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2009 Impact Factor Up 13% - now 0.460!Five Year Impact Factor Up 22% - now 0.624!169;2010 Thomson Reuters, 2009 Journal Citation Reports174;Acta Agricultur230; Scandinavica Section B publishes original research in soil and plant science with special attention given to applied questions related to biological production. Topics of relevance include:Environmental considerationsQuality assessmentCrop production systemsPlant fitnessLand and water managementPlant breeding Acta Agricultur230; Scandinavica, Section B 8211; Soil & Plant Science forms part of a trilogy of titles published on behalf of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists (NJF). The series also includes Section A - Animal Science and the recently launched Section C - Food Economics.Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A, B and C are available to purchase as a combined subscription. This provides access to all three journals in the series, and is available to institutional subscribers only. For full pricing information, please view the Taylor & Francis Journals Price List here. DisclaimerTaylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 8220;Content8221;) contained in its publications. However, Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not the views of Taylor & Francis.

The Journal of Earthquake Engineering is a publication of peer-reviewed papers on research and development in analytical, experimental and field studies of earthquakes from an engineering seismology as well as a structural engineering viewpoint. The Journal combines the three most important ingredients for a successful technical publication; the highest possible technical quality, speed of publication and competitive subscription rates. The journal draws on research and development work from engineering communities worldwide in the fields of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. Work on experimental, analytical, design, and field studies will be considered for publication. The following is a nonexhaustive list of topics considered to be within the scope of the journal: * Historical seismicity * Tectonics and seismology * Strong-motion studies * Soil dynamics and foundations * Site effects and geotechnical aspects * Dynamic soil-structure interaction * Foundation design for earthquake loading * Seismic response of buildings * Seismic response of bridges and other special structures * Lifelines earthquake engineering * Passive and active systems for earthquake protection * Repair and strengthening * Earthquake disaster mitigation and emergency planning * Case histories and field studies * Seismic sea-waves (Tsunamis) Original state-of-the-art papers are also welcome. Timely papers on field investigations following damaging earthquakes will be considered for accelerated review and publication. Also, the journal extends a special invitation to authors of short communications of new research findings that may not have been developed sufficiently to warrant full-length papers.

Journal of Engineering Design is an international publication that provides an essential forum for dialogue on insightful issues across all disciplines and aspects of the design of engineered products and systems. The Journal publishes pioneering best industrial practice as well as authoritative research, studies and review papers on the underlying principles of design, its management, practice, techniques and methodologies. Fully supported by an international editorial board, the Journal publishes only the highest-quality original research contributions and book reviews from all the major disciplines of engineering design. The Journal covers, but is not restricted to, the following topics: * aesthetics, style and form * collaborative design * creativity and innovation * design costing * design education and pedagogy * design for X, e.g. manufacturability, assembly, environment, sustainability * design management * design risk and uncertainty * design theory and methodology * designing product platforms, modularity and reuse * emotive design, e.g. Kansei engineering * ergonomics, styling and the design process * evolutionary design activity (product improvement & refinement) * global and distributed design * inclusive design and assistive technology * industrial design and total design * integrated design development * knowledge and information management * maintainability, sustainability, safety and standards * product introduction process and new product design development * quality, reliability and robustness * service design and design services * state-of-the-art reviews * systems design All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

