Journal Guide

The Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology publishes research papers, short communications, and review articles concerning the application of science and technology to all aspects of research, development, production, and distribution of food products originating from the marine and freshwater bodies of the world. The journal features articles on various aspects of basic and applied science in topics related to: • harvesting and handling practices • processing with traditional and new technologies • refrigeration and storage • packaging and storage • distribution • safety and traceability • byproduct utilization The journal also covers basic studies of aquatic products as related to food chemistry, microbiology, and engineering; all flora and fauna from aquatic environs, including seaweeds and underutilized species used directly for human consumption or alternative uses such as animal feed and nonfood applications. Special features in the journal include guest editorials by specialists in their fields and book reviews covering a wide range of topics. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The Journal of Bionic Engineering publishes original research papers and reviews on all aspects of bionic science and engineering including fundamental understandings of animals and plants for bionic engineering, such as locomotion and behaviors of animals, structures, composites, morphology and physical properties of plants and natural materials, applications of such understandings in engineering, technology and designs.The journal aims to promote research and provide a platform for communication of novel ideas, theories and technologies in bionic science and engineering.Benefits 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.comFor more information about journal policy, please contact:Editorial Department of Journal of Bionic EngineeringNanling CampusJilin University5988 Renmin StreetChangchun 130022P.R. Chinafsxb@jlu.edu.cnhttp://jbe.jlu.edu.cnFax: +86 431 509407

Global Food History is a peer-reviewed, academic journal with an international scope, presenting new research in food history from the foremost scholars in the field. The journal welcomes original articles covering any period from prehistory to the present and any geographical area, including transnational and world histories of food. Submissions on subjects relating to and from contributors outside of Europe and North America are particularly welcomed. In addition to original research, the journal welcomes articles on teaching food history, archival notes, translations, and other essays that help to build the field by encouraging and disseminating documentation; it will also contain book reviews.

Global Food History aims to encourage a wider recognition of food as not only an important means for studying such traditional scholarly concerns as politics, class, gender, race, and ethnicity, but also an important field in its own right, exploring a vital element of the human experience. As history offers an ideal forum for conversations across the social sciences and humanities, the journal also invites submissions from scholars in allied disciplines who share historians’ concerns with change over time, causation, and periodization. The journal will be of interest to those engaged in the study of the cultural, social and economic history of food.

The Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health is an international, peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality research in the fields of epidemiology and public health. We focus on advancing understanding of health and disease in populations, covering a wide range of topics such as the impact of climate change on health, digital health advancements, and public health interventions.

Our scope includes:

chronic and infectious disease epidemiology

environmental and occupational health

health promotion

disease prevention

health services research

an exploration of the social drivers of health

We emphasize the importance of innovative and valid methods in research submissions. Our goal is to provide a platform for cutting-edge, methodologically sound studies that can significantly contribute to the field of public health, particularly for society's most vulnerable. We invite contributions that address health policy, health systems, mental and behavioral health, gender issues in health, and other critical areas in public health using a variety of methodological approaches from the social and biomedical sciences.

As a key resource for epidemiologists, public health practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, the Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health aims to enhance the body of knowledge in the field and influence effective public health policy and practice.

The Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health is indexed in the main international databases.

The Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice explores the prejudice that currently affects our judicial system, our courts, our prisons, and our neighborhoods all around the world. This unique multidisciplinary journal is the only publication that focuses exclusively on crime, criminal justice, and ethnicity/race. Here you'll find insightful commentaries, position papers, and examinations of new and existing legislation by scholars and professionals committed to the study of ethnicity and criminal justice. In addition, the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice presents the latest empirical findings, theoretical discussion, and research on social and criminal justice issues. It also provides scholarly thoughts and informed opinions on current and controversial issues, including racial profiling, race and death penalty, drug laws and minorities, and felony disenfranchisement laws and ethnicity. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at two anonymous referees.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The Journal of Relationship Marketing is a quarterly journal that publishes peer-reviewed (double-blind) conceptual and empirical papers of original works that make serious contributions to the understanding and advancement of relationship and marketing theory, research, and practice. This academic journal is interdisciplinary and international in nature. Topics of interest (not limited to): Evolution and life cycle of RM; theoretical and methodological issues in RM; types of RM, networks and strategic alliances; internal communication, quality, trust, commitment, satisfaction, loyalty, and dissolution in RM; applications of RM in different disciplines and industries; international perspectives in RM; RM strategies in services economy, higher education, and e-commerce; RM, technology, and the Web; profitability and RM; case studies and best practices in RM. If you are interested in becoming an ad-hoc reviewer, please e-mail a brief statement indicating your area of expertise and interest along with a copy of your CV.Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

