Journal Guide

This reader-friendly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one or two topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section,References and Recommended Reading. At the back of each volume is Current World Literature, an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from hundreds of top journals in the field.Website:www.co-endocrinology.com.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to track the emergence of a new innovative sustainability science discipline by integrating across regional and global systems with their typical dimensions, human-environment interactions and management challenges. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability thus emphasises the actual interdisciplinary sustainability research approaches, the solutions it provides and their dissemination and application. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to stimulate scientifically grounded, interdisciplinary, multi-scale debate and exchange of ideas. It will contain polished, concise and timely review and synthesis papers. Additionally, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability will continue to publish papers on strategic research plans of Future Earth (http://www.icsu.org/future-earth) and related global-change projects. It will thus serve as an invaluable source of information for researchers, lecturers, teachers, professionals, policy makers and students.

1. The views of experts on current advances in food science in a clear and readable form.
2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.

The subject of food science is divided into themed sections, each of which is reviewed once a year.

• Food Physics and Materials Science
• Food Engineering and Processing
• Food Toxicology
• Food Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Food Bioprocessing
• Food Microbiology
• Food Safety
• Food Mycology
• Sensory Sciences and Consumer Behavior
• Functional Foods and Nutrition
• Foodomics Technologies
• Innovations in Food Science

Reviews

Authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.

Editorial Overview

Section Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.

Invited authors are encouraged to visit our Guide for Authors for information on article submission.

This reader-friendly, bimonthly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one or two topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Gastroenterology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, 'References and Recommended Reading'. At the back of each volume is 'Current World Literature', an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from several hundred top journals in the field.Website: www.co-gastroenterology.com.

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development aims to stimulate scientifically grounded, interdisciplinary, multi-scale debate and exchange of ideas. It contains polished, concise and timely reviews and opinions, with particular emphasis on those articles published in the past two years. In addition to describing recent trends, the authors are encouraged to give their subjective opinion of the topics discussed.In Current Opinion in Genetics and Development we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner:1. The views of experts on current advances in their field in a clear and readable form.2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publicationsCurrent Opinion in Genetics and Development will serve as an invaluable source of information for researchers, lecturers, teachers, professionals, policy makers and students.Division of the subject into sectionsThe subject of Genetics and Development is divided into six themed sections, each of which is reviewed once a year.• Genetic and cellular mechanisms of oncogenesis• Chromosomes, genomes and expression mechanisms• Molecular and genetic bases of disease• Developmental mechanisms, patterning and evolution• Differentiation and gene regulation• Genetics of system biologySelection of topics to be reviewedSection Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasised. Section Editors commission reviews from authorities on each topic that they have selected. The Editorial Board provides support to the Editors and the Section Editors with their comments and suggestions on names and topics.Review articles in Current Opinion in Genetics and Development are by invitation only.Review ArticlesAuthors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous two years.Editorial OverviewSection Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.This successful format has made Current Opinion in Genetics and Development one of the most highly regarded and highly cited review journals in the field (Impact factor = 8.987).

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS offers full and complete coverage enabling clinicians and researchers to keep up-to-date with the vast amount of information published in the field. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews bring readers up-to-speed on key subjects such as the T-cell in HIV infection and disease, reservoirs, host factors, HIV vaccines, antiretroviral therapy and clinical trial design.Website: www.co-hivandaids.com.

Current Opinion in Hematology is an easy-to-digest bimonthly journal covering the most interesting and important advances in the field of hematology. Its hand-picked selection of editors ensure the highest quality selection of unbiased review articles on themes from nine key subject areas, including myeloid biology, Vascular biology, hematopoiesis and erythroid system and its diseases. Each issue also contains a Current World Literature section, offering a thorough bibliography of papers selected from hundreds of top journals in the field.

Current Opinion in Immunology is a systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up-to-date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of immunology. It consists of 6 issues per year covering the following 12 sections, each of which is reviewed once a year:Innate immunityAntigen procesingLymphocyte developmentTumour immunologyLymphocyte activation and effector functionsVaccinesHost pathogensImmune senescenceImmunogenetics and transplantationAutoimmunityAllergy and hypersensitivityThere is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field.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.com

With its easy-to-digest reviews on important advances in world literature, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases offers expert evaluation on a wide range of topics from eleven key disciplines, including HIV infections and AIDS, skin and soft tissue infections, and respiratory infections. Published bimonthly, each issue covers in detail the most pertinent advances in these fields from the previous year. Every issue also contains an in-depth bibliography gleaned from several hundred top journals in the field, complete with annotations detailing the merits of the most important papers.

