Journal Guide

The objective of the Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources is to provide world-class scientific coverage of recent advances in knowledge and practices in the area of evaluation, development and management of unconventional resources for researchers and practicing engineers. An attempt is made to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and field development of unconventional resources, such as tight gas, shale gas, liquid rich shales, tight oil, coalbed methane, gas hydrate, etc. As such, JUOGR accepts research articles, case histories, field process reports, short communications, select high quality symposia proceedings and review articles on the subject of interrelated geological studies, well drilling and completion, rock mechanics, stimulation, reserve assessment, production engineering, formation evaluation and reservoir engineering, recovery mechanisms, petroleum economics and policy, environmental aspects, and improved recovery for unconventional resources.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

The Journal of Urban Economics provides a focal point for the publication of research papers in the rapidly expanding field of urban economics. It publishes papers of great scholarly merit on a wide range of topics and employing a wide range of approaches to urban economics. The Journal welcomes papers that are theoretical or empirical, positive or normative. Although the Journal is not intended to be multidisciplinary, papers by noneconomists are welcome if they are of interest to economists. Brief Notes are also published if they lie within the purview of the Journal and if they contain new information, comment on published work, or new theoretical suggestions.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

1) Explore innovative management skills for taming thorny problems that arise with urbanization
2) Provide a platform to deal with urban affairs whose solutions must be looked at from an interdisciplinary perspective.

We are particularly interested in theoretical work and applications that are targeted at urban management in, but not limited to, Mainland China and Taiwan. The term urban management is defined broadly here to cover studies and research in planning, administering, regulating, and governing (PARG) urban complexity. The urban phenomena that are of interest cut across ecological, physical, economic, political, and social settings, with a belief that these settings interact with each other and should be treated as a whole. The JUM publishes two issues per year and we accept manuscripts throughout the year.

Journal of Vascular Nursing provides clinical information regarding aortic and peripheral aneurysms, upper and lower extremity arterial disease, acute and chronic venous disease, and more. Original, peer-reviewed articles present descriptions, etiologies, diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical treatment and nursing implications of vascular system disorders.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

The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) is the official journal of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). Since the first issue was released in 1984, JVS has offered vascular, cardiothoracic, and general surgeons with original, peer-reviewed articles related to clinical and experimental studies, noninvasive diagnostic techniques, processes and vascular substitutes, microvascular surgical techniques, angiography, and endovascular management. In recent years, the Journal has also published a number supplemental issues focused on patient diversity, diabetic foot ulcers, and other issues pertinent to the practicing vascular surgeon.Each month, JVS is mailed to nearly 6,000 subscribers. It ranks in the top 10 percent of the more than 8,000 scientific journals listed in the 2010 Science Citation Index© Thomson Reuters. JVS also ranks 10 out of 187 journals in surgery and 15 out of 66 journals in the peripheral vascular disease. The Journal's 2010 Impact Factor, a calculation of average citations per article, is 3.851•Submission ProcessBenefits 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

Authors will be notified of an accept decision and at the same time requested to pay an Author Processing Fee of US $500 (exclusive of VAT/Sales Tax). Following payment of this fee, case reports and vascular images will be made universally available at no further charge through ScienceDirect, http://www.sciencedirect.com, and through the Journal's own website, http://www.jvascsurgcases.orgwww.jvascsurgcases.org.

Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders publishes high quality clinical, research, case reports, techniques, and practice manuscripts related to all aspects of venous disease, lymphatic disease, and wound care with an emphasis on the practicing clinician. The journal seeks to provide novel and timely information to vascular surgeons, interventionalists, phlebologists, wound care specialists, and allied health professionals who treat patients presenting with vascular and lymphatic disease.

JVIR, published continuously since 1990, is an international, monthly peer-reviewed interventional radiology journal. As the official journal of the Society of Interventional Radiology, JVIR is the peer-reviewed journal of choice for interventional radiologists, radiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons, and other clinicians who seek current and reliable information on every aspect of vascular and interventional radiology. Each issue of JVIR covers critical and cutting-edge medical minimally invasive, clinical, basic research, radiological, pathological, and socioeconomic issues of importance to the field.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

Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research is an international journal that focuses on all aspects of veterinary behavioral medicine, with a particular emphasis on clinical applications and research. Articles cover such topics as basic research involving normal signaling or social behaviors, welfare and/or housing issues, molecular or quantitative genetics, and applied behavioral issues (eg, working dogs, et cetera) that may have implications for clinical interest or assessment.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

The mission of the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology is to publish peer-reviewed reports of the highest quality that promote greater understanding of cardiovascular disease, and enhance the health and well being of animals and humans. The Journal of Veterinary Cardiology publishes original contributions involving research and clinical practice that include prospective and retrospective studies, clinical trials, epidemiology, observational studies, and advances in applied and basic research.The Journal invites submission of original manuscripts. Specific content areas of interest include heart failure, arrhythmias, congenital heart disease, cardiovascular medicine, surgery, hypertension, health outcomes research, diagnostic imaging, interventional techniques, genetics, molecular cardiology, and cardiovascular pathology, pharmacology, and toxicology.A unique aspect of the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology is the emphasis of additional web-based images permitting the detailing of procedures and diagnostics that previously were limited with still figures. These images can be viewed (by those readers with subscription access) by going to http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17602734. The issue to be viewed is clicked and the available PDF and image downloading is available via the 'Summary Plus' link. The supplementary material for a given article appears at the end of the page. Downloading the videos may take several minutes. Another means to view the material is to go to http://www.doi.org and enter the doi number unique to this paper (given at the foot of the 1st page of each published article).

