Journal Guide

We publish fully peer-reviewed sociology looking at current issues. A purely online journal, we make use of new media and reach a wide and international readership. We also publish special sections and rapid response articles, which address key issues in the public arena. Articles can be submitted online at: http://www.epress.ac.uk/SRO/webforms/author.php Sociological Research Online welcomes proposals for special sections from prospective guest-editors. For guidance on how to write a proposal.

The South African Journal of Psychology publishes contributions in English from all fields of psychology. While the emphasis is on empirical research, the Journal also accepts theoretical and methodological papers, review articles, short communications, reviews and letters containing fair commentary. Priority is given to articles which are relevant to Africa and which address psychological issues of social change and development.

South Asia Economic Journal is designed as a forum for informed debate on issues of vital importance to the people of the region who comprise one-sixth of the world’s population. The journal is devoted to economic analysis and policy options aimed at promoting cooperation among the countries comprising South Asia. It discuss South Asia’s position on global economic issues, its relations with other regional groupings and its response to global developments.A refereed journal, South Asia Economic Journal includes articles by scholars, economic commentators, policy-makers and officials, from both the private and public sectors. Among the issues debated in relation to South Asia are:The implications of global economic trends; The issues and challenges thrown up by WTO; Approaches to industrialization and development; The role of regional institutions such as the SAARC and the Asian Clearing Union; The relationship between SAARC and other regional economic groupings such as ASEAN; The implications of economic liberalization for trade in the region; New initiatives that can be launched to enhance economic cooperation among the South Asian nations both on a bilateral and a regional basis.Among its regular features are Research Papers, Research Notes, Book Reviews and Documents reprinting the text of important SAARC related documents. The journal publishes occasional Special Issues on specific themes.

Space and Culture (SAC), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, brings together dynamic, critical interdisciplinary research at the interface of cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies, architectural theory, ethnography, communications, urban studies, environmental studies and discourse analysis. SAC features articles on novel topics that are not written about anywhere else, review articles on important topics, and book reviews, notably from international and small presses.

Statistical Methods in Medical Research is a highly ranked, peer reviewed scholarly journal and is the leading vehicle for review articles in all the main areas of medical statistics and therefore an essential reference for all medical statisticians. It is particularly useful for medical researchers dealing with data and provides a key resource for medical and statistical libraries, as well as pharmaceutical companies.This unique journal is devoted solely to statistics and medicine and aims to keep professionals abreast of the many powerful statistical techniques now available to the medical profession. As techniques are constantly adopted by statisticians working both inside and outside the medical environment, this review journal aims to satisfy the increasing demand for accurate and up-to-the-minute information.Why choose Statistical Methods in Medical Research?Covers all areas of medical statisticsFull of statistics and statistical techniquesContains the latest, accurate informationAn indispensable reference for medical statisticians, statistical libraries and pharmaceutical companies.

The primary aim of the journal is to publish original and high-quality articles that recognize statistical modelling as the general framework for the application of statistical ideas. Submissions must reflect important developments, extensions, and applications in statistical modelling. The journal also encourages submissions that describe scientifically interesting, complex or novel statistical modelling aspects from a wide diversity of disciplines, and submissions that embrace the diversity of applied statistical modelling.An important objective and exciting feature of the journal is that the reader should be able to reproduce the results presented in published articles, apply the published techniques to their own problems, and even develop their own extensions of the methodology. To achieve this authors are strongly encouraged to make data and software available over the internet through a website linked to the journal. The website address is http://stat.uibk.ac.at/SMIJThe journal aims to be the major resource for statistical modelling, covering both methodology and practice. Its goal is to be multidisciplinary in nature, promoting the cross-fertilization of ideas between substantive research areas, as well as providing a common forum for the comparison, unification and nurturing of modelling issues across different subjects.The journal will have three main themes:* New Methodology for papers on new statistical modelling ideas. These papers will be based upon a problem of real substantive interest with appropriate data.* Practical Applications for papers on interesting practical problems which are addressed using an existing or a novel adaptation of an existing modelling technique.* Tutorials & Reviews with papers on recent and cutting edge topics in statistical modelling.Since "Practical Applications" manuscripts are less common in statistics journals than the other two types, it is worth being more specific concerning the types of manuscripts that fall into this category. Manuscripts should describe statistical analyses of a subject area, where the proposed analyses have rarely (if ever) been done in the application field. This is not, however, sufficient for acceptance for publication. Manuscripts should also provide a thorough literature review of how data of this type are currently handled in the literature of the application area, a review of any applications of modern statistical methodology applied to data of its type in the area, and justification as to why the work is important to the subject area, and provides gains beyond current methodology applied to the field. The methodology used should be modern and reasonably sophisticated (although not necessarily innovative) and should have few or no applications so far in the subject area literature.The intention in publishing such manuscripts is to provide an opportunity for readers (including those from the application area) to see the potential to revolutionize data analysis in the field. It is also hoped that such publication would provide an outlet for statisticians who may get little recognition in the statistics field for excellent, non-routine, clever, state-of-the-art work in subject areas.It is expected that the author will submit several suggestions for possible reviewers who are in the application area when submitting the manuscript.

Strategic Organization (SO) is devoted to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed, discipline-grounded conceptual and empirical research of interest to researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners of strategic management and organization. SO provides an international, interdisciplinary forum designed to improve our understanding of the interrelated dynamics of strategic and organizational processes and outcomes.

Structural Health Monitoring was launched in July 2002 and publishes peer-reviewed papers that contain theoretical, analytical, and experimental investigations that advance the body of knowledge and its application in the discipline of structural health monitoring.The journal has a broad topical coverage and it serves as a primary reference for the structural health monitoring of aeronautical, mechanical, civil, electrical, and other systems. The multidisciplinary nature of the journal is intended to foster the intersection of different technologies to address the varied needs and applications for structural health monitoring.Papers are sought that explore the following issues and areas related to structural health monitoring:* self-diagnostics, prognostics, condition-based maintenance and performance* vibration and wave propagation methods for damage assessment* advanced signal processing and interpretation techniques for monitoring and diagnostics* sensor design, self-powered and low power sensors* data mining, data management* the use of smart materials and new sensor materials* monitoring of composite, metallic, new, and aging structures and infrastructure* monitoring of structural repairs* sensor network design, data transmission, wired and wireless communication* embedding technology, sensor/structure integration technology* development of self-repairable structures* monitoring of survivability and readiness assessment* structural integrity and remaining life predictions based on sensor management* design of multifunctional structures and integration of structural health monitoring and control* sensors for high temperature applications, in-situ sensors* monitoring of biomechanical, electromechanical, and thermal systems* fault diagnosis of avionics, propulsion, power, and electronic systems* structural health monitoring system integration and validation* bio-nanotechnology applied to structural monitoring*interdisciplinary approaches and applications for structural health monitoring.