In the last half-century, social scientists have engaged in a methodologically focused and substantively far-reaching mission to make the study of politics scientific. The mutually reinforcing components in this pursuit are the development of positive theories and the testing of their empirical implications. Although this paradigm has been associated with many advances in the understanding of politics, no leading journal of political science is dedicated primarily to the publication of positive political science.The Quarterly Journal of Political Science will solicit, review, and publish the highest quality manuscripts in positive political science and contemporary political economy. The substantive content of the journal will be broad and eclectic, including cutting-edge research on any aspect of private, local, national, comparative, or international politics. The methodological approach will be analytical, focusing on positive political theories, empirical tests of those theories, and the measurement of causal relationships. In their commitment to making the Journal the premier interdisciplinary publication of scientific research on politics, the editors welcome submissions not only from political scientists but also from scholars in cognate disciplines such as economics, business, and law.

Aims and Scope Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (STVR) is a quarterly international journal that publishes papers on theoretical and practical issues of software testing, verification and reliability. The goal of the journal is to publish high-quality papers that help researchers, educators and practitioners understand cutting edge results. The journal is the premier outlet for research results on the subjects of testing, verification and reliability. Readers will find useful research on issues pertaining to building better software and evaluating it. The journal is unique in its emphasis on theoretical foundations and applications to real-world software development. The balance of theory, empirical work, and practical applications provide readers with better techniques for testing, verifying and improving the reliability of software. The journal targets researchers, practitioners, educators and students that have a vested interest in results generated by high-quality testing, verification and reliability modeling and evaluation of software. Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to:

The Journal of the Textile Institute welcomes papers concerning research and innovation, reflecting the professional interests of the Textile Institute in science, engineering, economics, management and design related to the textile industry and the use of fibres in consumer and engineering applications. Papers may encompass anything in the range of textile activities, from fibre production through textile processes and machines, to the design, marketing and use of products. Papers may also report fundamental theoretical or experimental investigations, including materials science topics in nanotechnology and smart materials, practical or commercial industrial studies and may relate to technical, economic, aesthetic, social or historical aspects of textiles and the textile industry. All published research articles in The Journal of the Textile Institute have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two expert referees. Recommend The Journal of the Textile Institute to your Librarian Please use the following form if you wish to recommend this journal to your librarian; http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/TJTI_library_recommendation.pdf.

Now in its 93rd year, Families in Society is the oldest and one of the most respected professional journals in North America on social work and related social and human services. Founded by social casework pioneer Mary Richmond in 1920, the journal has had four titles: The Family (1920-1946), The Journal of Social Casework (1947-1949), Social Casework (1950-1989), and Families in Society (1990 to present).Families in Society focuses on the art, science, and practice of social work and provides a trusted forum to explore and share ideas and concepts in social services. A core publication in social work scholarship, Families in Society reflects the broad array of issues, conditions, and problems that apply to individuals, families, communities, and society. Readers are informed of significant trends and techniques through articles on research and theory, direct-practice issues, and the delivery and management of services.Families in Society is one of five journals that routinely comprise the “core of the social work journal network” with exemplary information on social work education and research.* Social Work Abstracts, published by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press), also designates Families in Society as a core social work journal. The journal is consistently rated highly with key audiences through various surveys on overall quality, editorial diversity, and publishing productivity.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces serves the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists, and biologists focusing on how newly discovered materials and interfacial processes can be developed and used for specific applications. The editors are proud of the rapid growth of the journal since its inception in 2009, both in terms of the number of published articles and the impact of the research reported in those articles. ACS AMI is also truly international, with the majority of published articles now coming from outside the United States, capturing the rapid growth in applied research around the globe. Details about the journal article types and submission requirements may be found in the Author Guidelines.