The Journal of Virological Methods publishes original papers and invited reviews covering techniques on all aspects of virology. These include methods for studying the morphology, assembly, replication, composition, function and physiochemical properties of viruses and their components; the purification of viruses and their components; cultivation; properties of viral antigens, production of antibodies, and techniques for studying the immune response to virions, viral subunits, and components; the detection and identification of viruses and viral infections; assay of viruses and viral infectivity and the investigation of transmission and pathogenicity; and methods for investigating the suppression or inhibition of viral growth.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

New formula in 2010!In order to follow the evolutions and scientific news in digestive and visceral surgery, and to allow you to unceasingly improve quality of the care taken to your patients, the Journal of Surgery, oldest of the French surgical newspapers, proposes to you a modern and new formula with even more contents !Journal of Surgery becomes Journal of Visceral SurgeryThe scientific journal of reference in the area changes its title to be closer to your needs. Thus, find in the new formula, the best articles of clinical research, a press review of principal international work lately published, but also all the scientific, legal and socio-professional topicality of the speciality. You will appreciate, in particular, the very didactic headings supported by illustrations excellent quality of color (Clinical cases, Cartoons of surgical techniques and Mini-reviews), which will be the opportunity for you, researcher or expert, to evaluate and optimize your practice.Nouvelle formule en 2010 !Pour suivre au mieux les évolutions et avancées scientifiques en chirurgie digestive et viscérale, et vous permettre d’améliorer sans cesse la qualité des soins apportés à vos patients, le Journal de Chirurgie, le plus ancien des journaux chirurgicaux français, se modernise et vous propose une nouvelle formule avec encore plus de contenus !Le Journal de Chirurgie devient le Journal de Chirurgie ViscéraleLa revue scientifique de référence dans la discipline change de titre afin d’être encore plus proche de vos attentes. Retrouvez ainsi, dans le nouveau Journal, les meilleurs articles de recherche clinique, une revue de presse des principaux travaux internationaux dernièrement parus, mais également toute l’actualité scientifique, légale et socioprofessionnelle de la spécialité. Vous apprécierez notamment les nombreuses rubriques très didactiques soutenues par des illustrations en couleur d’excellente qualité (Cas cliniques, Bandes dessinées de techniques chirurgicales, Mises au point et Mini-revues), qui seront l’occasion pour vous, chercheur ou praticien, de faire le point, d’évaluer et d’optimiser votre pratique.

The Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation publishes papers on state-of-the-art visual communication and image representation, with emphasis on novel technologies and theoretical work in this multidisciplinary area of pure and applied research. The field of visual communication and image representation is considered in its broadest sense and covers both digital and analog aspects as well as processing and communication in biological visual systems.Research Areas include:• Image scanning, sampling, and tessellation• Image representation by partial information• Local and global schemes of image representation• Analog and digital image processing• Fractals and mathematical morphology• Image understanding and scene analysis• Deterministic and stochastic image modeling• Visual data reduction and compression• Image coding and video communication• Biological and medical imaging• Early processing in biological visual systems• Psychophysical analysis of visual perception• Astronomical and geophysical imaging• Visualization of nonlinear natural phenomena• real-time imagingBenefits 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 Journal of Visual Languages and Computing is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and developers to exchange ideas and results for the advancement of visual languages and its implication to the art of computing. The journal publishes research papers, state-of-the-art surveys, and review articles in all aspects of visual languages.Research Areas Include:• Visual languages• Visual programming• Human-machine interface design• Multi-media communications• Pictorial databases• Pictorial information systems• Information retrieval systems and algorithms• Cognitive aspects of human-machine systems• Human vision systems and models• Visualization of computational processes• Large-scale scientific computing• Parallel/distributed/neural computing and representations for visual information processing• Advanced applications in geographic information systems• Pictorial archiving and communication systems• Biomedical imagery• Industrial automation• Computer animation• Computer-assisted visual artsBenefits 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 Journal of Vocational Behavior publishes empirical and theoretical articles that expand knowledge of vocational behavior and career development across the life span. Research presented in the journal encompasses the general categories of career choice, implementation, and vocational adjustment and adaptation. The articles contribute to a theoretical understanding of career choice and vocational adjustment and are also valuable for applications in counseling and career development programs in colleges and universities, business and industry, government, and the military. A particularly useful feature is the annual review of research in vocational behavior published in the October issue.Research Areas include:• Career development and choice• Evaluations of measuring instruments and assessment methods• Job satisfaction• Multiple role management and functioning• Occupational stereotyping• Vocational and career adjustment• Work commitment and involvement• Work stress and strain• Work-related transitionsSpecial subscription rates of 114 USD for 2014 are available for members of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making (http://www.sjdm.org/), the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (http://www.obweb.org/), and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (http://www.siop.org/). Information regarding membership in these groups may be obtained from their web sites. To place your order, please follow one of the above links.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