The mission of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management is to publish original, high-quality research within the field of purchasing and supply management (PSM).Articles should have a significant impact on PSM theory and practice. The Journal ensures that high quality research is collected and disseminated widely to both academics and practitioners, and provides a forum for debate. It covers all subjectsrelating to the purchase and supply of goods and services in industry, commerce, local, national, and regional government, health and transportation.The journal is effectively positioned as a multi-disciplinary journal, focusing on a particular set of study objects rather than a specific discipline. The journal is clearly focused on the context in purchasing and supply management, and is quite liberal with respect to the method and style of research and the level of problem addressed.Key topics include:Purchasing and supply in a strategic contextOrganisational buying behaviourMake-or-buy/outsourcing strategyGlobal/international sourcingSupplier relationshipsTendering and contractingCosting and pricingNegotiationPurchasing and supply organisationInformation management and information & communication technology (ICT)Social, ethical and environmental supply issuesSupply chain managementPublic procurementBenefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Founded at the University of Sydney in 1958 by Professor Henry Cowan to promote continued professional development, Architectural Science Review presents a balanced collection of papers on a wide range of topics. From its first issue over 50 years ago the journal documents the profession's interest in environmental issues, covering topics such as thermal comfort, lighting, and sustainable architecture, contributing to this extensive field of knowledge by seeking papers from a broad geographical area.The journal is supported by an international editorial advisory board of the leading international academics and its reputation has increased globally with individual and institutional subscribers and contributors from around the world. As a result, Architectural Science Review continues to be recognised as not only one of the first, but the leading journal devoted to architectural science, technology and the built environment.Architectural Science Review publishes original research papers, shorter research notes, and abstracts of PhD dissertations and theses in all areas of architectural science including:building science and technologyenvironmental sustainabilitystructures and materialsaudio and acousticsilluminationthermal systemsbuilding physicsbuilding servicesbuilding climatologybuilding economicsergonomicshistory and theory of architectural sciencethe social sciences of architectureAll research papers, research notes and review articles are double-blind refereed by a distinguished international Editorial Advisory Board and other experts in the field. ASRE also publishes occasional refereed special issues, invited review papers and editorials, and extensive book reviews.

Women's Studies International Forum (formerly Women's Studies International Quarterly, established in 1978) is a bimonthly journal to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women's studies and in feminist research in other disciplines. The policy of the journal is to establish a feminist forum for discussion and debate.The journal seeks to critique and reconceptualize existing knowledge, to examine and re-evaluate the manner in which knowledge is produced and distributed, and to assess the implications this has for women's lives.We seek contributions from people, individually or collectively, from different countries and different backgrounds, who are engaged in feminist research inside or outside formal educational institutions. We welcome a variety of approaches and resources through the whole range of disciplines: papers geared toward action-oriented research as well as those which address theoretical methodological issues; and we encourage historical reassessments of the lives and works of women. We urge all contributors both to acknowledge the cultural and social specifics of their particular approach, and to draw out these issues in their articles.We also invite conference reports and announcements, calls for papers, notices of new publications and reports, contacts, etc., sent in by individuals or groups in the international feminist community.

The Arboricultural Journal: International Journal of Urban Forestry is the official journal of the Arboricultural Association, the largest professional body of its kind in the world. The journal is aimed at presenting high-quality research on urban and peri-urban trees, woods, and forests. It covers use, planning, design, history, establishment and management as main topics. The publication concentrates on all tree-dominated and urban forest related topics and associated ‘green’ resources in and around urban areas. These include public and private woodlands, urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens, cemeteries and crematoria, and of course the trees themselves.The journal welcomes fundamental and applied research papers, as well as review papers and short communications. Contributions should focus on one or more of the following aspects as detailed below.Contributions on the following subjects will be considered for publication: Arboriculture and tree care, forestry and horticulture (in an arboricultural context); Arboricultural professional practice and related matters; The urban forest and urban forestry; Tree and woodland ecology, history and related issues; Ancient and veteran trees and their management; Landscape design and evaluation; Tree and forest economics and assessment methodologies; Issues of relevant professional practice; Issues of relevant legal and litigation practice; Recreational and amenity trees; People and trees; History of trees, arboriculture and urban forestry; Trees, woods and environmental change; Urban and urban-fringe trees, urban forestry, urban environments; Community forests and forestry; Highway trees and woods; Issues of biofuel, green infrastructure, and urban greenspace; Other topics deemed by the editor to be relevant and acceptable.Submissions may include original research papers, review or survey articles dealing with progress in a branch of science or another discipline relevant to arboriculture. We welcome notes and comments on matters likely to have an immediate impact on the advancement of arboriculture and urban trees. The papers should be written in a style that is understandable to specialists from other disciplines as well as interested policy-makers and higher-level practitioners.All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two expert referees. .

