Journal Guide

SynOpen is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal reporting current research results in chemical sciences in full paper, letter, review and graphical review format. It caters to a wide range of chemists throughout industry and academia, and publishes articles from across the chemistry portfolio, as long as synthesis or synthetic methods are one of the research focal points.

Eating Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing human research on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity, binge eating, and eating disorders in adults and children. Studies related to the promotion of healthy eating patterns to treat or prevent medical conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer) are also acceptable. Two types of manuscripts are encouraged: (1) Descriptive studies establishing functional relationships between eating behaviors and social, cognitive, environmental, attitudinal, emotional or biochemical factors; (2) Clinical outcome research evaluating the efficacy of prevention or treatment protocols.While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. Uncontrolled clinical demonstrations and case studies are not accepted for publication. A limited number of reviews are published.

International Journal of Medical Informatics provides an international medium for dissemination of original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics. The Journal emphasizes the evaluation of systems in healthcare settings.The scope of journal covers:Information systems, including national or international registration systems, hospital information systems, departmental and/or physician's office systems, document handling systems, electronic medical record systems, standardization, systems integration etc.;Computer-aided medical decision support systems using heuristic, algorithmic and/or statistical methods as exemplified in decision theory, protocol development, artificial intelligence, etc.Educational computer based programs pertaining to medical informatics or medicine in general;Organizational, economic, social, clinical impact, ethical and cost-benefit aspects of IT applications in health care.Short technical communications concerning (solved) problems in implementing or using existing information systems are welcome. Review articles concerning subjects falling in the scope of the journal are also invited.

Democracy and Security is the authoritative source for rigorous exploration of the dilemmas that face democracies when dealing with matters of security. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical articles on the concepts and functions of democracy and security, with a focus on the diverse perspectives of national and internal security challenges and policies, and policy analysis. Democracy and Security seeks to analyze the relationship between various national and internal security policies, concerns and needs on the one hand, and the central values, institutions, and processes of democratic societies on the other.Democracy and Security features timely and informative contributions from leading scholars on a range of topics, including: Democratic societies and their struggle with enemies within. Democracies and their reactions to conflicts. Moral dimensions of national security in open societies. Legal dimensions of national security in democracies. Mass communications and national security. Social implications on national security issues in the realm of a democratic regime. Constraints of democratic governments in shaping national security policy. Forms of government and perceptions of national dilemmas. Democracies, minorities, and national security. The role of pressure groups in shaping national security decisions in democratic regimes. Public opinion, counter-terrorism, and national security dilemmas. The politics behind national security. Psychological dimensions of democratic decision in national security issues. Police forces and security in democratic societies. Civilian control of internal security. Parliamentary control of security organs. Elections and national security. Parties, party systems and national security. Democracy and Security will be of interest to scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, including: political science, sociology, philosophy, law, psychology, mass communications, criminology, security studies, environmental studies, history and anthropology.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.

Challenges (ISSN 2078-1547) is a unique international scientific open access journal. It publishes scholarly content which is typically not publishable in traditional research journals, such as research proposals (funded and unfunded), research plans (e.g., a protocol for a systematic review, further research of a technology application, etc.), research or technology ideas, policy studies relating to science and scholarly research, open contests aiming at solving grand challenges, prize announcements, description of prototypes, calls for or description of international research collaborations or complementary support, etc. Manuscripts submitted to Challenges must comply with the highest scientific standards and will be peer-reviewed before a decision regarding possible publication in the journal is made. For funded research proposals, the peer-review process will be skipped and manuscripts published after copy-editing and with comments from the grant review attached, if available. In addition, authors will benefit from discounts on possible publication charges if they subsequently submit papers related to the research project to other MDPI journals.

Infant Behavior & Development publishes empirical (fundamental and clinical), theoretical, methodological and review papers. Brief reports dealing with behavioral development during infancy (up to 3 years) will also be considered. Papers of an inter- and multidisciplinary nature, for example neuroscience, non-linear dynamics and modelling approaches, are particularly encouraged. Areas covered by the journal include cognitive development, emotional development, perception, perception-action coupling, motor development and socialisation.In addition, books for review and book reviews dealing with these areas can be submitted.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Biochemistry Research International is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of biochemistry.

Emergency Medicine International is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of emergency medicine.

Publishing high quality research on the nature and impact of the multinational enterprise (MNE) and the nature and evolution of international business strategies.

Publishing academic research and conceptual policy dialogue on the competitiveness of locations at all stages of economic development.

International Journal of Agronomy is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of agronomy.

International Journal of Cell Biology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of cell biology.

International Journal of Electrochemistry is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of electrochemistry.

The International Journal of Ethics and Systems is a multidisciplinary journal publishing peer review research on issues of ethics and morality affecting socio-scientific systems in epistemological perspectives.

International Journal of Geophysics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of geophysics.

International Journal of Hepatology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of hepatology.

International Journal of Hypertension is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of hypertension.

International Journal of Pediatrics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of pediatric research.

International Journal of Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of polymer science.