Journal Guide

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education is the Journal of the by the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER). The Journal has a particular focus on social science research-based articles (approximately 7000 words) that make reference to other critical work in the field and/or discuss particular issues of practice-focused research within the specific professional fields of health, sport and physical education. Editorial will privilege those articles that explore and provide a depth of understanding of the complex inter-relationship between developing/improving practice through the production of knowledge. The Journal will focus on the forms, contents and contexts of health education, sport and physical education as they relate to schools, universities and other forms of educational provision. While the Journal will give primacy to articles from, or focused on, the Asia-Pacific region, manuscripts from beyond this region are welcome - providing they have relevance to the readership.

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education encourages submissions from social science researchers, academics and other commentators seeking to make contributions to the educational development of health, sport and physical education.

All manuscripts are read by the Editor and by two expert peer reviewers through a blind review process.

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education will be published three times per year, March, July & November.

Church, Communication and Culture (CC&C) is published on an Open Access basis by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross’ School of Church Communications in partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis. Dedicated to deepening knowledge and understanding about the dialogue between religion, communication and culture in the public arena, and based on comprehensive data analysis and theoretical inquiry, CC&C offers an international forum where researchers and practitioners can advance quality communication research on the Catholic Church and other religious communities.

CC&C derives its name from the reality that the Catholic Church is not simply one monolithic institution, but a network of various institutions. While maintaining unity through their creed and overarching aims, they operate in a variety of ways on different levels. These particular institutions within the Catholic Church have a multitude of specific objectives to carry out in concrete societies, with diverse peoples. The activity of “The Catholic Church” translates, therefore, not to one communication, but a plethora of multifarious communications. Consequently, CC&C aims to apply critical thought to the communicative dimension of the Catholic Church’s activity to engage society and promote dialogue with cultures. Content thus reflects theoretical inquiry based on empirical research and intellectual debate, rather than technological development.

CC&C is a peer-reviewed journal. All peer review is double-blind and detailed Instructions for Authors can be found here .

Read about the Journal's general goals, pillars and cornerstones here.

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging publishes high-quality, patient-centric articles focusing onobservational studies, clinical trials, and advances in applied (translational) research featuring innovative, multimodality approaches to diagnosis and risk stratifications of cardiovascular disease. Modalities covered include echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, magnetic resonance angiography, cardiac positron emission tomography, noninvasive assessment of vascular and endothelial function, radionuclide imaging, molecular imaging, and others. In addition to original articles, robust review series will feature clinically relevant, disease-based reviews on current applications of imaging. The series features novel imaging technologies and their potential clinical role, reviews on methodological and analytical issues affecting imaging-based research, as well as translational aspects of molecularly targeted imaging research.American Heart Association Premium Professional Members receive online access to all 6 new AHA Circulation Portfolio of Journals through December 31, 2008. Premium Professional Members also qualify for special rates on print subscriptions. Early Career and Student/Trainee members are eligible for special rates on print subscriptions, or for a nominal fee can access all 11 AHA Scientific Journals online. General Professional Members pay the Non-Member Individual rate.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing is an international, peer reviewed journal published online monthly. Clinical Simulation in Nursing is the official journal of the International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulated Learning (INACSL) and the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE). The journal will review and accept articles from other health provider disciplines, if they are determined to be of interest to our readership. The journal accepts manuscripts meeting one or more of the following criteria:Research articles and systematic reviews using simulation and/or standardized patients;Practice articles using simulation and/or standardized patients;Innovative teaching/learning strategies developed through simulation and technology;Innovative implementation and management strategies for simulation within practice and academic centers; andArticles updating knowledge, guidelines, regulations, and legislative policies that impact nursing and health care education and practice.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

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ) is an online journal publishing research articles and reviews after full peer review. All articles are published, without barriers to access, immediately upon acceptance. The journal places a strong emphasis on functional and mechanistic understanding of how molecular components in a biological process work together through the application of computational methods. Structural data may provide such insights, but they are not a pre-requisite for publication in the journal. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids and other macromolecules
• Structure and function of multi-component complexes
• Protein folding, processing and degradation
• Enzymology
• Computational and structural studies of plant systems
• Microbial Informatics
• Genomics
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Algorithms and Hypothesis in Bioinformatics
• Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
• Computational Chemistry and Drug Discovery
• Microscopy and Molecular Imaging
• Nanotechnology
• Systems and Synthetic Biology

While all general topics related to Computational and Structural Biology are welcomed, the editors reserve the right to pre-screen submissions based on the suitability of the topic of a submission and, therefore, the right as whether a manuscript will be processed/reviewed or not. Even though experimental validation is not required for publication, reliability and significance of biological discovery are validated and enriched by experimental studies.