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Journal for the Study of Spirituality is a peer-reviewed journal which creates a unique interdisciplinary, inter-professional and cross-cultural forum where researchers, scholars and others engaged in the study and practices of spirituality can share and debate the research, knowledge, wisdom and insight associated with spirituality and contemporary spirituality studies.

The  British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS) organises a biennial international conference and welcomes enquiries about membership from those interested in the study of spirituality in the UK and worldwide.

The journal is concerned with what spirituality means, and how it is expressed, in individuals’ lives and communities and in professional practice settings; and with the impact and implications of spirituality in, and on, social policy, organizational practices and personal and professional development. The journal recognises that spirituality and spiritual values can be expressed and studied in secular contexts, including in scientific and professional practice settings, as well as within faith and wisdom traditions.

Thus, Journal for the Study of Spirituality particularly welcomes contributions that:

• identify new agendas for research into spirituality within and across subject disciplines and professions;
• explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to the study of spirituality;
• introduce comparative perspectives and insights drawn from different cultures and/or professional practice settings;
• aim to apply and develop sustained reflection, investigation and critique in relation to spirituality and spiritual practices;
• critically examine the values and presuppositions underpinning different forms of spirituality and spiritual practices;
• incorporate different forms of writing and expressions of spirituality.

Journal for the Study of Spirituality includes:

• Research papers based on completed research or substantial work-in progress (epistemological and methodological approaches should be clarified for the benefit of readers from different disciplines and cultures);
• Scholarly articles exploring understandings of spirituality, including within professional practice settings;
• Critically reflexive and/or autoethnographic accounts of the experience or practice of spirituality;
• Critique/discussion papers designed to generate debate from one issue to the next;
• Book reviews of recent publications;
• Occasional review essays focussing on established texts in the field;
• Reports of recent relevant conferences;
• Brief summaries of completed doctoral theses in the field (online only).

The aim of Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is to provide a peer-reviewed outlet for innovative studies that will make a significant contribution to the understanding, practice, and education of hospitality marketing and management. This journal also aims to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge through publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers, reports, and book reviews, while serving as a unique peer-reviewed forum for the community of students, academics and practitioners with a shared interest and devotion to the hospitality marketing and management. The Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management publishes manuscripts that promote new ideas, models, approaches, paradigms and contribute to the development of knowledge and theory of hospitality marketing and management as distinct, multifaceted fields approached through the administrative disciplines, the liberal arts, and the social sciences. The Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management strongly encourages cutting edge research scholarship, and fosters interdisciplinary contributions that expand our knowledge and understanding of hospitality marketing and management.The Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management covers many aspects within the spectrum of hospitality marketing and management, including but not limited to: Consumer buying behavior and marketing Decision-making processesConsumer trends Organizational buying behavior Research and innovations in hospitality marketing Case studies on successful hospitality marketing programs ForecastingOperational management Financial management Marketing managementPromotional programs development in hospitality marketing Assessing the effectiveness of hospitality marketing effortsInternational issues and cross-cultural researchTrends in market segmentation Hospitality product development and management Ethical concerns in marketing and managementAnalyses of environmental, social, cultural economic impacts, Impacts of demographic, social, and technological trends/change,Development of conceptual models and constructs;Future trends in the hospitality marketing and management Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two or more anonymous referees. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

• Understanding the role of dietary factors (macronutrients and micronutrients, phytochemicals, bioactive lipids and peptides etc.) in disease prevention and maintenance of optimum health
• Prevention of diet- and age-related pathologies by nutritional approaches
• Advances in food technology and food formulation (e.g. novel strategies to reduce salt, sugar, or trans-fat contents etc.)
• Nutrition and food genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics
• Identification and characterization of food components
• Dietary sources and intake of nutrients and bioactive compounds
• Food authentication and quality
• Nanotechnology in nutritional and food sciences
• (Bio-) Functional properties of foods
• Development and validation of novel analytical and research methods
• Age- and gender-differences in biological activities and the bioavailability of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals and other dietary factors
• Food safety and toxicology
• Food and nutrition security
• Sustainability of food production

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Registered Reports: NFS Journal offers pre-registration of the study design, planned experiments, and hypothesis and, if these are deemed interesting and worth publishing by members of the editorial board and outside expert reviewers, researchers will be able to publish their pre-registered studies in the journal irrespective of the outcome of the experiments, as long as the experiments have been performed accurately and data analyses and interpretation are according to the highest scientific standards and follow the pre-registered procedures. In order for authors to react to unforeseen and exciting results, it will be possible to report additional exploratory analyses within a specific section of the Registered Reports.

