Journal Guide

The International Journal of Finance and Economics aims to publish articles of high quality dealing with issues in international finance which impact on national and global economies. While maintaining the high standards of a fully refereed academic journal, with technical, empirical and theoretical material, IJFE articles will also be accessible to non-specialists, policy-makers and practitioners. Each paper will be prefaced by a non-technical summary of up to 500 words and, on an occasional basis, IJFE will publish a feature article on a major issue in international finance, written at a non-technical, but academically rigorous, level. IJFE will concern itself with issues such as exchange rates, balance of payments, financial institutions, risk analysis, international banking and portfolio management, financial market regulation, Third World debt, European monetary union, the financial aspects of transition economies, financial instruments and international financial policy co-ordination. IJFE is aimed at practitioners, researchers and graduate students in:* international economics*international finance*financial economics*international political economy*financial analysis and treasury management*policy making.

International Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN 2227-7072) is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly open access journal on the financial market, instruments, policy and management research. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, and communications; there is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodical details must be provided for research articles.

The International Journal of Fluid Power was established in 2000 as the first English language scientific journal fully dedicated to fluid power technology. It provides essential reading for engineers and academics interested in advances in modern fluid power (FP) technology. Fluid power refers to the discipline that involves the use of fluids to perform mechanical actuations. It encompasses hydraulic control systems and pneumatic systems. It is a well-established and independent discipline which has a defined research area and scholarly activities since at least seven decades. The educational and research activities related to the fluid power discipline serve a large and widespread industry reaching from agriculture, construction, transportation, aerospace, marine, manufacturing and entertainment industries.

The journal promotes and emphasizes fluid power technology as an independent and distinct field of engineering. In addition to promoting high-quality articles on research and development, the journals also promotes international fluid power conferences, workshops, and exhibitions taking place around the world sponsored by the Global Fluid Power Society (GFPS). All the published papers are peer reviewed by at least two leading experts of the fluid power community to ensure both technical quality and integrity.

Topics of interest for the journal include all areas of fluid power technology, including:

• New design solutions for hydrostatic pumps and motors
• Hydrostatic and hydraulic hybrid transmissions
• New approaches for the analysis, modeling and design of hydraulic and pneumatic components
• Control design methodologies and techniques for fluid power systems
• Reduction of oscillations and vibrations of fluid power machines
• New system configurations to reduce fuel consumption and increase productivity of fluid power machines
• Safety, reliability, fault analysis, diagnosis and prognostic of fluid power systems
• Digital and switched fluid power systems
• Noise and vibration of fluid power components
• Human scale applications of fluid power technology
• Water hydraulics
• Applications of fluid power in the field of renewable energy
• Fluid power in manufacturing
• Fluid power teleoperation and haptics
• Fluid power in mobile and industrial robots
• Environmental aspects of fluid power
• Smart fluids and materials for fluid power systems

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.

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