Journal Guide

Journal of Palliative Medicine is the leading peer-reviewed journal covering medical, psychosocial, policy, and legal issues in end-of-life care and relief of suffering for patients with intractable pain. The Journal presents essential information for professionals in hospice/palliative medicine, focusing on improving quality of life for patients and their families, and the latest developments in drug and non-drug treatments.Coverage includes:• The latest medical advances in pain and symptom management• Evidence-based protocols• Model palliative care programs• Clinical case reports• Guidance for working with patients and their families• Psychological and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care.

Journal of Paper Conservation is one of the leading international peer-reviewed journals on paper conservation. It contains scientific as well as non-scientific articles which focus on skills transfer, practical ideas, information on new materials and equipment, on-going projects and abstracts of recently completed degree work from international conservation schools, as well as reports on the work of the International Association of Book and Paper Conservators (IADA).

This international journal is directed to researchers, engineers, educators, managers, programmers, and users of computers who have particular interests in parallel processing and/or distributed computing.The Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing publishes original research papers and timely review articles on the theory, design, evaluation, and use of parallel and/or distributed computing systems. The journal also features special issues on these topics; again covering the full range from the design to the use of our targeted systems.Research Areas Include:• Theory of parallel/distributed computing• Parallel algorithms and their implementation• Innovative computer architectures• Shared-memory multiprocessors• Peer-to-peer systems• Distributed sensor networks• Pervasive computing• Optical computing• Software tools and environments• Languages, compilers, and operating systems• Fault-tolerant computing• Applications and performance analysis• Bioinformatics• Cyber trust and security• Parallel programming• Grid computingBenefits 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 primary constituency of the Journal of Parasitic Diseases is parasitology. It publishes original research papers (pure, applied and clinical), which contribute significantly to any area of parasitology. Research papers on various aspects of cellular and molecular parasitology are welcome.

Journal of Parasitology Research is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of parasitology.

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) is the premier scientific journal of nutrition and metabolic support. It publishes original peer-reviewed studies that define the cutting edge of basic and clinical research in the field. It explores the science of optimizing the care of patients receiving enteral or IV therapies. JPEN is an official journal of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.).

The Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership publishes original empirical and theoretical research in the broad area of employee participation and shared capitalism.

The Journal of Participatory Medicine is the official journal of the Society for Participatory Medicine. The journal's mission is to transform the culture of medicine by providing an evidence base for participatory health and medicine. It aims to advance both science and practice across a variety of participatory medicine areas of focus, including: patient and caregiver empowerment; patient-clinician partnership; use of technology to improve patients’ health and health care; participatory design and citizen science. Papers are published in six areas: research articles, editorials, narratives, case reports, reviews, and updates on related research in other media. It will explore how participation affects outcomes, resources, and relationships in healthcare; which interventions increase participation; and the types of evidence that provide the most reliable answers.

The Journal of Pastoral Theology was established in 1990 by the Society for Pastoral Theology to:

• Further the understanding of pastoral theology as a theological discipline and to clarify the nature of the discipline;
• Maintain a view of pastoral theology as a constructive theology that emerges from the exercise of caring relationships, with attention both to present lived experience and to knowledge derived from the past;
• Provide an intentional forum for the voices of diverse persons, women and men, of many cultural and ethnic backgrounds;
• Foster multi-cultural understandings of issues in the discipline;
• Promote and encourage multi-discipline and multi-cultural research in the field of pastoral theology;
• Provide resources for those who teach and those who study, through recording current research and assessing the relevant literature;
• Provide for the construction of sound theological principles for guidance and critique of practices of pastoral and spiritual care; and
• Work creatively, through synthesis and construction, to define the frontiers and parameters of the discipline.

Journal of Pathogens is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to all aspects of pathogens.