Journal Guide

Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, is a forum for planning educators and scholars (from both academia and practice) to present results from teaching and research that advance the profession and improve planning practice. The journal covers planning theory, planning practice, and planning pedagogy, as well as disciplines drawn upon by planners such as urban geography, welfare economics, interest-group politics, and policy analysis.

Journal of Planning History (JPH), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, focuses on the history of city and regional planning, with particular emphasis on the Americas. JPH covers the full range of topics embraced by city and regional planning history, including planning history in the Americas, transnational planning experiences, planning history pedagogy, planning history in planning practice, the intellectual roots of the planning processes, and planning history historiography.

Journal of Planning Literature (JPL) published quarterly, includes review articles and abstracts of recent literature in city and regional planning and design. A typical issue contains refereed literature reviews; a Council of Planning Librarians (CPL) Bibliography; abstracts of recent journal articles and dissertations; and bibliographic listings. JPL offers an understanding of the state of knowledge of the field for use in research or professional practice.

The Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting is devoted exclusively to the research, development, and processing of plastic film and sheeting. Reports by specialists present new developments in polymer science and plastics technology that result in improved films and sheeting. Topics include: new plastics resins and additives for films, rocessing methods and equipment, characterization, test methods and data and applications.

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (PBI) offers sound, research-based principles of positive behavior support for use in school, home and community settings with people with challenges in behavioral adaptation. Regular features include empirical research; discussion, literature reviews, and conceptual papers; programs, practices, and innovations; forum; and media reviews.

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health (JPC), published quarterly, offers peer-reviewed evidence about the practice, impact and outcomes of primary care services and community health programs. Evidence in the form of hypothesis-testing studies is presented, either in the form of pilot projects or larger intervention projects. This facilitates exchange of new information and approaches to assessing performance, and bridges the gap between medicine and public health at the grass-roots level.

The Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (JPA) provides psychologists with current information about psychological and educational assessment practices and instrumentation. JPA is known internationally for the quality of its assessment-related research, theory and position papers, practice applications, and book and test reviews. JPA's topics include "best practices" in assessment, cross-cultural assessment, differential diagnoses, and psychometric properties of instruments, plus much more.

Essential ReadingThe Journal of Psychopharmacology is a fully peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and review articles on preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology. The journal provides an essential forum for researchers and practicing clinicians on the effects of drugs on animal and human behavior, and the mechanisms underlying these effects.International ForumThe Journal of Psychopharmacology is truly international in scope and readership. This is reflected by its editorial board which has brought together the very best of clinical and preclinical psychopharmacology from around the world.Regular FeaturesPublished monthly, the Journal of Psychopharmacology provides readers with an extensive array of regular features, including: * Original Research - original scientific papers addressing preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology * Critique - papers on topics of general interest and importance written by experts, commentaries by other authorities and their rejoinders provide the reader with a rounded understanding of the issues involved * Perspectives - pithy, thought-provoking, short and focused reviews * Letters - facilitating an ongoing dialogue on key issues of psychopharmacology, the letters address issues raised by published articles, or report significant new findings that merit rapid dissemination The Journal of Psychopharmacology is published monthly. The Journal regularly includes supplementary issues for subscribers at no extra cost. A Full Range of Custom Services The Journal of Psychopharmacology provides an excellent international platform from which to present important clinical and pre-clinical research and an effective way to promote key products to your target audience in supplement or reprint formats. The journal offers the full range of custom services to meet your individual printing requirements, including: Journal Supplements - Rapidly produced (under 12 weeks from acceptance to delivery) and competitively priced, should you wish to sponsor an entire Supplement of new and original research material. All supplements are peer reviewed. Reprints and author offprints - Including customized gloss laminate covers and full printing to requirements, saddle-stitched binding and standard shrink-wrapping at no additional cost. These can be used for: o Sales support materials o Exhibit and meeting handouts o Direct mail inserts o Physician education o Seminar literature o Educational tools o Collections of articles on particular topics o Sponsored subscription opportunities o Translations o Advertising - Including conference listings and related events and launches o Discounts - For multiple orders and advance orders in a one year period.