Journal Guide

Physical Therapy in Sport is an international peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the publication of research and clinical practice material relevant to the healthcare professions involved in sports medicine. The journal publishes material that is indispensable for day-to-day practice and continuing professional development. Physical Therapy in Sport covers topics dealing with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injuries, as well as more general areas of sports medicine and related sports science.The journal publishes original research, case studies, reviews, masterclasses, papers on clinical approaches, and book reviews, as well as occasional reports from conferences. Papers are double-blind peer-reviewed by our international advisory board and other international experts, and submissions from a broad range of disciplines are actively encouraged.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

Physics Letters A offers an exciting publication outlet for novel and frontierphysics. It encourages the submission of new research on: condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, nonlinear science, statistical physics, mathematical and computational physics, general and cross-disciplinary physics (including foundations), atomic, molecular and cluster physics, plasma and fluid physics, optical physics, biological physics and nanoscience. No articles on High Energy and Nuclear Physics are published in Physics Letters A. The journal's high standard and wide dissemination ensures a broad readership amongst the physics community. Rapid publication times and flexible length restrictions give Physics Letters A the edge over other journals in the field.Note to authors:In order to be considered for publication, your introduction should clearly explain the novelty, urgency and originality of the research in your article.Plagiarism, or copying text or results from other sources, is unethical behavior and is not tolerated at Physics Letters A. All manuscripts submitted to Physics Letters A will be checked for originality using the CrossCheck database. For more information on CrossCheck please visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.htmlBenefits to authors:We 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

Physics Letters B ensures the rapid publication of important new results in nuclear and particle physics. Specialized editors are responsible for contributions in experimental nuclear physics, theoretical nuclear physics, experimental high-energy physics, theoretical high-energy physics, and astrophysics.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

Copyright information
For authors publishing in Physics Procedia, accepted manuscript will be governed by CC BY-NC-ND. For further details see our copyright information. How are conferences evaluated for inclusion in Physics Procedia?
Conference proceedings are accepted for publication in Physics Procedia based on suitability of scope and are required to meet certain criteria, including the assurance that all papers are original, will be subject to peer review and will not be published elsewhere. Elsevier will evaluate all proposals on the basis of key information related to the conference provided by the organizers, for example, the conference website, programme, supporting organization and contact details of the committee and keynote speakers. Elsevier may make contact with members of the committee and keynote speakers to obtain further information about the conference during the evaluation process.

What is the process for submitting conference proceedings to Physics Procedia?
Proposals should be prepared using the template /inca/publications/misc/PHPRO Proposal Template.dochere and sent to:

Simone Munao
Interim Publisher
s.munao@elsevier.com

Please note that we do not accept proposals from individual authors for Procedia titles.

What does Physics Procedia offer authors and conferences organizers?
Physics Procedia offers a single, highly recognized platform where conference papers can be hosted and accessed by millions of researchers. Authors then know where to go to keep abreast of the latest developments in their field. All proceedings appear online, on Science Direct, within 8 weeks of acceptance of the final manuscripts via the conference organizer and are freely available to all users. Physics Procedia offers authors and conference organizers a fast and cost effective way to provide maximum exposure for their papers.

Templates (both Latex and Word) are provided to assist in the publication and the final online papers contain linked references, XML versions and DOI numbers.

Why should conference organizers choose Physics Procedia?
Unlike regular journals, there is no limit to the amount of papers a Physics Procedia issue can contain and pricing is affordable, clear and transparent. Physics Procedia offers immediate access for all, with papers online within 8 weeks of acceptance, and open access providing maximum exposure for individual papers and the related conference. Organizers are being credited on the actual issue and are fully responsible for quality control, the review process and the content of individual conference papers.

What are the costs associated with Physics Procedia?
There is an agreed fee, based on the size of the proceedings, which includes online publication on http://www.sciencedirect.com/ScienceDirect and free access after acceptance. The agreement must hold an estimated number of submissions. Beyond the agreed number an extra cost is levied.
In addition to the online version there is the possibility to purchase paper copies, CD-ROMs and USB sticks. Moreover, interactive media possibilities such as webcasts and web seminars can be acquired for extra exposure both before and after the conference.

Can Physics Procedia be sponsored?
We are open to discussing sponsoring possibilities at all times. Sponsors can include funding bodies, government agencies and/or industry. Benefits to sponsors include visibility amongst a scientific audience and the opportunity to communicate messages via a peer-reviewed platform. Benefits to authors and conference organizers are the further dissemination of material to an international audience and reduced costs to the overall conference budget.

