Journal Guide

The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association is an international geoscience journal that was founded in 1859 and publishes research and review papers on all aspects of Earth Science. In particular, papers will focus on the geology of northwestern Europe and the Mediterranean, including both the onshore and offshore record. Following a long tradition, the PGA will focus on: i) a range of article types (see below) on topics of wide relevance to Earth Sciences ii) papers on aspects of Earth Science that have societal relevance including geoconservation and Earth management, iii) papers on palaeoenvironments and palaeontology of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, iv) papers on aspects of Quaternary geology and climate change, and v) papers on the history of geology with particular reference to individuals that have shaped the subject. These topics will also steer the content of the themes of the Special Issues that are published in the PGA.Papers published in the PGA will take the form of Research papers and Review papers. In addition it will publish Viewpoints, which are aimed to provide authoritative views from Earth Scientists on topics of debate within our subject, Topical or Teaching Perspectives on subjects of current, or potentially future importance and are not necessarily research papers but are written in a manner that makes them particularly accessible to the general public and students, and Contexts, which are short papers giving the wider scientific context of a paper that is published in the same issue. Submissions of all these types of papers, within the scope and aims of the journal, are welcome. Rapid Communications are no longer appropriate as all papers are published rapidly, being available on Science Direct with a doi, as soon as the proof has been corrected.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

Process Biochemistry is an application-orientated research journal devoted to reporting advances with originality and novelty, in the science and technology of the processes involving bioactive molecules and living organisms. These processes concern the production of useful metabolites or materials, or the removal of toxic compounds using tools and methods of current biology and engineering. Its main areas of interest include novel bioprocesses and enabling technologies (such as nanobiotechnology, tissue engineering, directed evolution, metabolic engineering, systems biology, and synthetic biology) applicable in food (nutraceutical), healthcare (medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic), energy (biofuels), environmental, and biorefinery industries and their underlying biological and engineering principles.Main topics covered include, with most of possible aspects and domains of application:• Fermentation, biochemical and bioreactor engineering• Biotechnology processes and their life science aspects• Biocatalysis, enzyme engineering and biotransformation• Downstream processing• Modeling, optimization and control techniques.Particular aspects related to the processes, raw materials and products, also include:• Quantitative microbial physiology, stress response, signal transduction• Genetic engineering and metabolic engineering• Proteomics, functional genomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics• Chiral compounds production, cell free protein system, high-throughput screening, in-vivo/in-vitro evolution, enzyme immobilization, enzyme reaction in non-aqueous media• Mass transfer, mixing, scale-up and scale-down, bioprocess monitoring, bio-manufacturing• Cell, tissue and antibody engineering: animal and plant cells/tissues, algae, micro-algae, extremophile, antibody screening and production• Environmental biotechnology: biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater treatment, biosorption and bioaccumulation• Bio-commodity engineering: biomass, bio-refinery, bio-energy• Bioseparation, purification, protein refolding.• Other new bioprocess and bioreactor related topics especially on application to healthcare sectors