The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and enables the rapid publication of papers under the following categories:

• Research articles
• Review articles
• Mini Reviews
• Highlights
• Communications
• Software/Web server articles
• Methods articles
• Database articles
• Book Reviews
• Meeting Reviews

Current Applied Physics is an international journal which covers all the fields of applied science investigating the physics of the advanced materials for future applications.Other areas covered: Experimental and theoretical aspects of advanced materials and devices dealing with synthesis or structural chemistry, physical and electronic properties, photonics, engineering application and uniquely pertinent measurement or analytical techniques. Current Applied Physics covers physics, chemistry and materials science, including bio-materials, with their engineering aspects. This journal is a truly interdisciplinary journal opening a forum for the scientists of all related fields, a unique point of the journal discriminating it from other worldwide and/or Pacific Rim applied physics journals.Regular research papers, letters and review articles with contents meeting the scope of the journal will be considered for publication after peer review.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

Cardiovascular imaging technologies now play an expanded role in clinical practice. Beyond the diagnosis of a disease process, these techniques are rapidly transitioning to help guide therapy. The journal aims to keep readers current with rapidly evolving advances in instrumentation and imaging procedures that support the expanded role of these technologies in clinical practice. The journal intends to place the entire area of cardiovascular imaging in its proper prospective by establishing the indications and limitations of each imaging technique and by summarizing recent clinical advances.

We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas across the field, including cardiac magnetic resonance, nuclear imaging, echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, intravascular, molecular, and hybrid imaging. Section Editors select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists.  An Editorial Board of internationally diverse members ensures that topics include emerging research and suggests topics of special interest to their country/region. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field. 

Current Therapeutic Research serves an international audience of scientists and clinicians in a variety of research, academic and clinical practice settings by quickly disseminating research findings. The journal provides a home for the rapid publication ofOriginal reports of recent development in drug therapy, including papers presenting unexpected, controversial, provocative and/or negative resultsResearch letters, presenting research that may stimulate further investigation or alert readers to clinically relevant but preliminary findingsIn-depth review articles on specific drug therapies or disease statesApplied health economics papers, aimed at a clinical audienceTrials From Resource-Limited Settings intended to highlight original medical and pharmaceutical reports from resource-limited settings.CTR is a peer-reviewed, author pays, online journal and the final published article will be universally accessible on all of Elsevier's platforms. In addition, the articles are indexed by all major biomedical abstracting databases.Published articles range from studies exploring new drugs and new indications for existing drugs to large, multicenter Phase III and IV trials. The journal also encourages submission of brief reports and commentaries on topics that are timely or provocative. For further information click on the links belowOriginal ResearchReview Articles and Meta-analysesCommentariesBrief ReportsResearch LettersLetters to the Editor

Desalination is the premier international journal dedicated to communicating the latest developments in desalination including theoretical and applied research, technological and industrial development, other osmotic processes and the experience of operators and users.Desalination welcomes submissions describing use of desalting technologies such as thermal, membrane, sorption and hybrid processes. In addition, the journal considers exceptional research on new desalination materials, processes and technologies; transport and process modeling; energy consumption, renewable energy and energy recovery; pre-treatment, post-treatment and integrated systems; causes, consequences, and countermeasures of fouling and scaling; and technical, economic, and regulatory analyses of full-scale plants.Desalination welcomes theoretical and experimental research as Full Text Papers, Short Communications, State-of-the-Art Reviews and Letters to Editors on all aspects of desalination described above. Prospective Review authors are requested to contact one of the Editors prior to submission. Short Communications should be concise and not exceed 4-6 printed pages but must include complete descriptions of any investigation of the research which must be cutting-edge and novel with knowledge that warrants speedy communication to the readership.

