Journal Guide

Cultural Studies of Science Education is a peer reviewed journal that provides an interactive platform for researchers working in the multidisciplinary fields of cultural studies and science education. By taking a cultural approach and paying attention to theories from cultural studies, this new journal reflects the current diversity in the study of science education in a variety of contexts, including schools, museums, zoos, laboratories, parks and gardens, aquariums and community development, maintenance and restoration.

This journal

focuses on science education as a cultural, cross-age, cross-class, and cross-disciplinary phenomenon:

publishes articles that have an explicit and appropriate connection with and immersion in cultural studies:

seeks articles that have theory development as an integral aspect of the data presentation:

establishes bridges between science education and social studies of science, public understanding of science, science/technology and human values, and science and literacy:

builds new communities at the interface of currently distinct discourses:

aims to be a catalyst that forges new genres of and for scholarly dissemination:

provides an interactive dialogue that includes the editors, members of the review board, and selected international scholars:

publishes manuscripts that encompass all forms of scholarly activity:

includes research articles, essays, OP-ED, critical, comments, criticisms and letters on emerging issues of significance.

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) is a web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is social science research on computer-mediated communication via the Internet, the World Wide Web, and wireless technologies. Within that general purview, the journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing work by scholars in communication, business, education, political science, sociology, media studies, information science, and other disciplines. Acceptable formats for submission include original research articles, meta-analyses of prior research, synthesizing literature surveys, and proposals for special issues. JCMC is available online only. JCMC is one of the oldest web-based Internet studies journals in existence, having been published quarterly continuously since June 1995. The journal was started by Margaret McLaughlin and Sheizaf Rafaeli in response to the growth of CMC scholarship in the early- to mid-1990s. The founding editors had the vision to make JCMC an open-access, online journal. This, combined with high quality standards, proved to be a recipe for success: today JCMC is widely read and cited by CMC scholars around the world. In 2004, JCMC became an official journal of the International Communication Association. JCMC Electronic Office - click here to submit or review a paper for the journal.

The European Journal of Education is an international, peer reviewed journal that presents high quality, recent research and policy analysis with a primary focus on Europe, placed in an international perspective. The Journal publishes the results of European research projects and explores key topics of concern to policy makers and international organisations in Europe and further afield. The Editorial Board brings together academics and policy analysts from different European countries and major international organisations. There is also a network of distinguished Editorial Correspondents who advise the Joint Editors and the Board. The European Journal of Education is now indexed by Thomson ISI and has received an impact factor since 2010. With European comparative perspective, the European Journal of Education provides brokerage between research and policy communities, covering a range of thematic areas, addressing influential stakeholders and leaders. Evidence-based public policy is a growing area that needs well-researched, appropriate evidence that refers to a set of values. The main aims of the European Journal of Education are to: • contribute to the policy debate at the national and European level by providing European administrators and policy-makers in international organisations, national and local governments with comparative and up-to-date material centred on specific themes of common interest. • examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and programmes of European countries in an international perspective. • disseminate policy debates and research results to a wide audience of academics, researchers, practitioners and students of education sciences. EJE is a thematic journal. Part I of each issue contains 5 to 8 articles around a selected theme presenting a range of perspectives and research on the topic under analysis and the key issues for future research and policy. The Guest Editors are acknowledged experts in their field. Themes are identified by the board; they come from European-funded research projects or are based on conferences and seminars. They are proposed by board members, editorial correspondents or other colleagues from all over Europe. Part II contains articles on other themes that have been submitted for publication and peer reviewed. EJE is the only European journal publishing about education matters that covers a broad spectrum in education, aiming to build bridges between research and policy and to address issues of concern to the different levels and types of education, transversal topics and ‘big issues’ for policy agendas. This includes an active and on-going discussion of EU education policy. The Journal welcomes cross-disciplinary approaches within the education sector and with other sectors. The Journal actively seeks to partner with organisations (e.g. universities, foundations, international organisations) with a view to organising seminars on topical or futures themes that make it possible to bring together an international network of people from academia, policy, government, international organisations, foundations, education providers, etc. The readership is mainly composed of academics, policy analysts, students of education sciences, teachers (HE, school, VET, adult learning), project and programme managers and action-researchers, international organisations.