PSEP aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in the branches of engineering concerned with the safety of industrial processes and the protection of the environment.Papers showing how research results can be used in process engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in safety or environmental aspects of plant or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged. The journal is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of traditional engineering.Core topic areas:Safety• Technical Safety and Loss Prevention• Hazardous Areas• Fire and Gas detection• Firewater systems• Safety critical systems• Safety Integrity Levels (SIL)• Reliability• Layer of Protection (LOPA) and Bowtie Analysis• Emergency response• HAZard IDentification (HAZID) (and Inherent Safety) workshop.• HAZard and OPerability (HAZOP) Study (and SIL) workshop.Modelling• Liquid release• Gaseous release• 2-phase release• heavy gas dispersion• Computational Fluid Dynamics• Accident investigation and modelling.Chemical Safety and Occupational Health• Chemical toxicity and exposure• Toxic release and consequence modelling• Process plant health issues.Pipelines, Storage and Security• Security and terrorism• Pipeline leak detection/measurement and corrosion assessment.Fire and Explosion• Fires and combustion• Explosions (including dust explosions)• Fire and blast protection and survivability• Fire fighting• Runaway reactions• Consequence modelling• Oil and gas production safety.Human Factors in Design and Management• Process safety /environmental performance measurement including leading and lagging indicators• Human and organizational factors in safety cases• Characterisation and quantification of human performance in hazard identification and risk analysis• Human performance optimisation by design• SIMOPS (simultaneous operations)• Situational Awareness• Communications and risk control systems• Management systems and processes• Resilience Engineering, normal accidents, high reliability organisations• Ageing assets• Technical Assurance• Integrity Management • Training.Inherent Safety and Inherently Safer Design• Design and development of new processes • Design and development of new equipment • Methodologies for ranking inherent safety • Retrofitting inherently safer solutions: upgrading existing plant for improved safety• Examples of IS Design.Nuclear Safety• Waste disposal • Design for decommissioning • Passively safe reactor designs • Nuclear reactor protective system reliability and risk monitoring.Reaction Hazards• Chemical thermal stability • Thermal reaction hazards • Influence of impurities on reaction hazards • Development of reactivity hazard index ranking tool • Runaway reactions (detection and mitigation) • Compatibility/reactivity of chemicals involved in a chemical process.Risk and Risk Management• Major Accident Hazards• Quantified risk assessment • Uncertainty in quantified risk assessment • Risk-based design, ALARP and cost-benefit analysis• Risk-based decision-making • Safety cases• Integrated risk management.Environment• Energy and Alternative Energy Sources• Renewable and non-renewable energy sources and storage• Chemical and biochemical conversion of fossil fuels, biomass and waste• Life-cycle assessment • Energy infrastructure • Capture and storage of carbon dioxide • Nuclear energy • Energy and sustainable development • Process integration and intensification of energy processes.Sustainable Economy• Policy development and the industrial response• Sustainability concepts and assessment: social, environmental and economic criteria; decision processes; stakeholder identification and engagement; metrics• Environmental taxes, permits and emission trading• Energy futures• Renewable resources• Low carbon technologies.Environmental and Resource Management Systems• Environmental, social and economic performance of processes and products• Life cycle assessment and management• Material flow accounting• Industrial ecology and symbiosis• Labelling: embodied carbon; virtual water; ecolabelling; etc.• Renewable energy and sustainable energy systems.Clean Technology• Process and product design• Novel reactions, catalysts, solvents, etc.• Process intensification• Minimisation and avoidance of process waste and emissions• Emission treatment: scrubbing, venting, flaring, etc.Resource Management• Recovery, recycling and closed-loop use of materials and products• Waste management: systems and processes for energy and material recovery and waste treatment; disposal• Landfill and waste repository design, operation and management• Land remediation and recovery.Water• Industrial, pure and ultrapure water production• Municipal and industrial effluent treatment• Potable water treatment• Sludge processing, energy recovery and disposal• Mitigation of water environment, pollution incidents.

Es la Revista Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia, y está presente en los más prestigiosos índices de referencia en medicina. Sus contenidos, clasificados en función de 4 grandes áreas (reproducción y endocrinología, perinatología, oncología y ginecología general) resultan de máxima utilidad para el especialista.12 NÚMEROS AL AÑO + 2 EXTRAORDINARIOS CONGRESO BIANUALPara más información, consulte http://ees.elsevier.es/pog

Progress in Aerospace Sciences is an international review journal designed to be of broad interest and use to all those concerned with research in aerospace sciences and their applications in research establishments, industry and universities. The journal is devoted primarily to the publication of specially commissioned review articles designed to bring together under one cover current advances in the ever-broadening field of aerospace sciences. No artificial limits are imposed on the length of papers and authors are encouraged to provide specialist readers with an orderly and concise summary of recent work, including sufficient detail for more general aerospace readers to be informed of recent developments in fields other than their own.The coverage of the journal includes timely reviews in aeronautics and astronautics, especially in important aerospace areas such as aero- and gas dynamics, aero-and space structures, flight mechanics of air and space vehicles, materials, vibrations, aeroelasticity, acoustics, aero- and space propulsion, avionics, and occasionally some related areas as well, such as wind engineering and hydrodynamics. "While the emphasis is on reviews of current developments, papers providing historical perspectives on important past developments and their pioneers are also welcome. Occasionally, the journal also publishes reviews of new books on aerospace topics."

Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology covers the ground between the physical and biological sciences. It indicates to the physicist the great variety of unsolved problems awaiting attention in the biological sciences. The biologist and biochemist will find that this journal presents new and stimulating ideas on structural and functional problems of the living organism. This journal will be of particular interest to biophysicists, biologists, biochemists, cell physiologists, systems biologists, and molecular biologists.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

Each issue of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases comprehensively covers a single topic in the understanding and treatment of disorders of the heart and circulation. Some issues include special articles, definitive reviews that capture the state of the art in the management of particular clinical problems in cardiology.2012 Topics:Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyGuest Editor: Mark SherridInnovation in BiomarkersGuest Editor: Wilson TangPulmonary HypertensionGuest Editor: Evelyn HornEthics in CardiologyGuest Editor: Neal DickertSyncopeGuest Editors: David Cannom and David BendittBenefits 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

