Journal Guide

Celebrating 35 years of publishing excellence, Health Care Management Review (HCMR) is a peer-reviewed journal that addresses the full range of challenges and concerns busy health care managers and academics face every day. Articles tackle issues that are timely, interest researchers, inform future research, and affect how health care facilities are organized.Written by leading health care executives and guided by a blue-ribbon panel of experts, the journal presents:High-level, reader-friendly content to support administrative practice decisionsStrategies for gaining market share including managing reimbursement, sustainable networks and partnerships, and joint venturesTechniques to thrive amidst the health care workforce shortage, create a positive organizational culture, and motivate staffIdeas to bridge the gap between clinical practice arenas and administration.

Historical Materialism is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring and developing the critical and explanatory potential of Marxist theory. The journal started as a project at the London School of Economics from 1995 to 1998. The advisory editorial board comprises many leading Marxists, including Robert Brenner, Maurice Godelier, Michael Lebowitz, Justin Rosenberg, Ellen Meiksins Wood and others.Marxism has manifested itself in the late 1990s from the pages of the Financial Times to new work by Fredric Jameson, Terry Eagleton and David Harvey. Unburdened by pre-1989 ideological baggage, Historical Materialism stands at the edge of a vibrant intellectual current, publishing a new generation of Marxist thinkers and scholars.

An international team of editors and scientific advisors maintains the high standard of quality set by Immunobiology since it first appeared in 1909. With contributions by prominent experts in the field, the journal is a focal point of scientific interest. Published research findings are a vital link between scientists and clinicians active at the experimental levels of immunobiology, serology, hematology, allergy, infectious diseases, transplantation, and nonspecific resistance. A new fast track line for high priority publications will speed up communication between scientists all over the world. Immunobiology, the world's first immunological journal, carries on the tradition set by such distinguished scientists as Carl Oluf Jensen, Sibasaburo Kitasato, Karl Landsteiner, Max Neisser and others.

Insectes Sociaux (IS) is the journal of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). It covers the various aspects of the biology and evolution of social insects and other presocial arthropods; these include ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, reproduction, communication, sociobiology, caste differentiation and social parasitism. The journal publishes original research papers and reviews, as well as short communications. An international editorial board of 21 eminent specialists attests to the high quality of Insectes Sociaux, a forum for all scientists and readers interested in the study of social insects.
Bibliographic Data
Insect. Soc.
First published in 1952
1 volume per year, 4 issues per volume, approx. 500 pages per volume
Format: 21 x 27.9 cm
ISSN 0020-1812 (print)
ISSN 1420-9098 (electronic)
 

Integral Equations and Operator Theory (IEOT) is devoted to the publication of current research in integral equations, operator theory and related topics with emphasis on the linear aspects of the theory. The journal reports on the full scope of current developments from abstract theory to numerical methods and applications to analysis, physics, mechanics, engineering and others. The journal consists of two sections: a main section consisting of refereed papers and a second consisting of short announcements of important results, open problems, information, etc.Bibliographic Data
Integr. Equ. Oper. Theory
First published in 1978
3 volumes per year, 4 issues per volume
Format: 15.5 x 23.5 cm
ISSN 0378-620X (print)
ISSN 1420-8989 (electronic)
AMS Mathematical Citation Quotient (MCQ): 0.48 (2011)

The International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology publishes cutting edge applied research and development work focused on commercialization of engineered ceramics, products and processes. The publication also explores the barriers to commercialization, design and testing, environmental health issues, international standardization activities, databases, and cost models. Designed to get high quality information to end-users quickly, the peer process is led by an editorial board of experts from industry, government, and universities. Each issue focuses on a high-interest, high-impact topic plus includes a range of papers detailing applications of ceramics. Papers on all aspects of applied ceramics are welcome including those in the following areas:.

The International Journal of Information Security is an English language periodical on research in information security which offers prompt publication of important technical work, whether theoretical, applicable, or related to implementation. Coverage includes system security: intrusion detection, secure end systems, secure operating systems, database security, security infrastructures, security evaluation; network security: Internet security, firewalls, mobile security, security agents, protocols, anti-virus and anti-hacker measures; content protection: software protection, tamper resistant software; applications: electronic commerce, government, health, telecommunications, mobility; and foundations: privacy, access control, authentication, identification, applied cryptography, and formal methods in information security.

The scope of this journal covers Computational Physics, Physical Computation and related subjects. IJMPC aims at publishing both review and research articles on the use of computers to advance knowledge in physical sciences and the use of physical analogies in computation. Topics covered include: algorithms; astrophysics; atomic, molecular and chemical physics; computational biophysics; computational fluid dynamics; computer and information science; condensed matter physics, materials science; data analysis and computation in experimental physics; electromagnetism; high energy physics; nuclear and plasma physics; environmental physics; physical computation including neural nets, cellular automata and complex systems; quantum chemistry; statistical physics; symbolic manipulation; etc.

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International Tax and Public Finance fosters top-quality theoretical and empirical research on tax policy, including expenditure and financial policies. The journal places special emphasis on open economy issues such as the coordination of policies across jurisdictions and the effect of taxation on capital and trade flows. The international focus is not exclusive: the journal publishes high quality work in any area of tax policy such as single-country tax reform analysis. Each issue features a special Policy Watch section that discusses a current policy issue or reviews a recent tax development. The journal’s Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board reflect the international focus and diversity of the journal.Officially cited as: Int Tax Public Finance

The development of new anticancer agents is one of the most rapidly changing aspects of cancer research. Investigational New Drugs provides a forum for the rapid dissemination of information on new anticancer agents. The papers published are of interest to the medical chemist, toxicologist, pharmacist, pharmacologist, biostatistician and clinical oncologist. Investigational New Drugs provides the fastest possible publication of new discoveries and results for the whole community of scientists developing anticancer agents.