The following journal TOC sections provide a high-level guide to the journal scope:

• Biological and medical applications of materials and interfaces
• Energy, environmental, and catalysis applications
• Functional inorganic materials and devices
• Organic electronic devices
• Functional nanostructured materials (including low-d carbon)
• Applications of polymer, composite, and coating materials
• Surfaces, interfaces, and applications

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, with its focus on applications, complements the portfolio of existing ACS publications focusing on fundamental materials science discovery, including Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Macromolecules, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and C, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Energy Letters, and ACS Photonics.

Anatomical Sciences Education is the journal of the American Association of Anatomists, published in cooperation with the American Association of Clinical Anatomists and the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society. The aim of this journal is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, innovations and research on topics related to education in the anatomical sciences of gross anatomy, embryology, histology, and neurosciences at all levels of anatomical sciences education including, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, allied health, medical (both allopathic and osteopathic), and dental. The journal will feature: Descriptive articles, Review articles, Research reports, and Invited viewpoints and commentaries. All submitted articles will be peer reviewed. As a benefit of membership, AAA, AACA, HAPS, BACA, and ASGBI members have complimentary electronic access to Anatomical Sciences Education in 2010. Institutions that already have a license to The Anatomical Record and/or Clinical Anatomy will automatically have complimentary access to the journal. Institutions that do not have a license to The Anatomical Record or Clinical Anatomy can opt to receive free online access to the journal. To request complimentary online access, go to the New Journal Opt-in Form.

The British Journal of Radiology is the official peer-reviewed monthly research journal of the British Institute of Radiology.The peer-review system ensures that only work of the highest academic standing is accepted for publication. The time from submission to first decision averages 54 days. Accepted papers are normally published rapidly - average handling time is 6 months from acceptance to print publication, while papers can be published online with a DOI and PubMed ID on BJR Advance within 3 months of acceptance.It is a multidisciplinary journal covering all clinical and technical aspects of diagnostic imaging, radiotherapy and oncology, medical physics and radiobiology. The multidisciplinary approach of the journal enables readers to keep up-to-date with developments in their own as well as related fields.BJR is essential reading for radiologists, medical physicists, radiotherapists, radiographers and radiobiologists. Articles included in BJR cover a wide range of subjects, including diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy, oncology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, radiation physics, radiation protection and radiobiology.The journal publishes original Research Papers from leading centres internationally. It also contains Editorials, Commentaries, Review Articles, Short Communications, Pictorial Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and a Case of the Month feature.

The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition is the premier peer-reviewed journal among professionals interested in nutrition, food and water security, health, agriculture and the environment. The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition: provides a distinguished venue for the publication of original articles prepared by scholars and practitioners in the field and reviewed by qualified peers publishes manuscripts that advance knowledge across the range of research and practice issues in nutrition, food and water security, health, agriculture and the environment supports the professional growth of researchers and practitioners in these areas. The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition studies the growing connection and interdependence between the environment, food, nutrition, and health. It comprehensively examines local, national and international hunger and environmental nutrition issues specifically food access, food security, food production, agriculture, and the interconnectedness on nutrition and health. The journal is designed to provide current research and application information on public policy, legislation, and regulation related to sustainable ecosystems and the link with maintaining optimal nutrition and well-being for all people.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing is a peer reviewed journal devoted to the study of the adaptation of traditional marketing principles for use by nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The journal is broadly interested in the variety of topics included in the domain of nonprofit marketing, including donor and volunteer recruitment and retention, political marketing, social marketing, marketing strategy and planning, Internet marketing for nonprofit organizations, public relations, media planning, and so forth. Contributors of articles typically come from academic backgrounds. However, the articles are written in an accessible style to benefit a scholarly and practitioner readership. The journal is vital reading for a variety of professionals. Marketing professionals, scholars, and researchers from such disciplines as leisure services -- parks, recreation, tourism, public relations, higher education administration, and health care -- will discover a wealth of valuable information in JNPSM. An outstanding review board has been assembled which consists of many of the scholars who have been leaders in the initial development of marketing thought in the nonprofit and public sector. The journal presents peer-reviewed primary research and abstracts and indexes of current research published elsewhere.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