Crystals lie at the root of much of today's advanced technology. Near-perfect crystals of silicon and III-V compounds are needed for microprocessors and optoelectronics, magnetic crystals provide some computer memories, and crystals of all kinds are required for scientific studies and new applications.This journal is the only review journal which provides a repository of articles and references on the growth and characterization of crystals and their applications. As the years go by it is building up into an invaluable source of information on a wide range of topics.Advances in the techniques of growing and assessing ever more perfect crystals of a wide range of materials lie at the roots of much of today's advanced technology. The literature of crystal growth is expanding faster than almost any comparable field of science. This journal is planned to fill the need for communication and act as a rapid publication medium for review articles and conference reports in order to keep abreast of developments in this field.Crystal growth and characterization (or assessment) is of vital interest to many scientists in industry and in universities. The journal covers all aspects of crystal growth and characterization including crystals of semiconductors and electronic materials, oxides, synthetic materials, magnetic and optical crystals, organic and biological crystals and metals. Topics in eutectics, thin film and theory of crystal growth are included and also methods of assessing crystal perfection and purity. The wide-ranging interdisciplinary nature of Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials means that it is of interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, electronic engineers and metallurgists as well as specialists in crystal growth. Emphasis on practical developments and problems ensures its importance for workers in industry.This journal carries full review articles, state-of-the-art reports, reviews of important new publications and lists of forthcoming meetings in the field of crystal growth and characterization.Invited Review Papers only.

Conservation of energy requires an efficient combustion of fossil fuels, and the protection of the environment demands a limitation of the pollutants emitted from combustion systems. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science contains articles by internationally recognized authors in the fields of combustion, flames, fuel science and technology and energy studies.Each volume contains a number of specially commissioned review articles on a specific topic, which provides the reader with an orderly and concise survey of a particular aspect of combustion and energy. The length of the articles allows authors to discuss their subjects more fully and comprehensively than can be undertaken in papers reporting original work. These review articles provide an opportunity for research workers to become usefully informed in fields other than their own. They are of use to students seeking a review of a particular subject, together with a comprehensive bibliography. Certain volumes are also aimed at engineers working in government and industrial research establishments, seeking practical solutions to problems in the fields of energy and pollution.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

Progress in Engineering Science is a hybrid, broad scope, international journal publishing articles in all fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary areas of engineering and accepts papers that are scientifically sound and of general interest. The journal also publishes manuscripts reporting negative/null results, incremental advances, and replication studies.

The journal welcomes submissions on both theoretical and industrial aspects of engineering research including but not limited to biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, Industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, and architectural and urban planning engineering.

Progress in Engineering Science publishes Full Length Articles, Short Communications, Review Articles, Short Reviews and Case Studies. All papers in the journal are peer reviewed.

Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry publishes comprehensive and analytical reviews within the entire field of histochemistry and cytochemistry. Methodological contributions as well as papers in the fields of applied histo- and cytochemistry (e.g. cell biology, pathology, clinical disciplines) will be accepted.

The importance of lipids as one of the fundamental classes of biological compounds is well established. The application of our knowledge of the biochemistry, chemistry and physiology of lipids to biotechnology, the fats and oils industry and medicine have continued to expand apace. In addition new dimensions such as lipid biophysics, especially with relevance to membranes and lipoproteins, and basic liposome research and applications have been added. To cope with all these advances in knowledge a journal is needed to review recent progress in particular fields and to set current research against its historical background. Progress in Lipid Research fulfils this role.Each volume contains up-to-date surveys of special aspects of lipid research. The invited reviews are comprehensive enough to provide sufficient overview but concentrate on reporting and critically appraising the most recent data. Subjects are chosen for their timeliness or because major developments have taken place in the last few years. They include methodological reviews as well as chemical, biochemical and medical articles. All lipid compounds and derivatives are covered, ranging from fatty acids and other simple molecules, through steroids, terpenoids and phospho- or glycolipids to complex structures such as lipoproteins and biological membranes. We hope that those whose main interest is in lipid biophysics and liposome research will join as new readers, benefiting from the journal's classical aspects of lipid metabolism, lipids in signal transduction and lipid enzymology, and that current readers will benefit from the exposure to top quality research on the new aspects.Prospective authors of reviews should send a presubmission enquiry with key references to one of the Editors.

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Progress in Natural Science: Materials International provides scientists and engineers throughout the world with a central vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of basic theoretical studies and applied research of advanced materials. The emphasis is placed on original research, both analytical and experimental, which is of permanent interest to engineers and scientists, covering all aspects of new materials and technologies, such as, energy and environmental materials; advanced structural materials; advanced transportation materials, functional and electronic materials; nano-scale and amorphous materials; health and biological materials; materials modeling and simulation; materials characterization; and so on. The latest research achievements and innovative papers in basic theoretical studies and applied research of material science will be carefully selected and promptly reported. Thus, the aim of this Journal is to serve the global materials science and technology community with the latest research findings.
As a service to readers, an international bibliography of recent publications in advanced materials is published bimonthly.

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Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry does not publish work on the actions of biological extracts unless the pharmacological active molecular substrate and/or specific receptor binding properties of the extract compounds are elucidated.

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