Journal Guide

The Journal of Immunotherapy publishes basic scientific and clinical studies of the immunologic response to tumors and other diseases. It addresses the latest advances in basic cytokine research (interferons, interleukins, and newly described factors); immune regulation; immune response to diseases and associated antigens; growth factors and their receptors; hematopoietic factors; monoclonal antibodies; therapeutic studies in animal models; immunotherapy research, including active immunization and adaptive immunotherapy in animal models and humans; and clinical trials. 160;.

Manuscripts from key conferences dealing with cancer and closely related research fields, or a related group of papers on specific subjects of importance to cancer research, are considered for publication, with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are submitted exclusively to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs. All material submitted for consideration will be subject to review, when appropriate, by at least one outside reviewer and one member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Opinions expressed by authors are not necessarily those of the publisher or the editors.

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multi-media information portal that provides original research, reviews and debate relating to clinically-relevant aspects of sport and exercise medicine. We contribute to innovation (research), education (teaching and learning) and knowledge translation (implementing research into practice and policy). We use web, print, video and audio material to serve the international sport and exercise medicine community.

Chinese Geographical Science is an international journal that has been published in China since 1991. It covers all fields of geography, and publishes original research papers, review articles, research reports, and academic activities. The journal helps readers keep up to date with the latest worldwide geographical research achievements, and reports on new development and changes related to geography in the course of China's economic development. It also makes available Chinese geographical information for the study of global issues and regional comparisons.

AIDS Research and Therapy is an open access, peer reviewed journal publishing basic science and clinically important research articles to help abate the spread of AIDS. The journal is edited by Kailash C. Gupta with the assistance of an expert Editorial Board, including Deputy Editor Greg T. Spear, and Section Editors Edward A. Berger (Basic Science), Genoveffa Franchini (Vaccines), Magnus Gisslen (Neuro-AIDS), Richard Koup (Therapeutics), and John J. Rossi (Novel treatment strategies).

Dendrochronologia is an international scholarly journal in tree-ring research. It publishes high-quality original research dealing with growth rings of woody plants and the application of tree-ring studies to problems in a wide variety of fields including, but not limited to, archaeology, botany, climatology, ecology, forestry, geology and hydrology. Original research articles, reviews, communications, technical notes and personal notes are considered for publication.

The journal Geography and Natural Resources publishes information on research results in the field of geographical studies of nature, the economy, and the population. It provides ample coverage of the geographical aspects relating to solving major economic problems, with special emphasis on regional nature management and environmental protection, geographical forecasting, integral regional research developments, a modelling of natural processes, and on the advancement of mapping techniques. The journal publishes contributions on monitoring studies, geographical research abroad, as well as discussions on the theory of science.

The journal welcomes reports of original research with a clinical emphasis, including observational studies, clinical trials, and advances in applied and basic laboratory research: the journal particularly welcomes important basic research that contributes to the understanding of coronary artery disease. Issues can contain an in-depth review on a major topic of current interest. These Reviews in Depth are prepared under the editorship of invited specialists, who commission a group of five to six leading workers in the field to contribute articles providing a concise yet in-depth overview of an aspect of the topic under review.

The primary aim of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is to publish high-quality research, reviews and commentaries that substantially advance our understanding of environmental health science.

The environmental health sciences include a broad array of disciplines, from bench science to observational research. Our original research articles and commentaries typically come from the following disciplines, and include a focus on the implications of the work on human health:

• Experimental toxicology
• Epidemiology
• Exposure science
• Risk assessment

However, we are open to submissions from any established or emerging discipline that examines the relationship between the environment and human health.

Environmental Health Perspectives is an open access journal. All article publishing charges (APCs) will be waived for manuscripts submitted to the journal through the end of 2026.

Scientific African is a peer reviewed, open access, inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal that is dedicated to expanding access to African research, increasing intra-African scientific collaboration, and building academic research capacity in Africa. The journal aims to provide a modern, highly-visible platform for publishing pan-African research and welcomes submissions from all scientific disciplines in the following broad categories:

AGF - Agriculture and Food Security
CHE - Chemistry
CON - Conservation and Sustainability Studies
ECO - Economics and Business
ENV - Environmental and Geosciences
ITE - Information Technology and Engineering
LIF - Life and Health Sciences
MAT - Mathematics
PHY - Physical Sciences
SOC - Social Sciences and Policy

Sleep and Biological Rhythms is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Sleep Research, and publishes original research articles dealing with sleep and wakefulness, including biological rhythms. Papers in basic science, medicine and social science relating to sleep and/or biological rhythms will be considered for publication. Both members and non-members of the Japanese Society of Sleep Research are welcome to submit papers to the journal.