South Asia Economic Journal is designed as a forum for informed debate on issues of vital importance to the people of the region who comprise one-sixth of the world’s population. The journal is devoted to economic analysis and policy options aimed at promoting cooperation among the countries comprising South Asia. It discuss South Asia’s position on global economic issues, its relations with other regional groupings and its response to global developments.A refereed journal, South Asia Economic Journal includes articles by scholars, economic commentators, policy-makers and officials, from both the private and public sectors. Among the issues debated in relation to South Asia are:The implications of global economic trends; The issues and challenges thrown up by WTO; Approaches to industrialization and development; The role of regional institutions such as the SAARC and the Asian Clearing Union; The relationship between SAARC and other regional economic groupings such as ASEAN; The implications of economic liberalization for trade in the region; New initiatives that can be launched to enhance economic cooperation among the South Asian nations both on a bilateral and a regional basis.Among its regular features are Research Papers, Research Notes, Book Reviews and Documents reprinting the text of important SAARC related documents. The journal publishes occasional Special Issues on specific themes.

The Journal of Advertising is the premier academic publication covering significant intellectual development pertaining to advertising theories and their relationship with practice. The goal of the Journal is to provide a public forum that reflects the current understanding of advertising as a process of communication, its role in the changing environment, and the relationships between these and other components of the advertising business and practice. All papers published in the Journal go through a rigorous, double-blind, peer review process. #!#!The Journal of Advertising provides an important publication outlet for papers in the specialization of advertising. Of the many academic journals with a primary focus on advertising theory and research, JA is by far the most widely respected and read.#!#! -David W. Stewart, University of California, Riverside #!#!The Journal of Advertising is the world's leading academic journal exclusively devoted to the field of advertising.#!#! -Roland T. Rust, University of Maryland #!#!The Journal of Advertising is the world's best journal because it houses academically rigorous, professionally salient, and globally relevant knowledge in advertising.#!#! -David K. Tse, Hong Kong University.

This journal has ceased (2016).

The Journal of Forensic Social Work is the principal journal guiding practitioners and researchers involved in day-to-day practice issues with the legal system. The journal is devoted to increasing the general knowledge base, promoting evidence-based and ethically informed practice, improving services for victims and offenders of crime, and setting guidelines and practice standards for the provision of forensic mental health services.

'European Spine Journal' is a publication founded in response to the increasing trend toward specialization in spinal surgery. The Journal is devoted to spine surgery and all related disciplines, including functional and surgical anatomy of the spine, biomechanics and pathophysiology, diagnostic procedures, and neurology. The aim of 'European Spine Journal' is to support the further development of highly innovative European spine surgery and to provide an integrated and balanced view of diagnostic, research and treatment procedures that will enhance effective collaboration among specialists worldwide.   Affiliated societies:
Austrian Spine Society
Brazilian Spine Society
Cervical Spine Research Society (European Section)
Czech Spine Surgery Society 
Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft 
Dutch Spine Society
EuroSpine, The Spine Society of Europe
French Society of Spine Surgery
GEER (Grupo de Estudio de Enfermedades del Raquis)
G.I.S. (Italian Spine Society)

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being acknowledges the international and interdisciplinary nature of health-related issues. It intends to provide a meeting-point for studies using rigorous qualitative methodology of significance for issues related to human health and well-being. The aim of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being is to support and to shape the emerging field of qualitative studies and to encourage a better understanding of all aspects of human health and well-being. The journal emphasizes empirical research and theory in basic and applied health care, especially with an international focus, but will also welcome local and national contributions. At least one article out of the six to eight in each issue will be reserved for philosophical issues related to qualitative research in the health area.