Physics Reports keeps the active physicist up-to-date on developments in a wide range of topics by publishing timely reviews which are more extensive than just literature surveys but normally less than a full monograph. Each Report deals with one specific subject. These reviews are specialist in nature but contain enough introductory material to make the main points intelligible to a non-specialist. The reader will not only be able to distinguish important developments and trends but will also find a sufficient number of references to the original literature.Submission of articles to Physics Reports is by invitation only; unsolicited submissions cannot be accepted. Should you feel that you have a topic suitable for publication in one of the sections in this journal, please contact the appropriate editor (see Editorial Board) with a proposal of no more than 1000 words.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

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is an international interdisciplinary journal for the rapid publication of collections of refereed communications in separate thematic issues, either stemming from scientific meetings, or, especially compiled for the occasion. There is no restriction on the length of articles published in the journal. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth incorporates the separate Parts A, B and C which existed until the end of 2001.
Please note: the Editors are unable to consider submissions that are not invited or linked to a thematic issue. Please do not submit unsolicited papers.

The journal covers the following subject areas:

Solid Earth and Geodesy
(geology, geochemistry, tectonophysics, seismology, volcanology, palaeomagnetism and rock magnetism, electromagnetism and potential fields, marine and environmental geosciences as well as geodesy)

Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere
(hydrology and water resources research, engineering and management, oceanography and oceanic chemistry, shelf, sea, lake and river sciences, meteorology and atmospheric sciences incl. chemistry as well as climatology and glaciology)

Solar-Terrestrial and Planetary Science
(solar, heliospheric and solar-planetary sciences, geology, geophysics and atmospheric sciences of planets, satellites and small bodies as well as cosmochemistry and exobiology).

The scope of PhysMed consists of the application of theoretical and practical physics to medicine, physiology and biology. Topics covered are:

• Physics of Imaging
  Ultrasonic imaging, Optical imaging, X-ray imaging, Fluorescence, other
• Physics of Therapy
  Ultrasonic therapy, Vibrational medicine, Laser Physics, other
• Physics of Materials and Mechanics
  Physics of impact and injuries, Physics of proteins, Metamaterials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Biomedical Materials, Physics of vascular and cerebrovascular diseases, Micromechanics and Micro engineering, Microfluidics in medicine, Mechanics of the human body, Rotary molecular motors, Biological physics, Physics of bio fabrication and regenerative medicine, other
• Physics of Instrumentation
  Engineering of instruments, Physical effects of the application of instruments, Measurement Science and Technology, Physics of micro-labs, Optical instrumentation, Ultrasound instruments, other
• Physics of Electromagnetics
  Neural Engineering, Signal analysis in Medicine, Electromagnetics and the nerve system, Quantum Electronics, Other
• Physics of Hearing and Seeing
  Acoustics and hearing, Physics of hearing aids, Optics and vision, Physics of vision aids, other
• Physics of Space Medicine
  Space physiology, Space medicine related Physics, other

Physics of Life Reviews is an international journal appearing quarterly, that publishes review articles on physics of living systems, complex phenomena in biological systems, and related fields of artificial life, robotics, mathematical bio-semiotics, and artificial intelligent systems. This journal is a unifying force, going across the barriers between disciplines, addressing all living systems from molecules to populations and from genetics to mind and artificial systems modeling these phenomena. The journal invites reviews from actively working researchers, which are broad in scope, critical, accessible to our wide readership and addresses sometimes controversial accounts of recent progress and problems.Physics of Life Reviews intends to keep the active researcher abreast of developments on a wide range of topics by publishing timely reviews, which are more than mere literature surveys but normally less than a full monograph. Although most of the reviews will be of a specialist nature, each review should contain enough introductory material to make the main points intelligible to a non-specialist and to inspire and facilitate interdisiplinary research. The reviews should address in a clear way the most important conceptual issues in a field, review existing theories and methods with their achievements and drawbacks or difficulties versus the issues, unsolved problems addressed by a new theory, method, or approach, and why a significant progress is achieved or expected. Future research directions, remaining unsolved problems, and experimental confirmations or controversies should also be addressed.

