Journal Guide

ESR aims at providing the knowledge needed for practising human stewardship. Human stewardship is one of the noblest duties of humanity and one of the greatest challenges to science. And it is a primary prerequisite for long-term survival of our species, Homo sapiens.Effective stewardship can be achieved only if many people become actively involved, including people outside the scientific community. While insisting on scientific principles, ESR will help to motivate and inform individuals and groups who are prepared to participate in supporting endangered life.ESR is international and interdisciplinary. It covers all endangered forms of life on Earth, the threats faced by species and their habitats and the necessary steps that must be undertaken to ensure their conservation. ESR publishes high quality contributions reporting research on all species (and habitats) of conservation concern, whether they be classified as Near Threatened or Threatened (Endangered or Vulnerable) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) or highlighted as part of national or regional conservation strategies. Submissions on all aspects of conservation science are welcome.We especially invite contributions that synthesise key areas. Suggestions for Theme Sections on emerging topics of importance are invited. All submitted manuscripts will be subject to a thorough review process involving at least three reviewers. Current acceptance rates are about 60%.Please submit manuscripts through the online management system or via e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief via the ESR Managing Editor (for details consult GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS).Criticism and advice are invited (address to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Brendan J. Godley B.J.Godley(at)exeter.ac.uk).

A proud traditionEndeavour publishes brief articles that review the history and philosophy of science. Originally established in 1942 as a forum for reviewing the latest developments in science, its long and proud history has seen Endeavour develop into one of the leading journals in the history of science field. Unlimited in its coverage, but with extensive material focusing on the life sciences, technology and medicine, Endeavour provides a critical forum for the inter-disciplinary exploration and evaluation of specific subjects or people that have affected the development of the scientific discipline throughout history.Multi-faceted historyEndeavour presents the history of science in a clear and accessible manner, ensuring the journal is a valuable tool for historians, practicing scientists and general readers. To enable it to have the broadest coverage possible, Endeavour features four types of articles:Reviews are concise, fully referenced and beautifully illustrated with high quality reproductions of the most important source material.Opinions are critical commentaries on the most pertinent issues in the history of science that discuss how heritage would be best preserved, reappraise the historiography of a variety of topic areas and suggest new perspectives with which we can consider established concepts in the field.Book Reviews provide a picture of the rapidly growing history of science discipline. Written by a collection of scholars, ranging from established specialists to the hottest new scholars in the field, our reviews provide a vibrant overview of the latest publications in the history of science market.

Endocrine Connections publishes original quality research in all areas of endocrinology, with a focus on papers that have relevance to its related and intersecting disciplines and the wider biomedical community. The journal considers basic, translational and clinical studies.

• Signaling mechanisms - endocrine disruption by chemicals that mimic/antagonize all classes of hormones: reproductive and metabolic hormones, morphogens, detoxification systems, vitamins, and orphans--via all hormone binding proteins and metabolic pathways.
• Endocrine disruption-based disease - e.g. reproductive, developmental, immunologic, metabolic, behavioral, oncologic-including both preclinical and epidemiologic studies.
• High throughput, structure-based, and modeling methodologies - in silico compound docking, medium?high throughput screening methods, structure-activity studies, and database approaches. The study of mixtures, low-doses, non-monotonic dose behavior, and their environmental relevancy.
• Experimental models - the suitability of cell and animal models for assessing endocrine disruptor activities.
• Perinatal origins of adult disease - the fetal, postnatal and multigenerational basis of adult disease, and emerging examples of epigenetic control and endocrine disruptor-mediated imprinting of changes in gene expression.
• Natural endocrine disruptors - e.g. phyto-hormones, phyco-hormones- and their disease, drug interaction, or therapeutic targets.
• Cross-training for chemists and biologists- facilitating the interface of green chemistry design/remediation with endocrinology, aimed at eliminating future endocrine-disrupting chemicals from consumer products.
• Public policy - the crafting of public policy to prevent and remediate endocrine disruption.
• Education and Outreach - community outreach, public education, translation to stake-holders, and web sites devoted to exposing or solving the endocrine disruption problem.

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