Journal Guide

Ethos is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly journal devoted to scholarly articles dealing with the interrelationships between the individual and the sociocultural milieu, between the psychological disciplines and the social disciplines.

Journal of Children’s Services (JCS) encourages the international development of research-based, outcome-focused services to better safeguard and promote the well-being of children and their families locally, nationally and internationally.

Journal of Second Language Studies (JSLS) is an international refereed journal that is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchanges, advancing theoretical knowledge, and exploring pedagogical implications in second language acquisition and teaching. The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary research dealing with theoretical and practical issues of second language learning and acquisition in relation to linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and social cultural studies. It also seeks to promote scientific studies on the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second (foreign) language.

Health and Social Care in the Community is an international peer-reviewed journal with a multidisciplinary audience including social workers, health care professionals with a community or public health focus e.g. public health practitioners, GP's, Community Nurses and Social Care researchers and educators. The Journal promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of health and social care. Original papers are sought that reflect the broad range of policy, practice and theoretical issues underpinning the provision of care in the community. Health and Social Care in the Community publishes systematic and narrative reviews, policy analysis and empirical qualitative or quantitative papers including papers that focus on professional or patient education.

Thematischer Schwerpunkt der Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie (ZPPP) ist die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit psychischen Störungen sowie mit psychotherapeutischen Interventionsverfahren und den Methoden ihrer Entwicklung und Evaluation. Als Organ für die Publikation von Beiträgen aus allen Bereichen der Psychiatrie, der Psychologie und als Informationsorgan über vorwiegend evidenzbasierte psychotherapeutische Verfahren und Methoden dient die ZPPP unmittelbar der praktischen psychologischen Arbeit und trägt durch Diskussion und Erfahrungsberichte über einzelne Störungen bzw. Interventionsmethoden zur Entwicklung auf dem gesamten Gebiet der Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie bei. Die ZPPP fühlt sich einer faktenorientierten (evidence-basierten) Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie verpflichtet. Die Leserschaft der Zeitschrift sind Psychiater, Psychologen, Ärztliche und Psychologische Psychotherapeuten.Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie ist gelistet in Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PSYNDEX, PsyJOURNALS, IBZ, IBR, Europ. Reference List for the Humanities (ERIH) und Scopus. .

The journal is committed to present and interpret the evidence on corporate and industrial change, drawing from an interdisciplinary set of approaches and theories from e.g. economics, sociology of organization, organization theory, political science, and social psychology. It is a forum where industrial historians explicitly relate their analyses to the state of the art in the relevant social sciences and propose conjectures and theories. Conversely, economists and practitioners of other social disciplines are encouraged to apply their models to the historical evidence.

The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships is the forum for scholars, practitioners, policy makers, educators, and advocates to stay abreast of the latest intergenerational research, practice methods and policy initiatives. This is the only journal focusing on the intergenerational field integrating practical, theoretical, empirical, familial, and policy perspectives. Address manuscripts to the Editor: Sally Newman, PhD. Electronic submissions only, please. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically. If submitting a disk, it should be prepared using MS Word or WordPerfect and should be clearly labeled with the authors' names, file name, and software program. Manuscripts should be no more than 5000 words. Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic format only to: Sally Newman, PhD, University Center for Social and Urban Resarch, University of Pittsburgh, 121 University Place #407, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-5907 E-mail: newmans@pitt.edu Peer Review Policy: All scholarly articles in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships have undergone a rigorous peer review based on an initial editorial screening followed by refereeing by two or more anonymous referees. All practice articles have received editorial screening and been anonymously reviewed by two Board committee members.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, an international scientific journal, publishes English-language articles and case reports in the field of public and nonprofit marketing and closely related disciplines. Relevant doctoral thesis reviews and book reviews are also welcome.The main objective of the Review is to foster the study of marketing topics from an interdisciplinary perspective and provide a forum for researchers interested in examining these issues from practical and theoretical viewpoints. Establishing a common vocabulary with which to discuss methods, procedures, results and experiences will improve the exchange of ideas between participants of varied backgrounds.To be accessible to a diverse community of academics and professionals, the Review will only accept articles that display strict scientific rigor and excellent expository clarity. First-rate scientific quality is guaranteed by a large editorial board composed of internationally recognized experts from prestigious academic and research institutions. Papers submitted for publication are evaluated through a double blind refereeing process.Officially cited as: Int Rev Public Nonprofit Mark