Journal Guide

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

The scope of International Soil and Water Conservation Research includes research, strategies, and technologies for prediction, prevention, and protection of soil and water resources. It deals with identification, characterization, and modeling; dynamic monitoring and evaluation; assessment and management of conservation practice and creation and implementation of quality standards.

Examples of appropriate topical areas include (but are not limited to):

• Soil erosion and its control
• Watershed management
• Water resources assessment and management
• Nonpoint-source pollution
• Conservation models, tools, and technologies
• Conservation agricultural
• Soil health resources, indicators, assessment, and management
• Land degradation
• Sedimentation
• Sustainable development
• Literature review on topics related soil and water conservation research

The Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (JDMM) aims to be the leading international journal for the study of tourist destinations by providing a critical understanding of all aspects of their marketing and management, as they are situated in their particular policy, planning, economic, geographical and historical contexts.JDMM seeks to develop a robust theoretical understanding of destination marketing and management by harnessing knowledge drawn from the full breadth of disciplinary approaches to the study of destinations. It seeks to foster a critical development of the domain, expand the frontiers of knowledge in the field and provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas.The objective of JDMM is therefore to publish up-to-date, high-quality, original research papers and reviews. As such, the journal aspires to be vibrant, engaging and accessible, yet at the same time integrative and challenging. Those involved in the interdisciplinary approach of marketing and management, economic development and planning, geography, sociology, psychology, anthropology, retailing, policy making and public administration of tourist destinations will find the journal of particular interest.

The Journal aims to publish the best research on international development issues in a form that is accessible to practitioners and policy-makers as well as to an academic audience. The main focus is on the social sciences - economics, politics, international relations, sociology and anthropology, as well as development studies - but we also welcome articles that blend the natural and social sciences in addressing the challenges for development. The Journal does not represent any particular school, analytical technique or methodological approach, but aims to publish high quality contributions to ideas, frameworks, policy and practice, including in transitional countries and underdeveloped areas of the Global North as well as the Global South. The Journal has two special features: Field Reports, which are short articles contributing to development policy and practice, and invited Policy Arenas, which comprise several articles focusing on a theme with a policy dimension. The Journal is published in association with the Development Studies Association.

The Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed scholarly journal, which publishes original research papers, policy discussions and book reviews that enhance the understanding of immigration, settlement and integration and that contribute to policy development. The Journal of International Migration and Integration consistently covers a wide array of subject areas, including labor market integration, refugee status in various nations, adaptation strategies of immigrants in industrialized settings, racial and gender variations in migration, the role of social work in the integration of new citizens, and retention of ethnic and older national identities in new environments. These are issues of concern throughout the world. The journal looks at the social world with a fresh vision enhanced by the basic and applied social sciences. JIMI welcomes papers based on original research, critital policy debates and comparative analyses. Submissions and subscriptions are open to all.

Consistently highly ranked in the Management section ISI Journal Citation Reports, the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) is a globally respected journal with a long established history of innovation and excellence in management research. International in scope and readership, the JMS is a multidisciplinary journal, publishing articles on organization theory and behaviour, strategic and human resource management - from empirical studies and theoretical developments to practical applications. In recent years, Journal of Management Studies has enhanced its reputation as a vibrant, cutting-edge, high quality international journal. JMS has an inclusive ethos seeking innovative and novel papers and is open to a wide range of methodological approaches and philosophical underpinnings. The journal provides: in-depth coverage of organizational problems and organization theory; reports on the latest developments in strategic management and planning; cross-cultural comparisons of organizational effectiveness; and concise reviews of the latest publications in management studies as well as lively debate in topical and important issues on management.

Midwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families. The journal’s publications support midwives and maternity care providers to explore and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes informed by best available evidence.Midwifery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and discussion of advances in evidence, controversies and current research, and promotes continuing education through publication of systematic and other scholarly reviews and updates. Midwifery articles cover the cultural, clinical, psycho-social, sociological, epidemiological, education, managerial, workforce, organizational and technological areas of practice in preconception, maternal and infant care.The journal welcomes the highest quality scholarly research that employs rigorous methodology. Midwifery is a leading international journal in midwifery and maternal health with a current impact factor of 1.116 (© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2013) and employs a double-blind peer review process.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology is an international fully Open Access peer-reviewed journal publishing original research and review articles of interest to the international community in the field of palaeontology. Manuscripts with palaeontological analyses comprising global data are equally welcome as such that document high-quality palaeontological data in a regional context. The diversity of published articles is reflected by the members of our editorial board.