• Modern Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (with multidisciplinary approaches)
• Mass Spectrometry, Separations and Spectroscopy
• Electrochemistry and Instrumentation
• Genomics and Proteomics
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology and Pharmacy
• Biological and Clinical Sciences
• Natural Product Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
• Food and Forensic Sciences
• Environmental Chemistry and Analysis

The journal publishes issues bimonthly online and in print. Articles are of interest to both analytical chemistry specialists and chemists from related disciplines based at research institutions or working in related industries such as pharamaceuticals, forensics, and environmental agencies.  

Clinical & Experimental Immunology is a top ranking, international journal publishing biologically significant studies that have clinical relevance. The Journal is focused on Translational Immunology and is amongst the foremost journals in this field, attracting high-quality papers from all parts of the world. Translation is viewed as a process of applying ideas, insights and discoveries generated through basic scientific studies to the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of human disease. Journal articles cover clinical studies in patients receiving immune-based therapies, in relation to autoimmunity, primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, complement disorders and allergies. The Journal also reports investigations on the pathogenesis of rheumatic, renal and endocrine disorders, as well as infectious diseases, malignancy and transplantation. Basic immunology studies that inform clinical practice or understanding of disease mechanisms are also welcomed, as are studies in non-human model systems and reports on the physiological mechanisms of immunity. In addition to research reports, the Journal publishes highly cited review, perspective and hypothesis articles. These are usually commissioned and published as Translational Mini-Review series, but suggestions to the Editor-in-Chief of topics for such series, or titles for one-off review articles are welcome. The Journal encourages submission of articles that represent position papers on the classification, diagnosis or treatment of immunological disease.Articles deemed to be of potentially high impact may be drawn to the attention of the Editorial Team for allocation to our Fast-Track category, enabling papers of immediate interest to reach their audience as quickly as possible.Free Access in the Developing WorldFree online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).Online OpenAuthors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee.

Construction and Building Materials provides an international forum for the dissemination of research and development in the field of construction and building materials and their application in new works and repair practice. The journal publishes a wide range of research and application papers which describe laboratory and numerical investigations or report on full scale projects.Construction and Building Materials also publishes detailed case studies and review articles, as well as short communications and discussions.The materials and technology covered include: cement, concrete reinforcement, bricks and mortars, additives, corrosion technology, ceramics, timber, steel, polymers, glass fibres, recycled materials and by-products, sealants, adhesives.The scope of Construction and Building Materials includes, but is not restricted to, new works and repair and maintenance of the following: bridges, high-rise buildings, dams, civil engineering structures, silos, highway pavements, tunnels, water containment structures, sewers, roofing, housing, coastal defences.At a time when the pressure is on all engineers, architects and contractors to optimise use of new materials and up-to-date technologies, Construction and Building Materials provides essential information that will help improve efficiency, productivity and competitiveness in world markets. It is therefore vital reading for all professionals and academics involved with research into, or specification of, building materials.Author duties: Acceptance of a manuscript for publication in the journal carries with it an understanding that the author, when requested, will fulfil an obligation to contribute their expertise to the review of others' manuscripts. Authors who are unwilling to assist with the review of a colleague's paper may in extreme cases find that their manuscripts are no longer welcomed for publication in Construction and Building Materials.

Écoscience est une revue interdisciplinaire qui couvre tous les aspects de l'écologie. La
revue accepte les soumissions en français ou en anglais et publie des travaux
originaux et inédits sur les processus et les patrons écologiques à différentes
échelles spatiales et temporelles et à différents niveaux d'organisation
biologique.

Écoscience est une revue interenationale avec révision par les pairs qui publie des
travaux originaux de haute qualité. Tous les manuscrits sont sujets à une première
évaluation par les rédacteurs. Les manuscrits qui méritent une évaluation plus
poussée sont ensuite confiés à des évaluateurs experts indépendants et
anonymes. Le processus d'évaluation est en simple aveugle et les soumissions se
font en ligne via Editorial Manager.