Each issue contains original articles dealing with anticancer drug development. Other sections are devoted to invited review articles and letters to the editor. The journal also affords the opportunity to publish the proceedings of special workshops and symposia devoted to the development of new anticancer agents. Provided they add to the understanding of the investigational agents, the journal is not adverse to publishing clinical trials with negative results.

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Island Arc provides an opportunity for the prompt, international and high-standard publication of research from all fields of solid earth geosciences. Papers which discuss the interaction between the solid earth, atmosphere, and water bodies are also welcome. The journal has a particularly good track record in publishing results of studies related to convergent plate margins and to the Pacific and Asian regions. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and reviews. Original scientific articles, of a maximum length of 15 printed pages, are published promptly with a standard publication time from submission of 8 months. Articles describing new and important results are given priority and will be published a minimum of 4 months after submission. All articles are peer reviewed by at least two researchers expert in the field of the submitted paper.

JAMA Ophthalmology (formerly Archives of Ophthalmology), published continuously since 1869, is an international, peer-reviewed ophthalmology and visual science journal. JAMA Ophthalmology is a member of The JAMA Network family of journals, which includes JAMA and 10 specialty journals.

JAMA Ophthalmology is published weekly online, every Thursday, and in 12 print/online issues per year. The journal receives approximately 1.3 million online visits annually, with 2.1 million article views and downloads. Without any author fees, all research articles are made free access online 12 months after publication on the JAMA website. All articles are made free access on an html app called The JAMA Network Reader on the day of publication. In addition, the online version is freely available or nearly so to institutions in developing countries through the World Health Organization's HINARI program.

JAMA Surgery (formerly Archives of Surgery), which began publication in 1920, is an international peer-reviewed journal. JAMA Surgery is the official publication of the Association of VA Surgeons, the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, and the Surgical Outcomes Club and is a member of The JAMA Network family of journals, which includes JAMA and 11 specialty journals.

JAMA Surgery is published online weekly, every Wednesday, and in print/online issues 12 times a year. The journal receives approximately more than 1 million online visits annually, with 2 million article views and downloads. Without any author fees, all research articles are made free access online 12 months after publication on the JAMA website. All articles are made free access on an html app called The JAMA Network Reader on the day of publication. In addition, the online version is freely available or nearly so to institutions in developing countries through the World Health Organization's HINARI program.

This journal presents research on technical developments and innovative applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the study of structure and dynamic properties of biopolymers in solution, liquid crystals, solids and mixed environments such as membranes.Coverage includes: Three-dimensional structure determination of biological macromolecules (polypeptides/proteins, DNA, RNA, oligosaccharides) by NMR; New NMR techniques for studies of biological macromolecules; Novel approaches to computer-aided automated analysis of multidimensional NMR spectra; Computational methods for the structural interpretation of NMR data, including structure refinement; Comparisons of structures determined by NMR with those obtained by other methods, e.g. by diffraction techniques with protein single crystals; New techniques of sample preparation for NMR experiments, such as biosynthetic and chemical methods for isotope labeling, preparation of nutrients for biosynthetic isotope labeling.Details on the Submission and P

The Journal of Church and State is concerned with what has been called the "greatest subject in the history of the West." It seeks to stimulate interest, dialogue, research, and publication in the broad area of religion and the state. JCS publishes constitutional, historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological studies on religion and the body politic in various countries and cultures of the world, including the United States. Each issue features, in addition to a timely editorial, five or more major articles, and thirty-five to forty reviews of significant books related to church and state. Periodically, important ecclesiastical documents and government texts of legislation and/or court decisions are also published. Regular features include "Notes on Church State Affairs", which reports current developments throughout the world, and a list of "Recent Doctoral Dissertations in Church and State.".

The Journal of Comparative Physiology B publishes peer-reviewed original articles and reviews on the comparative physiology of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Special emphasis is placed on integrative studies that elucidate mechanisms at the whole-animal, organ, tissue, cellular and/or molecular levels. Review papers report on the current state of knowledge in an area of comparative physiology, and directions in which future research is needed.Aspects of particular interest include: molecular and endocrine control of metabolism; membrane transport and nutrient absorption; respiration and gas exchange; circulation and body fluids; energy and temperature relations; muscle and exercise physiology; energetics and endocrinology of reproduction; evolutionary aspects of physiology, and more.

The Journal of Differential Equations is concerned with the theory and the application of differential equations. The articles published are addressed not only to mathematicians but also to those engineers, physicists, and other scientists for whom differential equations are valuable research tools.Research Areas Include:• Mathematical control theory• Ordinary differential equations• Partial differential equations• Stochastic differential equations• Topological dynamics• Related topicsBenefits 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

nternational Press of Boston, Inc. is an academic publishing company founded in 1992. After eighteen years of growth, International Press now publishes fifteen journals in various fields of academic mathematics research, including a prestigious journal of statistics. International Press also publishes high-level mathematics and mathematical physics book titles, including monographs, textbooks, and more.International Press enjoys a productive partnership with the American Mathematical Society, with whom we have co-published the AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics book series since 1997.Having close ties to the Chinese mathematics community, International Press has also developed a close partnership with Higher Education Press of Beijing—the leading Chinese curriculum planner, and publisher and distributor of academic books—as well as with the Chinese publishers Tsinghua University Press, Hunan Science and Technology Press, and others. .

The Journal of Functional Analysis presents original research papers in all scientific disciplines in which modern functional analysis plays a basic role. Articles by scientists in a variety of interdisciplinary areas are published.Research Areas Include:• Significant applications of functional analysis, including those to other areas of mathematics• New developments in functional analysis• Contributions to important problems in and challenges to functional analysisBenefits 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