We welcome contributions of all fields of palaeontology including alpha taxonomy & systematics, palaeobiology, palaeobiodiversity, palaeoenvironmemt, biostratigraphy, conservation palaeontology, palaeontological methodolgy, etc. including palaeontological studies employing up-to-date methods such as CT- or synchrotron-scanning, geochemical analyses and complex phylogenetic analyses.

The Swiss Journal of Palaeontology publishes Special Issues and also longer articles. Contact us if you have a proposal for special issues and proceedings volumes.

The Commission for the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology has funds available for outstanding contributions and review articles from researchers who lack funding for fully OA publication.

 
An international editorial team as well as guest editors guarantee that the thematic issues as well as all articles in regular issues are peer-reviewed and meet the highest standards.

BJPIR provides an outlet for the best of British political science and of political science on Britain Founded in 1999, BJPIR is now based in the School of Politics at the University of Nottingham. It is a major refereed journal published by Wiley-Blackwell under the auspices of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom. BJPIR is committed to acting as a broadly-based outlet for the best of British political science and of political science on Britain. A fully refereed journal, it publishes topical, scholarly work on significant debates in British scholarship and on all major political issues affecting Britain's relationship to Europe and the world. As well as publishing submitted articles, BJPIR addresses developments in politics and international relations in its State of the Discipline surveys and offers up-to-the-minute commentary in its Controversy section. Annual Special Issues afford an opportunity to explore areas of particular interests for the Journal's readers. BJPIR aims to provide authors with a decision on papers within four months of receipt of manuscripts.

The History of the Family: An International Quarterly makes a significant contribution by publishing works reflecting new developments in scholarship and by charting new directions in the historical study of the family. Further emphasizing the international developments in historical research on the family, the Quarterly encourages articles on comparative research across various cultures and societies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim, in addition to Europe, the United States and Canada, as well as work in the context of global history. While firmly rooted in history, the Quarterly is interdisciplinary; it publishes articles on historical anthropology, historical sociology, economic history and psychology as they relate to the family and the life course. The History of the Family: An International Quarterly publishes essays submitted by individual authors as well as special topical issues on the history of the family, the household and kinship, marriage, childhood and youth, life course and aging, and historical demography as it relates to the family. The Quarterly also publishes book review essays, methodological reports, descriptions of databases and other source materials and conference reports.

The International Journal of Human Rights covers an exceptionally broad spectrum of human rights issues: human rights and the law, race, religion, gender, children, class, refugees and immigration. In addition to these general areas, the journal publishes articles and reports on the human rights aspects of: genocide, torture, capital punishment and the laws of war and war crimes. To encourage debate, the editors publish Forum pieces and discussion papers from authorative writers in the field. They also welcome comments, reflections, thematic essays and review articles and critical surveys of the literature.The journal is essential reading for academics and students of political science and international law, officers in relevant NGOs, lawyers, politicians and civil servants, human rights activists, and the interested general public.Peer ReviewAll primary research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and evaluation by at least one anonymous referee. Review articles, comment pieces, and reports are assessed by the journal' editors.

The Lancet is the world's leading independent general medical journal. The journal's coverage is international in focus and extends to all aspects of human health.The Lancet publishes the original primary research and review articles of the highest standard. The Lancet is stringently edited and peer-reviewed to ensure the scientific merit and clinical relevance of its diverse content. Drawing on an international network of advisers and contributors, The Lancet meets the needs of physicians by adding to their clinical knowledge and alerting them to current issues affecting the practice of medicine worldwide. The blend of challenging editorials, signed commentaries, original research, commissioned reviews, an international news section, and the views of readers in the letters pages make The Lancet an essential weekly read for physicians all over the world.The Lancet has an impact factor of 39.060. The journal is currently ranked second out of 153 journals in the general medicine category (2012 Journal Citation Reports, © Thomson Reuters 2013).Visit The Lancet's website at www.TheLancet.com to find out more.