The European Transport Research Review – An Open Access Journal (ETRR) is an online scientific platform aiming at disseminating research results in the field of transport. The main scope and mission of the Journal is to provide a forum for the publication of high quality scientific papers in the field of transport in general, and a dissemination medium for new ideas and developments that originate in, or are of interest to, the European transport research community. The Journal was established by the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI).

Journal’s concept and primary characteristics are: first, it is the open access configuration that makes it easily and widely available through the internet to all readers with a minimum of constraints and costs: second, it provides focus on issues of special interest to European transport research, its funding bodies and supervising organisations: third, it is clearly oriented towards both researchers and practitioners.The Journal considers primarily papers, on both theoretical as well as applied research, whose excellence and content represent an important contribution to transport research in Europe. Papers dealing with theoretical or applied research outside Europe are also encouraged to be submitted for publication, as long as their results are of relevance to European transport concerns, or can contribute to scientific knowledge or best practice transfer between researchers in Europe and their counterparts in other continents.Contributors are advised to submit papers that fit at least in one of the areas of interest identified by the Journal. However, the Editorial Board can also consider papers that are not directly related to these areas but are considered of interest or of particular concern to the aims and goals of the Journal. Papers published in the Journal are subjected to peer-review in accordance with standard international practices for scholarly journals., In addition, the Journal will also periodically publish information papers, as well as book and conference reviews regarding transport policy and research in Europe.

The Journal of World Languages welcomes papers on topics addressing questions such as those listed below:

• What is a "world language": international? global? Or are these different?
• How does being a world language impact on local identities, whether ethnic, national, or socio-economic?
• What is the effect of language technology on the process?
• What is the effect of the worldwide growth of a language on the writing system, and the distance between speech and writing?
• What is the effect of world language on multimodal communication?
• What is the role of language planning:
  (i) systemic: reform of script, regulation of grammar or vocabulary;
  (ii) institutional: language education policy?
• What are typical speakers' (users') attitudes to the phenomenon:
  (i) L1 (i.e., native speakers of a world language);
  (ii) L2 (i.e., non-native speakers of a world language)?
• What variation is associated with growth towards "world language" status:
  (i) Dialectal, i.e., user-based variation?
  (ii) Diatypic, i.e., use-based variation (such as register)?
• What are the implications of the "world language" phenomenon for a general linguistic theory? 

The  Journal of World Languages is a cross-disciplinary journal whose coverage of the effects of globalization on languages extends coverage to all world languages.

Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-blind and submission is via email to editorjwl@cityu.edu.hk

Watch the latest Video Review for Volume 11, Issue 2 (April 2010) here Journalism Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis, which provides a forum for the critical discussion and study of journalism as both a subject of academic inquiry and an arena of professional practice. The Journal's editorial board and contributors reflect the intellectual interests of a global community of academics and practitioners concerned with addressing and analysing all aspects of journalism scholarship, journalism practice and journalism education. Journalism Studies pursues an ambitious agenda which seeks to explore the widest possible range of media within which journalism is conducted (including multimedia), as well as analysing the full range of journalistic specialisms from sport and entertainment coverage to the central concerns of news, politics, current affairs, public relations and advertising. Journalism Studies' broad scope includes: * the history of journalism * the sociology of journalism * journalism and new media * journalism and policy * women and journalism * journalism and regulation * journalism ethics * media ownership and journalism * minorities and journalism Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by two anonymous referees. Disclaimer Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 'Content') contained in its publications. However, Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not the views of Taylor & Francis. Related Journal: Journalism Practice.

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence is an international journal which sets out to stimulate thought and research in all aspects of total quality management and to provide a natural forum for discussion and dissemination of research results. The journal is designed to encourage interest in all matters relating to total quality management and is intended to appeal to both the academic and professional community working in this area. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence is the culture of an organization committed to customer satisfaction through continuous improvement. This culture varies both from one country to another and between different industries, but has certain essential principles which can be implemented to secure greater market share, increased profits and reduced costs. The journal provides up-to-date research, consultancy work and case studies right across the whole field including quality culture, quality strategy, quality systems, tools and techniques of total quality management and the implementation in both the manufacturing and service sectors. No topics relating to total quality management are excluded from consideration in order to develop business excellence. Referee Evaluation Form Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-blind review. Disclaimer Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 'Content') contained in its publications. However, Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not the views of Taylor & Francis.