Journal Guide

Environmental Modelling & Software publishes contributions, in the form of research articles, reviews and short communications, on recent advances in environmental modelling and/or software. The aim is to improve our capacity to represent, understand, predict or manage the behaviour of environmental systems at all practical scales, and to communicate those improvements to a wide scientific and professional audience.

Biology Direct considers original research articles, hypotheses, comments, discovery notes and reviews in selected subject areas, and will eventually cover the full spectrum of biology. Subject areas already launched include: Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - Edited by Eugene Koonin, Laura Landweber, & David Lipman Immunology - Edited by Neil S Greenspan & David R Kaplan Mathematical Biology - Edited by Marek Kimmel

BIOLOGY OF SPORT publishes reports of methodological and experimental work on science of sport, natural sciences, medicine and pharmacology, technical siences, biocybernetics and application of statistics and psychology, with priority for inter-discyplinary papers. Brief reviews of monographic papers on problems of sport, information on recent developments in research equipment and training aids, are also published. Papers are invided from researchers, coaches and all authors engaged in problems of trining effects, selection in sport as well as biological and social effects of athletic activity durning various periods of man's ontogenetic development.

Biomacromolecules is the leading forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research at the interface of polymer science and biology. Submissions to Biomacromolecules should contain strong elements of innovation in terms of macromolecular design, synthesis and characterization, or in the application of polymer materials to biology and medicine.

Topics covered by Biomacromolecules include, but are not exclusively limited to:

• Sustainable polymers
• Natural and renewable polymers
• Chitin, chitosan, lignin, tannin, and polyaromatic polymers
• Degradable and recyclable polymers
• Polymer conjugates
• Polymeric drugs
• Polymers in biocatalysis
• Biomacromolecular assembly
• Biomimetic polymers
• Polymer-biomineral hybrids
• Bioactive polymer surfaces
• Original polymer design for biomedical applications
• Polymers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Polymeric scaffolds
• Hydrogels for cell culture and delivery

Biophysics covers a wide scope of problems related to the main physical mechanisms of processes taking place on different organization levels in biosystems. It includes structure and dynamics of molecules, cells and tissues: the influence of environment: energy transformation and transfer: thermodynamics: biological motility: population dynamics and cell differentiation modeling: biomechanics and tissue rheology: non-linear phenomena, mathematical cybernetics modeling of complex systems: computational biology. Biophysics exercises a multidisciplinary approach and presents the complete pattern of relevant basic research in former Soviet and Eastern European countries. The Letters to the Editor section is dedicated to rapid publications of special interest. Reviews and mini-reviews are devoted to problems of general interest. The size of manuscripts is not limited.

Blood Pressure Monitoring contains papers dealing with all aspects of manual, automated and ambulatory monitoring with an emphasis on clinical medicine. It is devoted to original research covering blood pressure measurement and blood pressure variability.Sections are dedicated to: evaluation of blood pressure and heart rate measurement devices; analytic methodology of blood pressure over time and its variability; clinical pharmacology and therapeutics; clinical practice and epidemiology; and health policy and economics.Website: www.bpmonitoring.com.

Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute has been issued since 1970. It promptly publishes results of new original experimental and theoretical investigations carried out at the Lebedev Physics Institute, the Prokhorov General Physics Institute, and the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. All papers undergo careful examination by leading experts in the corresponding field. Articles cover all topics of physics. The following are the main subject headings: Theoretical Physics; Atomic and Molecular Physics; Nuclear Physics; Optics; Lasers; Condensed Matter Physics; Physics of Solids; Biophysics.

Metal Powder Report covers the powder metallurgy industry worldwide. Each issue carries news and features on technical trends in the manufacture, research and use of metal powders.Metal Powder Report is recognised by parts manufacturers and end-users worldwide for authoritative and high quality reporting and analysis of the international powder metallurgy industry.Included in your Metal Powder Report subscription will be the PM World Directory. This extensive directory will provide you with a valuable comprehensive guide to suppliers of materials, equipment and services to the PM industry.

Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) publishes peer-reviewed articles concerned with brain and behavioral issues relevant to the broad field of education. Edited by an editorial board internationally recognized scholars and practitioners from the variety of disciplines represented in the field of mind, brain and education. MBE provides a forum for the accessible presentation of basic and applied research on learning and development, including analyses from biology, cognitive science, and education.

IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is a bimonthly publication. It publishes in February, April, June, August, October, and December of each year. The magazine covers a wide variety of topics in instrumentation, measurement, and systems that measure or instrument equipment or other systems. The magazine has the goal of providing readable introductions and overviews of technology in instrumentation and measurement to a wide engineering audience. It does this through articles, tutorials, columns, and departments. Its goal is to cross disciplines to encourage further research and development in instrumentation and measurement.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology presents multidisciplinary and dynamic findings in the broad fields of experimental medicine and biology. The wide variety in meeting proceedings it presents offers readers multiple perspectives on a variety of disciplines including neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, biomedical engineering and cancer research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology has been publishing exceptional works in the field for over 30 years and is indexed in Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts, CSA, Biological Sciences and Living Resources (ASFA-1), and Biological Sciences. The series also provides scientists with up to date information on emerging topics and techniques.

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders is a leading international forum for reports of new research findings and new approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Contributions fall within all relevant scientific fields and clinical specialties, including neurobiology, neurochemistry, molecular biology, neurology, neuropathology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, gerontology, and geriatrics. Rigorous peer review of articles is ensured by an international Editorial Advisory Board of eminent scientists and clinicians. Website: www.alzheimerjournal.com.

Astronomy and Geophysics (A&G) seeks to publish concise reviews of recent scientific progress, written by active researchers and those involved in the development of the field. We are looking for overviews of cutting-edge research that enable astronomers and geophysicists to keep up with developments in different fields. Potential authors should contact the Editor (s.bowler@leeds.ac.uk). We also seek short news items, topical and relevant to the interests of professional astronomers and geophysicists, letters on matters of interest to the community, and brief reports from meetings. Obituaries of distinguished fellows of the RAS and others are published in A&G; the RAS Council selects subjects and authors.

Lingua e Stile was founded in 1966 by Luigi Heilmann and Ezio Raimondi as a meeting point between philosophy of language, linguistics and literary criticism. In 2002, in a very different cultural context, it launched a new biannual series dedicated to the history of the Italian language. The series encompasses various rigorous methodological approaches and presents studies, with a broad range of themes, dedicated to the history of language and dialects in Italy. It also provides a forum for research that touches upon other disciplines, including literary criticism, dialectology, sociolinguistics and philology.

Helicobacter is edited by Professor David Y Graham. The editorial and peer review process is an independent process. Whenever there is a conflict of interest, the editor and editorial board will declare their interests and affiliations. Helicobacter recognises the critical role that has been established for Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and primary gastric lymphoma. As new helicobacter species are now regularly being discovered, Helicobacter covers the entire range of helicobacter research, increasing communication among the fields of.

For a practical focus that can enhance your daily work in delivering specialized nutrition support, read Nutrition in Clinical Practice (NCP).NCP is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary publication that publishes articles about the scientific basis and clinical application of nutrition and nutrition support. NCP contains comprehensive reviews, clinical research, case observations, and other types of papers written by experts in the field of nutrition and health care practitioners involved in the delivery of specialized nutrition support.

Sociologia Ruralis reflects the diversity of European social-science research on rural areas and related issues. The complexity and diversity of rural problems require multi and interdisciplinary approaches. Over the past 40 years Sociologia Ruralis has been an international forum for social scientists engaged in a wide variety of disciplines focusing on social, political and cultural aspects of rural development. Sociologia Ruralis covers a wide range of subjects, ranging from farming, natural resources and food systems to rural communities, rural identities and the restructuring of rurality.

An international forum for academics, industrialists and engineers to publish the latest research in surface topography measurement and characterisation, instrumentation development and the properties of surfaces.

Since its inception in 1867, The American Naturalist has maintained its position as one of the world's most renowned, peer-reviewed publications in ecology, evolution, and population and integrative biology research. While addressing topics in community and ecosystem dynamics, evolution of sex and mating systems, organismal adaptation, and genetic aspects of evolution, AmNat emphasizes sophisticated methodologies and innovative theoretical syntheses--all in an effort to advance the knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles.

The award-winning WIREs (Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews) series combines some of the most powerful features of encyclopedic reference works and review journals in an innovative online format. They are designed to promote a cross-disciplinary research ethos while maintaining the highest scientific and presentational standards, but should be viewed first and foremost as evolving online databases of cutting-edge reviews.