Journal Guide

Each year, Advances in Pediatrics brings you the best current thinking from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care. Volume 57 Highlights (coming Fall 2010)Foundations of Pediatrics: Fuller Albright, MDAdvances in the Management of Pain in Children: Chronic PainCoccidiodomycosisNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseDiabetic KetoacidosisTherapeutic Use of ImmunoglobulinsChildhood Injuries: Accidents and PoisoningsAdvances in Pediatric Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and ToxicologyPediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: An UpdateHemophiliaBridging Mental Health and Medical Care in Underserved Pediatric Populations: Three Integrative ModelsKetogenic DietThe GH/IGF-1 Axis in Growth and Development: New Insights Derived from Animal ModelsCochlear ImplantsSurgical Treatment of GERDFetal Diagnosis and Surgical InterventionControversies in the Evaluation of Young Children with FracturesDisaster PreparednessEditor-in-Chief:Michael S. KappyAssociate Editors:Lewis A. Barness, Leslie L. Barton, Enid Gilbert-Barness, and Moritz Ziegler

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of health information technologies and decision-making within the healthcare setting.

BMC Primary Care, previously known as BMC Family Practice, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of primary health care research. The journal has a special focus on clinical practice and decision-making, continuing professional education, eHealth, health services research in primary care settings, and health promotion.

JHOM supports the application of health organization and management research into practice from a diverse range of perspectives. JHOM provides an international forum for the exchange of innovative and methodologically diverse studies and analyses.

The Journal of Integrated Care (JICA) facilitates the dissemination of research and practice relevant information about the integration of health, social care and other community services to the benefit of service users, patients and health care providers.

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is ready to receive manuscripts on all aspects of economic evaluation in health care and also encourages submissions on health policy issues relating to resource allocation and the trade-offs between economic, ethical and social criteria for decision-making.

Physical Activity and Health is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open Access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon all disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Humanities & Social Sciences. Most article types can be considered. The overarching goal of the journal is to publish articles that help advance theoretical understanding of the control and organization of human movement, as well as health development, learning and rehabilitation.

Infectious Diseases of Poverty is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing topic areas and methods that address essential public health questions relating to infectious diseases of poverty. These include various aspects of the biology of pathogens and vectors, diagnosis and detection, treatment and case management, epidemiology and modeling, zoonotic hosts and animal reservoirs, control strategies and implementation, new technologies and application. Transdisciplinary or multisectoral effects on health systems, ecohealth, environmental management, and innovative technology are also considered.

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare provides excellent coverage of developments in telemedicine and e-health and is now widely recognised as the leading journal in its field. Contributions from around the world provide a unique perspective on how different countries and health systems are using new technology in health care. Sections within the journal include technology updates, editorials, original articles, research tutorials, educational material, review articles and reports from various telemedicine organisations. A subscription to this journal will help you to stay up-to-date in this fast moving and growing area of medicine.

Rated as one of the top ten journals in healthcare administration, Medical Care is devoted to all aspects of the administration and delivery of healthcare. This scholarly journal publishes original, peer-reviewed papers documenting the most current developments in the rapidly changing field of healthcare. Medical Care reports on the findings of original investigations into issues related to the research, planning, organization, financing, provision, and evaluation of health services.Ranked 5th among 62 in Health Care Sciences & Services with an Impact Factor of 3.194 (2008 Journal Citation Reports174;, Thomson Reuters, 2009)Website: www.lww-medicalcare.com.

The only journal targeted to clinical nurse specialists in their many roles;as clinician, consultant, educator, researcher, and executive;Clinical Nurse Specialist; helps nurses stay ahead with expert insights on what's best for their patients and best for their future.This journal addresses the role of the advanced practice nurse, regardless of specialty. From defining and justifying the role of the clinical nurse specialist to examining new methods of cost-effectiveness, Clinical Nurse Specialist; spans the field with original articles of the highest caliber. Special sections include pharmacology consult, books-at-a-glance, drug update, and new products and services.Members of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists receive the journal as a member benefit. For more information call 717-234-6799.

JACC: Advances provides a global forum for clinical research articles and timely reviews focused on advances in cardiovascular medicine. As an Open Access journal, its content is freely available, accelerating the translation of strong science into effective practice.

The Journal considers a broad range of original research articles, including applied clinical, epidemiological, and health care policy papers related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It strives to appeal to authors across the spectrum of the cardiovascular care team at every career stage.

Specific content areas of interest are as follows: arrhythmia and electrophysiology, cardio-obstetrics, cardiovascular surgery, congenital heart disease, coronary heart disease, critical care cardiology, digital health and health technology, genetics and genomics, geriatric cardiology, global health, health services and outcomes research, heart failure, cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, molecular cardiology, neurocardiology, pediatric cardiology, preventative cardiology, sports cardiology, valvular heart disease, vascular medicine and emerging fields in cardiovascular medicine.