Journal Guide

BISE (Business & Information Systems Engineering) is an international scholarly and double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific research on the effective and efficient design and utilization of information systems by individuals, groups, enterprises, and society for the improvement of social welfare. Information systems are understood as socio-technical systems comprising tasks, people, and information technology. Research published in the journal examines relevant problems in the analysis, design, implementation, and management of information systems.

Cancer Science (formerly Japanese Journal of Cancer Research) aims to present research that has a significant clinical impact on oncologists or that may alter the disease concept of a tumor. The Journal publishes original articles and editorials, letters to the editor, review articles and reports describing original research in the fields of basic, translational and clinical cancer.   Subject categories include:

• Basic and Clinical Immunology
• Carcinogenesis
• Cell, Molecular, and Stem Cell Biology
• Clinical Research
• Drug Discovery and Delivery
• Epidemiology and Prevention
• Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics
• Inflammation and Virology
• Pathology

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original case reports covering the entire spectrum of nephrology and dialysis, including genetic susceptibility, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment or prevention, toxicities of therapy, critical care, supportive care, quality-of-life, and survival issues. The journal will also accept case reports dealing with the use of novel technologies, both in the area of diagnosis and treatment. In this forum, clinicians and researchers can communicate their findings to a broader neurology community. The authors may also provide supplementary material free of charge.

This peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishes original case reports covering the entire spectrum of ophthalmology, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, therapy, supportive care, and quality-of-life issues. Case Reports in Ophthalmology provides clinicians and researchers with a platform to disseminate their findings to a broader ophthalmology community. In addition to single case studies, the journal also accepts papers discussing case series and case reports dealing with the use of novel technologies, both in the area of diagnosis and treatment. Submission of negative results may be considered. Supplementary material is welcomed.

Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra is an Open Access and online-only journal that focuses on informing the practice of stroke medicine and patient care in different world regions. This journal accepts original research papers, reviews, case series of particular interest, commentaries on clinical topics, case-based ethical issues, practice management tips, novel systems of care, and health policy discussions. Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra publishes content based on both independent submissions and submissions transferred from Cerebrovascular Diseases.

The European Journal of Industrial Relations, edited by Richard Hyman, is the principal English-language forum for the analysis of key developments in European industrial relations and their theoretical and practical implications. EJIR is essential reading for both academics and practitioners concerned with current and emergent trends in industrial and employment relations in Europe and elsewhere.

EJIM is the first international journal devoted entirely to fostering an understanding of issues in international management theory and practice in the newly expanded European arena, including the underrepresented regions of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, and to providing both conceptual and functional implications for further development of research, teaching practices, and managerial techniques. EJIM also solicits literature that allows for a broader interpretation of research: it welcomes papers that introduce a more European perspective through qualitative and interdisciplinary contributions.

European Neurology publishes research papers, reviews, and letters to the editor that address the entire spectrum of research and practice in neurology. The journal covers clinical aspects of diseases of the nervous system and muscles, as well as their neuropathological, biochemical, and electrophysiological basis. European Neurology also evaluates new diagnostic probes, pharmacological and surgical treatments from clinical evidence, and basic investigative studies. The journal features original works and reviews on the history of neurology.

Experimental Neurology, a Journal of Neuroscience Research, publishes original research in neuroscience with a particular emphasis on novel findings in neural development, regeneration, plasticity and transplantation. The journal has focused on research concerning basic mechanisms underlying neurological disorders.US National Institutes of Health (NIH) voluntary posting ("Public Access") policyExperimental Neurology and Elsevier facilitate the author's response to the NIH Public Access Policy. For more details please see the Guide for authors

A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal's content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, publishing:

Fibre Chemistry publishes original research and review articles in the field of man-made fibre production and application. The journal offers scientific and technical articles on the following aspects: chemistry, technology, machinery and economics of man-made production; the initial monomers and polymers; the properties of man-made fibres and their processing in various industry branches (textiles, rubber, composites, etc). Fibre Chemistry is a translation of the Russian journal Khimicheskie Volokna.The Russian Volume Year is published in English from April. All articles are peer-reviewed.

First Language is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes the highest quality original research in child language acquisition. Child language research is multidisciplinary and this is reflected in the contents of the journal: research from diverse theoretical and methodological traditions is welcome. Authors from a wide range of disciplines - including psychology, linguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, neuroscience, communication, sociology and education - are regularly represented in our pages.

French Cultural Studies is designed to respond to the important changes that have affected the study of French culture, language and society in all sections of the education system. The journal encourages and provides a forum for the full range of work being done on all aspects of modern French culture. The study of literature has a place in the journal, but particular prominence is given to areas such as cinema, television, the press, the visual arts, popular culture, and cultural and intellectual debate.

Frontiers of Mathematics in China reports on recent advances in the field of mathematics. It covers all the main branches of mathematics, both pure and applied, presenting core areas, such as geometry, algebra, and number theory, as well as applied areas, such as statistics, numerical analysis, and mathematical biology.In addition, the journal features papers in developing and promising fields as well as papers showing the interaction between different fields of mathematics, or the interaction between mathematics and science and engineering. The journal shall be an ideal platform for mathematical researchers, investigators and even strategists who want to know more about the rapid, strong and substantial mathematical achievements in China.

Functional Analysis and its Applications contains articles devoted to current problems of functional analysis, including representation theory, theory of abstract and functional spaces, theory of operators, spectral theory, theory of operator equations, and the theory of normed rings. The journal also covers the most important applications of functional analysis in mathematics, mechanics, and theoretical physics. Founded by I. M. Gel'fand in 1967, Functional Analysis and its Applications is a translation of the peer-reviewed Russian journal Funktsional'Nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, a publication of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Glass Physics and Chemistry (Fizika i Khimiya Stekla) is published bimonthly by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Silicate Chemistry. Established in 1975, this journal presents results of structural, physical, and chemical properties in inorganic materials (glasses, ceramics, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, high temperature oxides and coatings) and phase equilibrium in inorganic system by Russian and foreign authors. Now published concurrently in English translation, the journal widens its availability to a worldwide community of glass scientists.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles includes papers in the broad areas of global change involving the geosphere and biosphere. The journal focuses on research at large geographic scales. Marine, hydrologic, atmospheric, extraterrestrial, geologic, biologic, and human causes of and response to environmental change on time scales of tens, thousands, and millions of years are the purview of the journal.

Global Social Policy is a fully peer-reviewed journal that advances the understanding of the transnational dimensions of social policy, social development, and social governance. The Journal publishes scholarly, policy-oriented articles that focus on aspects of social policy and social governance broadly defined in both contemporary and historical contexts.

Established as the leading journal in the field, Glycobiology provides a unique forum dedicated to research into the biological functions of glycans, including glycoproteins, glycolipids, proteoglycans and free oligosaccharides, and on proteins that specifically interact with glycans (including lectins, glycosyltransferases, and glycosidases).Glycobiology is essential reading for researchers in biomedicine, basic science, and the biotechnology industries. By providing a single forum, the journal aims to improve communication between glycobiologists working in different disciplines and to increase the overall visibility of the field.

MAPAN-Journal Metrology Society of India is a quarterly publication. It is exclusively devoted to Metrology (Scientific, Industrial or Legal). It has been fulfilling an important need of Metrologists and particularly of quality practitioners by publishing exclusive articles on scientific, industrial and legal metrology. The journal publishes research communication or technical articles of current interest in measurement science; original work, tutorial or survey papers in any metrology related area; reviews and analytical studies in metrology; case studies on reliability, uncertainty in measurements; and reports and results of intercomparison and proficiency testing.