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Applied & Translational Genomics is a new open access biomedical journal providing a forum for publication and discussion of cutting edge research and new developments in applied and translational genomics, including information technologies that enable both advances in the field as well as the application of advances to clinical care and educational, ethical, economic, public health, citizen and policy issues pertinent to research advances. As such the Applied & Translational Genomics is a uniquely interdisciplinary journal. Further, it aims to publish new approaches to 'translational genomics', such as studies designed to probe the elasticity and dynamism of molecular processes. The Journal's mission is to enhance the knowledge, clinical adoption and discussion of applied and translational genomics worldwide. Its ethics mission is to enable global benefit sharing through the publication of articles, analyses and commentaries of researchers, clinicians, and patient populations situated throughout the world. The journal encourages submissions by authors in the developing world and to support their access to publishing, the Journal invites authors for whom processing fees represent a barrier, to contact the editor about our sliding fee scale policy.

The journal encourages the confident use of applied mathematics and mathematical modelling in finance. The journal publishes papers on the following: modelling of financial and economic primitives (interest rates, asset prices etc); modelling market behaviour; modelling market imperfections; pricing of financial derivative securities; hedging strategies; numerical methods; financial engineering. The journal encourages communication between finance practitioners, academics and applied mathematicians. Both theoretical and empirical research are welcomed, as are papers on emerging areas of mathematical finance and interdisciplinary topics. The journal seeks papers reviewing the development of significant practical tools, algorithms and new products.The modelling or solution of problems should demonstrate the capacity for generalization. Original and substantial pieces of research resulting in open problems are welcome; this will also be a forum for the airing of new problems and new areas of activity.

The Central European Journal of Physics (CEJP) is an international journal that publishes research results in all fields of physics. The aim of this journal is to become the premier source of high quality research from Central and Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, contributions from other parts of the world are by no means excluded. Also, we assist researchers from Central and Eastern Europe and from other regions where English is not the mother tongue, e.g. native English speaking researchers improve the language of articles submitted to the CEJP. All authors receive very fast and comprehensive peer-review. Additionally, every published article is promoted to researchers working in the same field.The CEJP is peer-reviewed and is published monthly in paper and electronic version. The language of the CEJP is English.Distinguished physicists sit on the Editorial Board, e.g. Ingolf Lindau, John H. Weaver, Vladimir Zakharov (the former head of the Landau Institute) and Frank Wilczek (2004 Nobel Prize laureate). Profe

One of the leading English-language polymer journals in China, Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (CJPS) is edited by a distinguished Editorial Board headed by Professor Fo-song Wang, and supported by an International Advisory Board of accomplished polymer scientists from all over the world. CJPS is a monthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the timely publication of original research ideas and results in polymer science. The contents include research papers, feature articles, rapid communications and notes. CJPS reflects the most recent achievements obtained in various laboratories in China, and also includes papers submitted by scientists from the international community. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science was first published in 1983 under the title Polymer Communications, and has been known by its current name since 1985. It is sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society and the Institute of Chemistry, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Clinical Rehabilitation is a highly ranked, peer reviewed scholarly journal. It is a multi-professional journal covering the whole field of disability and rehabilitation, publishing research and discussion articles which are scientifically sound, clinically relevant and sometimes provocative.The journal acts as a forum for the international dissemination and exchange of information amongst the large number of professionals involved in rehabilitation.The leading journal in its field, Clinical Rehabilitation combines clinical application of scientific results and theoretical aspects in an ideal form. It gives high priority to articles describing effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and the evaluation of new techniques and methods.Essential reading, Clinical Rehabilitation covers:· An ideal combination of theoretical aspects with clinical application;· An evidence based approach;· An evaluation of treatment procedures and description of new approaches;· Well-presented information is based on high quality research and discussion articles. .