Journal Guide

The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is a peer-reviewed and Open Access journal for the generation and dissemination of evidence from a wide range of disciplines: basic and biomedical sciences; behavioural sciences; epidemiology; clinical sciences; health economics and health policy; operations research and implementation sciences; and social sciences and humanities. Submission of HIV research carried out in low- and middle-income countries is strongly encouraged.

The Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) is a general optics research journal that complements JOSA A. It emphasizes research on the fundamentals of the interaction of radiation with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. It includes such topical areas as atom optics and cold atoms, integrated and fiber optics, metamaterials, nanophotonics, photonic crystals, photorefractive optics and holography, physics of optical materials, spectroscopy, THz optics, ultrafast phenomena, and other related subjects.

This academic, peer-reviewed journal created by physicians dedicated, to the advancement of breastfeeding worldwide, provides a scientific forum on breastfeeding and human lactation. With the growing demand for the best evidence-based research advances, this interdisciplinary journal explores the immediate and long-term outcomes of breastfeeding. The Journal focuses on all medical aspects pertaining to breastfeeding and addresses the wide spectrum of research and clinical applications that impact upon the optimal care of mother and infant.

The International Journal of Epidemiology is an essential requirement for anyone who needs to keep up to date with epidemiological advances and new developments throughout the world. It encourages communication among those engaged in the research, teaching, and application of epidemiology of both communicable and non-communicable disease, including research into health services and medical care. Also covered are new methods, epidemiological and statistical, for the analysis of data used by those who practise social and preventive medicine. The International Journal of Epidemiology is published six times yearly.

The European Journal of Communication is interested in communication research and theory in all its diversity, and seeks to reflect and encourage the variety of intellectual traditions in the field and to promote dialogue between them. Published quarterly, the journal reflects the international character of communication scholarship and is addressed to a global scholarly community. International and rigorously peer-reviewed, it publishes the best of research on communications and media, either by European scholars or of particular interest to them.

The European Thyroid Journal publishes papers reporting original research in basic, translational and clinical thyroidology. Original contributions cover all aspects of the field, from molecular and cellular biology to immunology and biochemistry, from physiology to pathology, and from pediatric to adult thyroid diseases with a special focus on thyroid cancer. Readers also benefit from reviews by noted experts, which highlight especially active areas of current research. The journal will further publish formal guidelines in the field, produced and endorsed by the European Thyroid Association.

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research in this new, yet ancient world of complementary and alternative medicine.The journal seeks to apply scientific rigor to the study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities, particularly traditional Asian healing systems. eCAM emphasizes health outcome, while documenting biological mechanisms of action. The journal is devoted to the advancement of science in the field of basic research, clinical studies, methodology or scientific theory in diverse areas of Biomedical Sciences.

The IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and Innovation (IJSBI) is owned by the Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, which is founded with the objective of providing relevant policy/research/societal implications on Business Innovations and Business Management which includes economics and finance, marketing, human resource, organizational behavior, IT, operation, data analytics, entrepreneurship. The journal also welcomes papers in the area of mindfulness, happiness, and sustainability on business and mankind.

(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia investigació social (ISSN: 2013-0864), is an annual open access electronic journal associated with the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Barcelona. Founded in 2008 by a group of researchers associated with the Department, it is dedicated to the dissemination of ethnographic research and other empirical approaches that contribute originality and depth to anthropological thought. Its pages contain anthropological research in Catalan, Spanish and English.

The journal aims to reach a wide public and to bring it closer to new generations of students of anthropology and other related disciplines, offering them a space for discussion and exchange of knowledge, without losing the rigour of debate, reflection and training that has always characterised the journal.

Learning Health Systems (LHS) is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal published in collaboration with the University of Michigan. With a goal of advancing the interdisciplinary area of learning health systems, the journal promotes research, scholarship, and dialogue focused on theory, complex issues, conceptual syntheses, education models and more. LHS seeks to achieve continuous rapid improvement in health and healthcare and to transform organizational practice. The journal includes research reports, experience reports, technical reports, policy analyses, briefs and commentaries.

MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW is a double-blind refereed journal that aims at the advancement and dissemination of research in the fields of International Management. The scope of the journal comprises International Business, Cross-Cultural Management, and Comparative Management. The journal publishes research that builds or extends International Management theory so that it can contribute to International Management practice.

Medicinal Chemistry a peer-reviewed journal, aims to cover all the latest outstanding developments in medicinal chemistry and rational drug design. The journal publishes original research, mini-review articles and guest edited thematic issues covering recent research and developments in the field. Articles are published rapidly by taking full advantage of Internet technology for both the submission and peer review of manuscripts. Medicinal Chemistry is an essential journal for all involved in drug design and discovery.

Founded in 1932, the journal Mikrobiologiya (Microbiology) covers a wide range of problems in the areas of fundamental and applied microbiology. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews of trends in a range of fields of microbiological science, and short communications describing unusual observations. Particular attention is devoted to events in Russian and international science. The journal also publishes reviews of new books. While intended primarily for specialists at research institutes, Mikrobiologiya represents a valuable source of essential information for university research departments, industrial, agricultural, and environmental-control laboratories, and medical departments.

Annals of Applied Biology is an international journal sponsored by the Association of Applied Biologists. The journal publishes original research papers on all aspects of applied research on crop production, crop protection and the cropping ecosystem. The journal is published both online and in six printed issues per year. Average time from submission to first decision is just 27 days! Submission of manuscripts to Annals is exclusively via a web-based electronic submission and tracking system at:.

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research is an academic, open access, peer reviewed journal owned by Arabian Gulf University, which welcomes both theoretical and empirical submissions in natural resources sciences, medical sciences, biotechnology, computer science and applications, innovation, entrepreneurship, and management sciences, and educational sciences

The Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine aims to set up an academic communicating platform for Chinese and scientists all over the world on tropical medicine and related sciences.The journal invites concise reports of original research in all areas of tropical medicine and related fields, both experimental and clinical, including modern, traditional and epidemiological studies, from any part of the world. Review articles based primarily on authors' own research on internationally important topics will be accepted. Short communications and letters to the editor are also welcome.

Composites Part C: Open Access (JCOMC), a sister journal to Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Composites Part B: Engineering, and Composite Structures, is a Gold Open Access journal. The journal publishes high-quality, peer-refereed original research articles and reviews on a broad range of composite materials. All research articles are freely available via the Internet upon publication to maximize the readership. Authors are welcome to submit your work to the most relevant topical section via its dedicated editorial channel.

Recent Patents on Materials Science publishes review and research articles, and guest edited thematic issues on recent patents in all areas of materials science. A selection of important and recent patents on materials science is also included in the journal. The journal is essential reading for all researchers involved in materials science. The journal also covers recent research (where patents have been registered) in fast emerging areas of materials science, biomaterials, biological materials, magnetic materials, medical implant materials, nanomaterials, ceramics, plastics, polymers, semi-conductors, coatings, composites, paper, wood, textile, methods, design and techniques.

The International Journal of Consumer Studies provides an international forum for academic and research papers with a focus on how consumers can enhance their security and well being. It publishes articles of interest to an international audience and at the leading edge of consumer research throughout the world. The scope of the Journal includes:

Recognized as the leading source of information on group therapy theory, practice, and research, this journal features contributions from foremost experts in the field. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy offers:* Clinical articles on group treatment models, process issues, and techniques* Research reviews that keep practitioners up to date* Thought-provoking essays in the Reader's Forum and Commentary sections* Reviews of current books and video releases* Special issues on such topics as evidence-based practice and ethics.