The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents provides comprehensive and up-to-date peer reviewed reference information on the physical, pharmacological, in vitro and clinical properties of individual antimicrobial agents (antiviral agents, antiparasitic agents, antibacterial agents, antifungal agents, etc.). In addition, the journal signals new trends and developments in the field through highly authoritative review articles on antimicrobial agents. Special attention is given to articles providing insight into the problems of antimicrobial resistance both in the hospital and in the community. Both solicited reviews by top experts in the mentioned fields and high-quality original research papers are published.Additional information on the ISC and its activities can be found at the ISC Web site at:http://www.ischemo.orgBenefits 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

The International Journal of Cardiology is devoted to cardiology in the broadest sense. Both basic research and clinical papers can be submitted. The journal serves the interest of both practicing clinicians and research workers.Editorials, Brief Reports and Review Articles covering recent developments are included. Controversial techniques, issues on health policy and social medicine are discussed and serve as useful tools for encouraging debate.International Journal of Cardiology has no page charges.Electronic usage:An increasing number of readers access the journal online via ScienceDirect, one of the world's most advanced web delivery systems for scientific, technical and medical information.Average monthly article downloads for this journal: 87,174** Figure is a monthly average of full-text articles downloaded from ScienceDirect between October 2012 and October 2013A reduced personal subscription rate is available; please apply to the Publisher for more information.A reduced personal subscription rate is also available to all members of the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Please apply to the ISACHD for more information.Personal and member subscribers can access the journal online via: http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com.Institutional subscribers can access the journal online via ScienceDirect. For more information, please go to: http://www.sciencedirect.com.

The International Journal of Psychophysiology is the official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, and provides a respected forum for the publication of high quality original contributions on all aspects of psychophysiology. The journal is interdisciplinary and aims to integrate the neurosciences and behavioral sciences. Empirical, theoretical, and review articles are encouraged in the following areas:• Cerebral psychophysiology: including functional brain mapping and neuroimaging with Event-Related Potentials (ERPs), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Electroencephalographic studies.• Autonomic functions: including bilateral electrodermal activity, pupillometry and blood volume changes.• Cardiovascular Psychophysiology:including studies of blood pressure, cardiac functioning and respiration.• Somatic psychophysiology: including muscle activity, eye movements and eye blinks.Manuscripts will detail the study of physiological measures such as the ones mentioned, or others, along with a variety of behavioral measures that may include sensation and perception, learning, memory, evolution and development of behaviour, motivation and emotion, aggression and defence, interhemispheric relations, information processing, sleep, stress, psychopharmacology and psychophysiological disorders.Also considered will be papers on Clinical Psychophysiology (cognitive, affective and psychotic disorders and psychopharmacology), including applied Psychophysiology (eg, ergonomics) and effects of behavior on immune function.

The International Journal of Refrigeration is published for the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) by Elsevier. It is essential reading for all those wishing to keep abreast of research and industrial news in refrigeration, air conditioning and associated fields. This is particularly important in these times of rapid introduction of alternative refrigerants and the emergence of new technology. The journal has published special issues on alternative refrigerants and novel topics in the field of boiling, condensation, heat pumps, food refrigeration, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrocarbons, magnetic refrigeration at room temperature, sorptive cooling, and phase change materials and slurries.As well as original research papers the International Journal of Refrigeration also includes review articles, papers presented at IIR conferences, short reports and letters describing preliminary results and experimental details, and letters to the Editor on recent areas of discussion and controversy. Other features include forthcoming events, conference reports and book reviews.Papers are published in either English or French with the IIR news section in both languages.Months of publication: January, February, April, May, June, August, October and DecemberIndex bound in last issue of calendar year.Visit the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) homepage.

This Journal is established with a view to cater to increased awareness for high quality research in the seamless integration of heterogeneous technologies to formulate bankable solutions to the emergent complex engineering problems.Assurance engineering could be thought of as relating to the provision of higher confidence in the reliable and secure implementation of a system’s critical characteristic features through the espousal of a holistic approach by using a wide variety of cross disciplinary tools and techniques. Successful realization of sustainable and dependable products, systems and services involves an extensive adoption of Reliability, Quality, Safety and Risk related procedures for achieving high assurancelevels of performance: also pivotal are the management issues related to risk and uncertainty that govern the practical constraints encountered in their deployment. It is our intention to provide a platform for the modeling and analysis of large engineering systems, among the other aforementioned allied goals of systems assurance engineering, leading to the enforcement of performance enhancement measures. Achieving a fine balance between theory and practice is the primary focus. The Journal only publishes high quality papers that have passed the rigorous peer review procedure of an archival scientific Journal. The aim is an increasing number of submissions, wide circulation and a high impact factor.

Japan Journal of Research (ISSN 2690-8077) is an open access, peer-reviewed multidisciplinary natural science journal. The journal aims to provide a significant platform for publication of research findings in variety of research areas and disseminate knowledge across the globe. This journal will be resourceful for researchers, students and everyone with keen interest in keeping a track of original research and development work in their respective fields. 

Journal accepts articles from the following fields: 

Health Sciences: Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Toxicology, Veterinary Science, Psychology, etc. 