TOP is the official journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research. International in focus, the journal publishes original findings in operations research and management sciences. Contributions investigate either mathematical issues or applications to real-world decision-making problems. The topics covered are continuous and discrete optimization, games, decision theory, logistics, production planning, stochastic models, simulation, and OR applications.Officially cited as: Top

Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education.The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives.Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal's high academic and ethical standards.The journal employs a double blind peer review process for all submissions and its current Impact Factor is 1.218 making it one of the leading nursing education journals (© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2013).

The Journal of Nanoparticle Research is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that explores the specific concepts, properties, phenomena and processes of structures at the nanoscale size range. Coverage includes synthesis, assembly, transport, reactivity, and stability, and emphasizes realization and application of systems, structures and devices with novel functions obtained via precursor nanoparticles. The Journal fosters the interdisciplinary dissemination of knowledge by encouraging synergetic approaches originating from a wide range of disciplines, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Health Care. Perspectives now available for free onlinePerspective articles have a wide breadth of appeal because they evaluate research, industrial and societal trends centered around nanotechnology. See the bigger picture!

The rapid growth of interest in medicinal mushrooms research is matched by the large number of disparate groups that currently publish in a wide range of publications. The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms is the one source of information that will draw together all aspects of this exciting and expanding field - a source that will keep you up to date with the latest issues and practice. The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms published original research articles and critical reviews on a broad range of subjects pertaining to medicinal mushrooms, including systematics, nomenclature, taxonomy, morphology, medicinal value, biotechnology, and much more. Papers on new techniques that might promote experimental progress in the aforementioned field are also welcomed. In addition to full-length reports of original research, the journal publishes short communications and interesting case reports, together with literature reviews. Letters to the editor on topics of interest to readers are also published.

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JJIAM) is a Japan-based international forum for the expression of new ideas and original research across a range of mathematical topics. The journal publishes articles offering new insight into mathematical structures of phenomena in natural, social and industrial sciences, content linking real-world phenomena and mathematics through modeling and analysis, and research that impacts the development of mathematical sciences. Coverage extends to applied mathematical analysis, computational techniques and industrial mathematics including dynamical systems, discrete and experimental mathematics, asymptotic analysis, mathematical finance, mathematical biology, mathematical medicine, numerical analysis, computational algorithms, optimization, scientific computation, applied optimization, operations research, algorithms, simulation and approximation, and more. JJIAM is the journal of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

PIA is moving to a new publisher. The journal is still accepting submissions - please contact Chloe Ward.

Papers from the Institute of Archaeology (PIA) is a peer reviewed, open access journal that publishes research on all aspects of archaeology, museum studies, cultural heritage and conservation. We publish research papers and short reports. We also welcome reviews of conferences, exhibitions and books. We accept online submissions via the journal website. See the author guidelines for further information or contact the editorial team.

Run by doctoral students at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, the aim of PIA is to provide authors with experience in publishing articles early in their careers. We therefore place extra emphasis on the provision of peer review feedback and editorial assistance. We publish online as soon as articles are ready, so there is no delay in research being released and submissions can be sent throughout the year.

The journal is fully indexed, blind peer-reviewed and fully open access. The PIA would like to thank all of our peer reviewers and copy editors for their time and invaluable expertise.

ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology relevant to applications of polymers.

The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates fundamental knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into important polymer applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses relationships among structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, properties, and function as well as work that provide insights into mechanisms critical to the performance of the polymer for applications. Sample research topics that span the journal's scope are but not limited to:

• Polymer applications in energy storage and conversion
• Separations
• Membranes
• Adhesives
• Functional coatings
• Sensing
• Adaptive and reconfigurable materials

The journal also considers novel approaches to the synthesis of new and existing polymers that are designed for specific applications.

Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism is primarily a journal of clinical and experimental pharmacology and therapeutics covering the interrelated areas of diabetes, obesity and metabolism. The journal prioritises high-quality original research that reports on the effects of new or existing therapies, including dietary, exercise and lifestyle (non-pharmacological) interventions, in any aspect of metabolic and endocrine disease, either in humans or animal and cellular systems. 'Metabolism' may relate to lipids, bone and drug metabolism, or broader aspects of endocrine dysfunction. Preclinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetic studies, meta-analyses and those addressing drug safety and tolerability are also highly suitable for publication in this journal. Original research may be published as a main paper or as a research letter.

Artery Research is the official journal of the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology and promotes the advancement of knowledge and dissemination of information concerning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, detection, investigation and treatment of arterial structure and function.For further information on the Association, please go to http://www.arterysociety.org.The journal publishes original articles, review articles, case-studies, letters to the Editor and short communications.All submitted material is subject to a strict peer-review process.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: 1,260** Figure is an average based on full text articles downloaded monthly via ScienceDirect between October 2012 and October 2013