Journal Guide

The aim of the European Journal of Political Economy is to disseminate original theoretical and empirical research on economic phenomena within a scope that encompasses collective decision making, political behavior, and the role of institutions. Contributions are invited from the international community of researchers. Manuscripts must be published in English.Starting 2008, the European Journal of Political Economy is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index published by Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI).Sponsored issues publication:The European Journal of Political Economy offers interested parties the option of fast publication in (supplemental) sponsored issues. For more information please click hereBenefits 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

The European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) serves as a forum for innovative theoretical and applied agricultural economics research.The ERAE strives for balanced coverage of economic issues within the broad subject matter of agricultural and food production, consumption and trade, rural development, and resource use and conservation. Topics of specific interest include multiple roles of agriculture; trade and development; industrial organisation of the food sector; institutional dynamics; consumer behaviour; sustainable resource use; bioenergy; agricultural, agri-environmental and rural policy; specific European issues.Methodological articles are welcome. All published papers are at least double peer reviewed and must show originality and innovation. The ERAE also publishes book reviews.The European Review of Agricultural Economics is the official journal of the European Association of Agricultural Economists. To become a member of this association.

Explorations in Economic History provides broad coverage of the application of economic analysis to historical episodes. The journal has a tradition of innovative applications of theory and quantitative techniques, and it explores all aspects of economic change, all historical periods, all geographical locations, and all political and social systems. The journal includes papers by economists, economic historians, demographers, geographers, and sociologists.Explorations in Economic History is the only journal where you will find "Essays in Exploration." This unique department alerts economic historians to the potential in a new area of research, surveying the recent literature and then identifying the most promising issues to pursue.Research areas include:• Agriculture• Economic demography• Government regulation• Human resource development• International trade• Manufacturing• Money and finance• Political economies• Technical change• Transportation

Feminist Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, the journal enlarges and enriches economic discourse. The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men. Feminist Economics: * Advances feminist enquiry into economic issues affecting the lives of children, women, and men * Examines the relationship between gender and power in the economy and the construction and legitimization of economic knowledge * Extends feminist theoretical, historical, and methodological contributions to economics and the economy * Offers feminist insights into the underlying constructs of the economics discipline and into the historical, political, and cultural context of economic knowledge * Provides a feminist rethinking of theory and policy in diverse fields, including those not directly related to gender * Includes cross-disciplinary and cross-country perspectives Peer Review Policy: All articles published in Feminist Economics have undergone rigorous screening through an anonymous peer review process.

The Financial Analysts Journal has a long and proud tradition as a leading investment-practitioner forum in the industry. The FAJ also plays a key role in advancing the educational goal of CFA Institute by linking innovative researchers and thinkers to the broad practitioner community. CFA Institute is committed to supporting the FAJ's purpose and role, as defined in its mission statement, and to ensuring that the FAJ's policies and procedures comply with best practice for research journals. The goal of the Financial Analysts Journal is to advance the knowledge and understanding of the practice of investment management through the publication of high-quality, practitioner-relevant research. The FAJ should serve as a bridge between academic research and practice by seeking academically rigorous papers that have direct relevance to practitioners, a forum for presenting practitioner research, and a forum for the perspectives of leading practitioners, academics, and regulators about our industry.

Financial Management serves both academics and practitioners who are concerned with the financial management of nonfinancial businesses, financial institutions, and public and private not-for-profit organizations. Financial Management's editorial policy is that the journal serves the profession by publishing significant new scholarly research in finance that is of the highest quality.

Since its inception in 1979, Fiscal Studies has earned a reputation around the world for publishing high-quality, original research papers in a style understandable to a wide audience. Written by leading experts in public economics and fiscal policy worldwide, articles are presented in a clear and accessible format which will appeal to a broad international readership of policy makers, public finance practitioners and academic researchers.

Food Policy is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and critical reviews on issues in the formulation, implementation and analysis of policies for the food sector in developing, transition and advanced economies. Policy issues relevant to the journal include:Food production, trade, marketing and consumption.Nutrition and health aspects of food systems.Food needs, entitlements, security and aid.Food safety and quality assurance.Technological and institutional innovation affecting food systems and access.Food systems and environmental sustainability.Conceptual and methodological articles should be written such that they are accessible to the journal's diverse international readership. All articles should make a clear contribution to food policy debates of international interest.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

Forest Policy and Economics has grown into a well-established and recognized academic journal, which publishes peer-reviewed political and economic research relating to forests and forest-related industries, which are of a high scientific standard. It also welcomes contributions from other social science and humanities perspectives, which make a clear theoretical/conceptual and methodological contribution to existing international literatures. These may include, but are not limited to, planning, sociology, anthropology, history, jurisprudence, and psychology research on forests.The journal invites high quality, original submissions of research and review manuscripts from around the globe as well as proposals for special issues, which resulted from intense previous scientific exchange. Acceptance for publication is subject to a double-blind refereeing process.Please bookmark this page as: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/forpolLIST OF REVIEWERS 2011For more information/suggestions/comments please contact AuthorSupport@elsevier.com

The Forum for Social Economics, founded in 1971, is a high-quality peer-reviewed (double-blind), international academic journal sponsored by the Association for Social Economics (ASE). It is committed to the development of social economics as a values-based, complex and policy-oriented science in the service of the common good.

The Forum Editors invite the submission of stimulating, original and clearly-written academic research papers (7,500 words maximum) on:

a) The central socioeconomic problems of our age, such as the state of communities, economic and financial crises, institutional and technological change, poverty/inequality, terrorism, conflict and climate change as well as gender, class and ethnic issues; 

b) Alternative measures and perspectives of socioeconomic performance, social network analysis, agent-based modelling and complexity economics; including approaches that endogenize social facts, well-being, quality of life, standard of living, provisioning, ecological sustainability, trust, institutional functioning, happiness and/or human development;

c) Policy issues, with the emphasis on how governance and institutional innovations can enhance coordination, cooperation, performance, justice, equity and trust for the common good.

The Forum is especially interested in papers that are realistic in their outlook, pluralistic in their approach, concerned with interdependent agents and take account of the institutional and evolutionary nature of the economy.