Physics of the Dark Universe is a new and innovative online-only, fully open access journal. The journal offers rapid publication of peer-reviewed, original research articles considered of high scientific impact. The journal is focused on the understanding of the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy and covers all theoretical, experimental and phenomenological aspects of both Dark Matter and Dark Energy.It encourages the submission of articles on the following subjects in this field:Nature of Particle Dark MatterDirect searches for Dark MatterIndirect searches for Dark MatterCollider searches for Dark Matter, including for example the Large Hadron ColliderTheoretical investigations of the Physics of Dark MatterInvestigations of New and Existing Models OF Dark Matter (e.g. SUSY, extra dimensions, axions, etc)Low mass WIMP searchesObservations and experimental results related to the properties of Dark EnergyNew experiments, forecasts and methods for the observation of Dark EnergyModels and theoretical properties of vacuum energy,quintessence, modified gravity, and in general of Dark Energy and its alternative explanationsIn addition to submission of scientific papers in the usual formats, we encourage the submission of innovative articles, in the following forms:Articles containing additional information, such as additional figures, interactive plots and database linking. Elsevier offers 700 MB of space to be used for each article for additional material. Each file has a suggested size limit of 50 MB, but larger files are possible (in this case please contact the Managing Editor).Design Studies and Concept papers for new experiments or describing ideas for new experiments. In particular, experimental set up of the next generation of very large Dark Matter direct and indirect detectors, new underground laboratories for the study of Dark Matter, and new ground based or space based experiments on Dark Energy are particularly welcome. These articles can be longer than regular articles, describing the experiment while focusing on its scientific goals.Software Description and Manuals can be published, if the software is proved to have scientific interest in the understanding of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. The paper can be enriched with the code itself, that can be versioned and updated with time. A new article can only be allowed if the modifications to the software are relevant to the science described.Cover Images Credits:Photomultipliers, credits to XENON100 Collaboration; Cassiopea A, credits NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude et al; Millennium Simulation, credits Prof. Volker Springel; Bullet Cluster, credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M.Markevitch et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D. Clowe et al.; Lensing Map: NASA/STScI; ESO WFI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.

Launched in 1968 to fill the need for an international journal in the field of planetary physics, geodesy and geophysics, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors has now grown to become important reading matter for all geophysicists. It is the only journal to be entirely devoted to the physical and chemical processes of planetary interiors.Original research papers, review articles, short communications and book reviews are all published on a regular basis; and from time to time special issues of the journal are devoted to the publication of the proceedings of symposia and congresses which the editors feel will be of particular interest to the reader.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

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology provides an International forum for original research papers, reviews, and commentaries on all aspects of the molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, ultrastructure, genetics and evolution of plant-microbe interactions.Papers on all kinds of infective pathogen, including viruses, prokaryotes, fungi, and nematodes, as well as mutualistic organisms such as Rhizobium and mycorrhyzal fungi, are acceptable as long as they have a bearing on the interaction between microbe and plant.Research Areas Include:• Applications of mutagenesis and recombinant DNA technology to the elucidation of processes involved in host-parasite interactions• Genetics of pathogenicity• Genetical basis of host recognition• Molecular basis of recognition; receptors and exogenous and endogenous elicitors• Plasmids and infection processes; tumorigenesis• Structure/activity relationships of toxins, sites of action• Growth regulators and metabolic regulation• Molecular biology of enzyme systems involved in infection processes• Cell wall modifications and resistance to infection• Molecular biology of phytoalexins and other secondary metabolites of the host and their roles in resistance• Predisposition and induced susceptibility• Transport of organic and inorganic nutrients in the infected plant; source-sink relationships

Physiology & Behavior is aimed at the causal physiological mechanisms of behavior and its modulation by environmental factors. The journal invites original reports in the broad area of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, in which at least one variable is physiological and the primary emphasis and theoretical context are behavioral. The range of subjects includes behavioral neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology, learning and memory, ingestion, social behavior, and studies related to the mechanisms of psychopathology. Contemporary reviews and theoretical articles are welcomed and the Editors invite such proposals from interested authors.Thematic issues and more comprehensive studies are also considered for publication, subject to the same review standards and process. Articles will be published in English.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

Physiotherapy aims to publish original research and facilitate continuing professional development for physiotherapists and other health professions worldwide. Dedicated to the advancement of physiotherapy through publication of research and scholarly work concerned with, but not limited to, its scientific basis and clinical application, education of practitioners, management of services and policy.We are pleased to receive articles reporting original scientific research, systematic reviews or meta-analyses, theoretical or debate articles, brief reports and technical reports. All papers should demonstrate methodological rigour.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