Life Sciences: Biology, Agriculture, Microbiology, Virology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, etc. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering: Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental science, Physics, Computer science, Energy, Astronomy, Mathematics, Material Science, Industrial Research, etc. 

Social Sciences: Arts & Humanity, Economics, Business, etc. 

The journal accepts all types of articles such as research, reviews, mini-reviews, case reports, letters to the editor, and commentaries, reports, etc. providing a single forum for discussion. The journal follows strict double blind peer review process to provide unbiased recognition of the work. All the articles will be freely available online immediately after acceptance. 

>>> Deutsche Print-Ausgabe und englische Online-Ausgabe / German print version and English online version Begrundet 1946 als Zeitschrift fur Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten Das JDDG fuhlt sich der klinischen Forschung und Lehre auf hochstem Niveau verpflichtet. Es veroffentlicht Beitrage aus einem breiten Spektrum von Spezialgebieten, wie Dermatovenerologie, Allergologie, Phlebologie, Dermatochirurgie, Dermatoonkologie und Dermatohistopathologie. Das JDDG dient vorwiegend der deutschsprachigen Dermatologenschaft in Klinik und Praxis und erscheint daher in der Print-Ausgabe komplett in deutscher Sprache. Um die deutschsprachige Dermatologie einer internationalen Leserschaft zuganglich zu machen, werden Originalien, Übersichtsartikel und Facharztwissen in der Online-Ausgabe in englischer Sprache publiziert. Oberstes Ziel ist die hohe fachliche Qualitat der Beitrage, die durch ein strenges Peer-Review-System gewahrleistet werden soll. Ein besonderes Anliegen fur Herausgeber und Verlag ist die Einhaltung sehr kurzer Publikationszeiten. Daruber hinaus bietet das JDDG einen umfangreichen Leser-Service mit berufs-relevanten Informationen zu Fort- und Weiterbildung, einem aktuellen Kongresskalender sowie Buchbesprechungen und Gesellschaftsnachrichten.

The Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation is a journal whose main focus is to present relevant information about the interdisciplinary approach to musculoskeletal rehabilitation for clinicians who treat patients with back and musculoskeletal pain complaints. It will provide readers with both 1) a general fund of knowledge on the assessment and management of specific problems and 2) new information considered to be state-of-the-art in the field. The intended audience is multidisciplinary as well as multi-specialty.In each issue clinicians can find information which they can use in their patient setting the very next day. Manuscripts are provided from a range of health care providers including those in physical medicine, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, neurosurgery, physical therapy, radiology, osteopathy, chiropractic and nursing on topics ranging from chronic pain to sports medicine. Diagnostic decision trees and treatment algorithms are encouraged in each manuscript. Controversial topics are discussed in commentaries and rebuttals. Associated areas such as medical-legal, worker's compensation and practice guidelines are included.The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, programme descriptions and cast studies. Letters to the editors, commentaries, and editorials are also welcomed. Manuscripts are peer reviewed. Constructive critiques are given to each author. Suggestions for thematic issues and proposed manuscripts are welcomed.

The Journal of Chiropractic Humanities (ISSN 1556-3499) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to providing a forum for the chiropractic profession to disseminate information dedicated to chiropractic humanities. The primary purpose of the Journal of Chiropractic Humanities is to foster scholarly debate and interaction within the chiropractic profession regarding the humanities, which includes history, philosophy, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, ethics, theory, sociology, comparative religions, and aspects of social sciences that address historical or philosophical approaches. The journal's objective is to fulfill this purpose through careful editorial review and publication of expert work, by creating legitimate dialogue in a field where adiversity of opinion exists, and by providing a professional forum for interaction of these views.The journal is currently indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Manual Alternative and Natural Therapy Index System (MANTIS), and the Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL).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

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies is the leading journal in the field, publishing high quality, and accessible articles on the latest European Integration issues. For 40 years the Journal has been the forum for the development and evaluation of theoretical and empirical issues in the politics and economics of European integration, focusing principally on developments within the EU. JCMS aims to achieve a disciplinary balance between political science, economics and international relations, including the various sub disciplines such as international political economy. The editors are also open to submissions based in other social science of legal disciplines. In addition to mainstream theoretical and empirical articles, the JCMS publishes shorter pieces in its European Agenda section which focus on specific policy areas or which report the results of specialised research projects. Each year a special issue is devoted to a comprehensive review of the activities of the European Union in the previous year. JCMS is committed to deepening the theoretical understanding of European integration. It will continue to develop as the primary forum for the analysis of all aspects relating to the process of European integration.