Journal Guide

To publish articles of clinical and experimental studies that foster the advancement of research, teaching and assistance in surgical, clinical, and endoscopic gastroenterology, and related areas.

DIRECCI N Flavia Freidenberg Universidad de Salamanca CONSEJO DE REDACCI N Elena Mart nez Barahona Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Amelia Brenes Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Patricia Marenghi (Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Fernando Pedrosa Univ. Argentina de la Empresa. Argentina Margarita C. Batlle Univ. Externado. Colombia Luc a Miranda Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Jorge Castillo Vaquera El Colegio Mexiquense. A.C.. M xico Daniela Paiva Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais. Brasil Araceli Mateos D az Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Juan Mario Solis Delgadillo Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Mar a Jos Cascante Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Santiago Basabe Serrano FLACSO. Ecuador Julieta Su rez Cao Northwestern University EE.UU. Oniel D az Jim nez University of Birmingham. Reino Unido An bal P rez-Li n Pittsburgh University. EE.UU. Idalina Arreola Atilano Univ. Aut noma de Tlaxcala. M xico CONSEJO CIENT FICO Manuel Alc ntara S ez Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Catalina Romero Pontificia Univ. Cat lica de Per Detlef Nolte GIGA-Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos. Hamburgo. Alemania Francisco Panizza (London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Gran Breta a Jonathan Hartlyn Univ. de Carolina del Norte. EE.UU. Olivier Dab ne SCIENCE PO. Francia Iv n Llamazares Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Salvador Mart Puig Univ. de Salamanca. Espa a Jos Enrique Molina Univ. del Zulia Venezuela Sim n Pachano FLACSO. Ecuador Ludolfo Paramio CSIC. Espa a Francisco Guti rrez San n Univ. Nacional. Colombia Fernando Rueda Junquera Univ. de Burgos. Espa a Philippe C. Schmitter Instituto Universitario Europeo. Italia Mario Serrafero Univ. Argentina de la Empresa. Argentina Pilar Domingo Univ. de Londres. Gran Breta a V ctor Alarc n Olgu n Univ. Aut noma Metropolitana. M xico Esther del Campo Univ.

Acta Botanica Brasilica (Acta bot. bras.) publishes original articles on all aspects of plant (including algae) and fungi biology. The submitted manuscript or its essential content must not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Contributions should be substantial, written in English and show general interest. Manuscripts that report aspects of local interest are discouraged unless the implications of the findings are wide-reaching. Manuscripts with agronomic subjects are expected to contain a substantial amount of basic plant biology.

To produce social environmental knowledge within interdisciplinary focus.

To be the main scientific journal in the field of Built Environment Technology in Latin America, assumindog the roles of forum of providing in-depth discussion on the results of research and development activities, as well as a means of formal recognition for high quality scientific work.

Publish and make available to the medical and scientific community national and international clinical and basic scientific contributions in the field of endocrinology and metabolism and related sciences.

To publish scientific papers by national and foreign researchers who are in agreement with the aim of the journal as well as with its editorial policies.

To spread the Brazilian Odontology research to the world.

To publish original articles of clinical and experimental studies, review articles or bibliographic actualization, reports of clinical cases, articles of opinion under invitation and letters to the editor, in the area of the otolaryngology and correlate subjects.

To publish papers on economic theory and political science, with theory and application, that involves state and market.

To publish high-quality original articles in Political Science and International relations to enlarge the exchange of ideas with the international political science community.

To publish original articles representing relevant contribution to the knowledge of Forestry Science (Forest ecology, Forest Management, Silviculture, Technology of Forest Products).

The journal focuses on the debate on issues concerning urbanization processes and the different forms that the urban question assumes in the contemporary reality. It is targeted at the academic community in general, especially the areas of Architecture and Urbanism, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Demography, and Social Sciences. The journal publishes texts authored by researchers and by scholars who study urban themes and discuss the effects of socio-spatial transformations on the conditioning of the cities' political-institutional system, and also the challenges to the adoption of management models based on urban governance.

Cadernos de Saúde Pública (CSP) publishes original articles of superior scientific merit that contribute to the study of public health in general and related disciplines.Cadernos de Saúde Pública has been published since 1985 by the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP-FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The journal was published quarterly from 1985 (vol. 1) to 2000 (vol. 16) and bimonthly from 2001 (vol. 17) to 2005 (vol. 21). Cadernos has been published monthly since 2006.The abbreviated title is Cad. Saúde Pública, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, citations, and bibliographic legends. .

To contribute with the consolidation and development of the Collective Health field of knowledge, stating its multidisciplinary character and its commitment to social transformations, which result in benefits for the health of human populations, through the publicizing of theoretical and/or applied original studies that are interesting to the public health.

To publish original articles in the entire field of ceramic science and technology, including bioceramics, advanced ceramics, structural ceramics, electroelectronic ceramics, magnetic ceramics, optical ceramics, nuclear ceramics, ceramic raw materials, cements, sanitaryware and porcelain, thermal insulators, ceramic tiles, refractories, glazes and ceramic pigments, glasses and glass-ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, basic science, ceramic art, characterization techniques, ceramic equipments, microstructural analysis, manufacturing processes, powder synthesis, etc.

Ciência Rural is a bimonthly journal edited by the Centro de Ciências Rurais (CCR) with additional financial support from the Graduate Programs of the Centro de Ciências Rurais and Office of the Graduate School - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Financial support has also been granted by Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS). Since 2003 last issue of the year 33 (6) 2003 Ciência Rural has also been granted by CNPq. The journal was first edited in 1971 with the name of #!#!Revista do Centro de Ciências Rurais#!#! and in 1991 was renamed as Ciência Rural. Its objective is publishing original articles, reviews and notes, prepared by national and international experts which contribute to the scientific area of Agronomy, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry Science. The abbreviated title of the journal is Cienc. Rural, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.