“Acta Haematologica Polonica” (AHP) is a peer-reviewed, English language, gold open-access journal. It is the official bimonthly of the Polish Society of Haematologists and Transfusiologists as well as the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine. The Journal has been associated with haematology and transfusion since 1970. AHP publishes original research articles, clinical vignettes, and reviews. "Acta Haematologica Polonica" covers areas of physiology and pathology in hematology and transfusion medicine, among other leucocytes, erythrocytes, platelets, immune system, mechanisms of hemostasis and clinical aspects of haematological malignancies. Journal publishes:  original studies, reviews, expert guidelines, short communications, clinical vignettes, letters to the Editor, and editorials.

Peer-reviewed and published quarterly, Acta Neurologica Belgicapresents original articles in the clinical and basic neurosciences, and also reports the proceedings and the abstracts of the scientific meetings of the different partner societies. The contents include commentaries, editorials, review articles, case reports, neuro-images of interest, book reviews and letters to the editor.Acta Neurologica Belgica is the official journal of the following national societies:

Belgian Neurological SocietyBelgian Society for NeuroscienceBelgian Society of Clinical NeurophysiologyBelgian Pediatric Neurology SocietyBelgian Study Group of Multiple SclerosisBelgian Stroke CouncilBelgian Headache SocietyBelgian Study Group of Neuropathology

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases is a monthly publication of the French Society of Cardiology, edited by Elsevier.The Journal publishes original peer-reviewed clinical and research articles, epidemiological studies, new methodological clinical approaches, review articles, editorials and Images in cardiovascular medicine. Topics covered include coronary artery and valve diseases, interventional and pediatric cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, cardiomyopathy and heart failure, arrhythmias and stimulation, cardiovascular imaging, vascular medicine and hypertension, epidemiology and risk factors, and large multicenter studies. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases also publishes abstracts of papers presented at the annual sessions of the Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie and the guidelines edited by the French Society of Cardiology.

Digestive Endoscopy is published four times per year by Wiley-Blackwell Asia on behalf of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy and the World Endoscopy Organization. Digestive Endoscopy is a journal for both gastrointestinal and surgical endoscopists focusing on new developments in gastrointestinal endoscopy through the publication of invited reviews from around the world. This will be supplemented by original articles and case reports of exceptional or unique interests. All articles are peer-reviewed by at least two experts in the field of the submitted paper.

Indian Journal of Transplantation is the official journal of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation with Editorial Office situated at Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. Indian Journal of Transplantation is published quarterly in March, June, September and December by Elsevier India. Through this journal, the society aims to provide experienced insights and reviews regarding liver, kidney, bone marrow, heart and lung transplantations to the readers. The journal also provides transplant practitioners and researchers an opportunity to share valuable, experienced and recent views about organ transplantations with fellow medical practitioners, post graduate students, educational institutions, libraries and hospitals. Indian Journal of Transplantation is circulated to over 1000 readers in the Organ Transplant community in India and abroad.

Neurology India (ISSN 0028-3886) is Bimonthly publication of Neurological Society of India. Neurology India, the show window of the progress of Neurological Sciences in India, has successfully completed 50 years of publication in the year 2002. ‘Neurology India’, along with the Neurological Society of India, has grown stronger with the passing of every year. The full articles of the journal are now available on internet with more than 20000 visitors in a month and the journal is indexed in MEDLINE and Index Medicus, Current Contents, Neuroscience Citation Index and EMBASE in addition to 10 other indexing avenues. This specialty journal reaches to about 2000 neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-psychiatrists, and others working in the fields of neurology. The journal is also subscribed by major hospitals and colleges in India.

For over 50 years the New Zealand Geographer has been the internationally refereed journal of the New Zealand Geographical Society. The Society represents professional geographers in academic, school, business, government, community and other spheres in New Zealand and the South Pacific. The journal publishes academic papers on aspects of the physical, human and environmental geographies, and landscapes, of its region; commentaries and debates; discussions of educational questions and scholarship of concern to geographers; short interventions and assessments of topical matters of interest to university and high school teachers; and book reviews.

Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas is the official journal of the Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology, the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy and the Spanish Association of Digestive Ecography.The journal firstly appeared in 1918. It was founded by professors R. Luis Y Yagüe, Fidel Fernández and L. Urrutia. It has been publishing manuscripts monthly (12 numbers a year) without interruption since 1944 and it has been declared of public interest.Its main objective is to increase and update knowledge in the area of the gastrointestinal tract, specially in the fields of digestive surgery, digestive endoscopy, digestive ecography and internal medicine. The abbreviated title is Rev. esp. enferm. dig. and it should be used in bibliography. .