The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science.

• Ecology
• Insect genomics
• Global Change Biology
• Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity)
• Pests and Resistance
• Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control
• Behavioural Ecology
• Development and Regulation
• Social Insects
• Neuroscience
• Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology

There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field.

Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.

American Heart Association members are eligible for a 20% discount on subscription rates.This reader-friendly, bimonthly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one topic, every issue of Current Opinion in Lipidology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, 'References and Recommended Reading'. At the back of each volume is 'Current World Literature', an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from the top 100 journals in the field.Website: www.co-lipidology.com.

Current Opinion in Microbiology is a systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up-to-date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of microbiology. It consists of 6 issues per year covering the following 11 sections, each of which is reviewed once a year:Host-microbe interactions: bacteriaCell regulationEcology and industrial microbiologyHost-microbe interactions: fungi/parasites/virusesAntimicrobialsGenomicsGrowth and development: eukaryotes/prokaryotesThere is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field.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.com

American Heart Association members are eligible for a 20% discount on subscription rates.Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances in the field from throughout the world literature. Reader-friendly, the journal features renowned guest editors focusing exclusively on two topics each issue. Bimonthly, every issue of Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews cover key subjects such as circulation and hemodynamics; pathophysiology of hypertension; clinical nephrology; mineral metabolism; pharmacology and therapeutics; renal immunology, pathology and pathophysiology; dialysis and transplantation; and other topics of major relevance. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, "References and Recommended Reading". At the back of each volume is "Current World Literature", an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from the top 100 journals in the field.

Current Opinion in Neurobiology contains:• Over 90 reviews a year from leading international contributors• Evaluated reference lists for all reviewsOnline• Fully searchable• Access back issues• Numerous linksSearch and read all issues from the very latest, back to the first, giving you access to your own reference library without leaving your desk.Ethics in Publishing: General StatementThe Editor(s) and Publisher of this Journal believe that there are fundamental principles underlying scholarly or professional publishing. While this may not amount to a formal 'code of conduct', these fundamental principles with respect to the authors' paper are that the paper should: i) be the authors' own original work, which has not been previously published elsewhere, ii) reflect the authors' own research and analysis and do so in a truthful and complete manner, iii) properly credit the meaningful contributions of co-authors and co-researchers, iv) not be submitted to more than one journal for consideration, and v) be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research. Of equal importance are ethical guidelines dealing with research methods and research funding, including issues dealing with informed consent, research subject privacy rights, conflicts of interest, and sources of funding. While it may not be possible to draft a 'code' that applies adequately to all instances and circumstances, we believe it useful to outline our expectations of authors and procedures that the Journal will employ in the event of questions concerning author conduct. With respect to conflicts of interest, the Publisher now requires authors to declare any conflicts of interest that relate to papers accepted for publication in this Journal. A conflict of interest may exist when an author or the author's institution has a financial or other relationship with other people or organizations that may inappropriately influence the author's work. A conflict can be actual or potential and full disclosure to the Journal is the safest course. All submissions to the Journal must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. The Journal may use such information as a basis for editorial decisions and may publish such disclosures if they are believed to be important to readers in judging the manuscript. A decision may be made by the Journal not to publish on the basis of the declared conflict.For more information, please refer to: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/conflictsofinterest

This reader-friendly, bimonthly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on two or three topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Neurology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, References and Recommended Reading. At the back of each volume is Current World Literature, an exceptionally thorough bibliography garnered from the top 100 journals in the field.

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology is a bimonthly publication offering a unique and wide ranging perspective on the key developments in the field. Each issue features hand-picked review articles from our team of expert editors. With eleven disciplines published across the year – including reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic cancer and fertility– every issue also contains an in-depth bibliography gleaned from several hundred top journals in the field, complete with annotations detailing the merits of the most important papers.

Current Opinion in Oncology Online provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances in the field from throughout the world literature. Reader-friendly, the journal features renowned guest editors focusing exclusively on two topics each issue. Bimonthly, every issue of Current Opinion in Oncology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews cover key subjects such as endocrine tumors; melanoma and other skin neoplasms; the genitourinary system; supportive care; cancer in AIDS; and the breast--some 18 or more items in all of major relevance. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, 'References and Recommended Reading'. At the back of each volume is 'Current World Literature', an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from the top 100 journals in the field.Website: www.co-oncology.com.