publishing addresses the age-old problems in publishing as well as the new challenges resulting from changes in technology and funding. Some articles suggest ways to get effectively published in books and journals, while others address such topics as editorial and publishing policy, computer applications, electronic publishing, effective marketing and business management. In serving the wide-ranging interests of the international academic publishing community, Journal of Scholarly Publishing provides a balanced look at the issues and concerns - from solutions to the everyday problems to commentary on the philosophical questions at large.

Journal of Systematics and Evolution (JSE, since 2008; formerly Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica) is a plant-based international journal newly dedicated to the description and understanding of the biological diversity. It covers: description of new taxa, monographic revision, phylogenetics, molecular evolution and genome evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary ecology, population biology, conservation biology, biogeography, paleobiology, evolutionary theories, and related subjects.

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.

Journal of Travel Research (JTR), published quarterly, is the premier, peer-reviewed research journal focusing on travel and tourism behavior, management and development. The first scholarly journal in North America focused exclusively on travel and tourism, JTR provides researchers, educators, and professionals with up-to-date, high quality, international and multidisciplinary research on behavioral trends and management theory for one of the most influential and dynamic industries.

Journal of Victorian Culture is essential reading for scholars of the Victorian period. Beautifully produced, the Journal was established in Spring 1996, and is edited and published in Britain with the assistance of a distinguished group of Editorial Consultants. It provides an international forum for discussion and debate on all aspects of Victorian history and culture in a diverse range of formats, including articles, perspectives, roundtables and a section of substantial reviews.

JTO Clinical and Research Reports is the official open access journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. It aims to complement the Journal of Thoracic Oncology by offering authors a gold open access publication option and publishing the following article types in particular:

• Phase I trials
• Well performed single-arm phase II trials
• Subset analyses of published trials
• Impactful retrospective Studies
• Database analysis
• Large institutional series
• High-quality case reports
• Region-specific clinical trials
• Subspecialty thoracic oncology studies
• Selected high-quality meeting report

Land Economics is dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues. Established in 1925 by the renowned economist and founder of the American Economic Association, Richard T. Ely, at the University of Wisconsin, Land Economics has consistently published innovative, conceptual, and empirical research of direct relevance to economists. Each issue brings the latest results in international applied research on such topics as transportation, energy, urban and rural land use, housing, environmental quality, public utilities, and natural resources.

The International Journal of Automation and Computing (IJAC) publishes papers on original theoretical and experimental research and development in automation and computing. The scope of the journal is extensive. Topics include but are not limited to: Artificial intelligence, Automatic control, Bio-informatics, Computer science, Information technology, Modelling and simulation, Networks and communications, Optimization and decision, Pattern recognition, Robotics, Signal processing, Systems engineering.

The powerful emergence and global spread of antibiotic resistant microbial pathogens and resistance genes in the 1990s presents challenges to a wide range of disciplines - from the molecular biology of resistance mechanisms, virulence genes, and disease through molecular epidemiology all the way to drug design, infection control, and medical practice. This international journal provides a multidisciplinary forum for peer-reviewed original publications as well as topical reviews and special reports.

Founded in 1932, the journal Mikrobiologiya (Microbiology) covers a wide range of problems in the areas of fundamental and applied microbiology. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews of trends in a range of fields of microbiological science, and short communications describing unusual observations. Particular attention is devoted to events in Russian and international science. The journal also publishes reviews of new books. While intended primarily for specialists at research institutes, Mikrobiologiya represents a valuable source of essential information for university research departments, industrial, agricultural, and environmental-control laboratories, and medical departments.

Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal which provides an advanced forum for studies related to prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and prions. It publishes reviews, research papers and communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files and software regarding the full details of the calculation or experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary electronic material.

© Nicolas Brodu. 2003 The astrolabe is an ancient astronomical computer for solving problemsrelating to time and the position of the sun and stars in the sky.Historians credit the invention of the astrolabe to classical Greece.Brass astrolabes were highly developed in the Islamic world of the 8thcentury and later. chiefly as an aid to navigation and as a way offinding the direction of Mecca. In the Middle Ages it found its wayback to Europe and became the chief navigational instrument until theinvention of the sextant in the 18th century.

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology contains translations of papers selected from top Russian journals describing significant results of studies on the nervous system. Priority is given to new experimental findings.

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology publishes contributions of international importance in the fields of physiology, psychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry, as well as in the anatomy and pathology of the nervous system. Special attention is given to research relating brain function with behavior.

Reviews are also provided of the current status of entire fields of Russian research.

New Zealand Economic Papers publishes research of the highest quality from leading international scholars in all areas of economics, both theoretical and empirical. At the same time the journal also expects to serve as the primary outlet for world class research on important issues relevant to New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The journal also publishes survey articles, book reviews and welcomes articles that explore important policy initiatives affecting the region and the implications of those policies.

Nuclear Technology is the leading international publication reporting on new information in all areas of the practical application of nuclear science. Topics include all aspects of reactor technology: operations, safety materials, instrumentation, fuel, and waste management. Also covered are medical uses, radiation detection, production of radiation, health physics, and computer applications.

Numerical Analysis and Applications is the translation of Russian periodical Sibirskii Zhurnal Vychislitel’noi Matematiki (Siberian Journal of Numerical Mathematics) published by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Publishing House since 1998. The aim of this journal is to demonstrate, in concentrated form, to the Russian and International Mathematical Community the latest and most important investigations of Siberian numerical mathematicians in various scientific and engineering fields.The journal deals with the following topics: Theory and practice of computational methods, mathematical physics, and other applied fields: Mathematical models of elasticity theory, hydrodynamics, gas dynamics, and geophysics: Parallelizing of algorithms: Models and methods of bioinformatics.

Occupational Medicine is an international peer-reviewed journal which provides vital information for the promotion of workplace health and safety.Topics covered include work-related injury and illness, accident and illness prevention, health promotion, occupational disease, health education, the establishment and implementation of health and safety standards, monitoring of the work environment, and the management of recognized hazards. Contributions are welcomed from practising occupational health physicians and research workers in related fields.