Journal Guide

IET Software publishes papers on all aspects of the software lifecycle, including design, development, implementation and maintenance. The focus of the journal is on the methods used to develop and maintain software, and their practical application. IET Software covers all aspects of software engineering and places particular emphasis on the following topics: • Software and systems requirements engineering • Formal methods, design methods, practice and experience • Software architecture, aspect and object orientation, reuse and re-engineering • Testing, verification and validation techniques • Software dependability and measurement • Human systems engineering and human–computer interaction • Knowledge engineering, expert and knowledge-based systems, intelligent agents • Information systems engineering • Application of software engineering in industry and commerce • Software engineering technology transfer • Management of software development • Theoretical aspects of software development • Education and training, including continuing professional development

IET Systems Biology publishes papers that take a systems and signal-oriented approach to the dynamic interactions within and between cells. It also includes papers that analyse genomic data in order to identify variables, and basic relationships between them, where the results provide a basis for mathematical modelling and simulation of cellular dynamics. IET Systems Biology covers topics including the following: • Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cells, tissue and the physiome • Molecular and cellular interaction, gene, cell and protein function • Networks and pathways • Metabolism and cell signalling • Dynamics, regulation and control • Systems, signals, and information • Experimental data analysis • Mathematical modelling, simulation and theoretical analysis • Biological modelling, simulation, prediction and control • Methodologies, databases, tools and algorithms for modelling and simulation • Synthetic biology and bioengineering based on systems biology

IET Wireless Sensor Systems covers papers from the growing field of wireless sensor networks and distributed systems, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years and is evolving into a multi-billion dollar industry. It gives a platform to researchers and academics in the field and covers the research, engineering, technological developments, and innovative deployment of distributed sensor and actuator systems. Topics covered include: Theoretical developments of: • Innovative architectures for smart sensors, nano-sensors and actuators • Unstructured networking • Cooperative and clustering distributed sensors • Data fusion for distributed sensors • Distributed intelligence in distributed sensors • Energy harvesting for and lifetime of smart sensors and actuators • Cross-layer design and layer optimisation in distributed sensors • Security, trust and dependability of distributed sensors Innovative services and applications for: • Monitoring: health, traffic, weather and toxins • Surveillance: target tracking and localisation • Observation: global resources and geological activities (Earth, forest,mines, underwater) • Industrial applications of distributed sensors in green and agile manufacturing • Sensor and RFID applications of the Internet-of-Things (‘IoT’) • Smart metering • Machine-to-machine communications

IETE Journal of Research is a Bimonthly journal published by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India. It publishes scientific and technical papers describing original research work or novel product/process development. Occasionally special issues are brought out on new and emerging research areas. IETE Journal of Research is useful to researchers, engineers, scientists, teachers, managers and students who are interested in keeping a track of original research and development work being carried out in the broad area of electronics, telecommunications, computer science and engineering and information technology.

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India's leading recognised professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication & IT. Founded in 1953, it serves more than 69,000 members through various centres, whose number is 58, spread all over India and abroad. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy. Government of India has recognised IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence. The objectives of IETE focus on advancing electro-technology. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as career advancement opportunities to its members.

All papers from IFAC meetings are published, in partnership with Elsevier, the IFAC Publisher, in the http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/24058963IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings series hosted at the http://www.sciencedirect.com/ScienceDirect web service. The main features of the IFAC-PapersOnLine series are:

• Online archive including papers from IFAC Symposia, Congresses, Conferences, and most Workshops.
• All papers accepted at the meeting are published in PDF format - searchable and citable.
• All papers published on the web site can be cited using the IFAC PapersOnLine ISSN and the individual paper DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
• The site is Open Access in nature - no charge is made to individuals for reading or downloading.

Copyright of all papers belongs to IFAC and must be referenced if derivative journal papers are produced from the conference papers. All papers published in IFAC-PapersOnLine have undergone a peer review selection process according to the IFAC rules.

IFLA Journal is an international journal which publishes original peer reviewed articles, a selection of peer reviewed IFLA conference papers, and news of current IFLA activities. Content is selected to reflect the variety of the international information profession, ranging from freedom of access to information, knowledge management, services to the visually impaired and intellectual property.

As the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, IIE Transactions publishes original high-quality papers on a wide range of topics of interest to industrial engineers who want to remain current with the state-of-the-art technologies. The refereed journal aims to foster the engineering community by publishing papers with a strong methodological focus motivated by real problems that impact engineering practice and research. Published monthly, the journal is composed of four focus issues: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering and Analysis, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Scheduling and Logistics. IIE Transactions encourages research motivated by critical and complex engineering problems that arise in a wide variety of domains including service, public policy, health care, security, biotechnology, transportation, and others. The journal publishes papers that integrate industrial engineering with other disciplines including statistics, other engineering disciplines, computer science, biological science, and operations research. Articles covering new methodologies and state-of-the-art surveys are included in the journal. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, an official journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, publishes original high-quality papers on healthcare related topics of interest to researchers who want to remain current with cutting edge approaches to healthcare problems. The refereed journal aims to foster the healthcare systems community by publishing papers that have a strong methodological focus and direct applicability to healthcare systems. Published quarterly, the journal is composed of six departments: Healthcare Operations Management, Medical Decision Making, Socio-Technical Systems Analysis, Quality Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, and Healthcare Policy.    

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering encourages research motivated by the challenging problems related to healthcare systems. The journal publishes papers that document the development and use of industrial and systems engineering tools and techniques including operations research, statistics, information systems, work measurement, and human factors/ergonomics applied to healthcare systems. The integration of these tools and techniques with those from other engineering and medical disciplines are also featured. Review papers and articles covering new methodologies, state-of-the-art surveys, technical notes, and book reviews are also included within the scope of the journal.