Journal Guide

Practical in both style and content, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; delivers the latest insights on all aspects of infectious disease in children, from state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques to the most effective drug therapies and other essential treatment protocols. Website: www.pidj.com.

The Physician and Sportsmedicine is a peer-reviewed, clinically oriented publication for primary care physicians. We examine the latest drug discoveries to advance treatment and recovery, and take into account the medical aspects of exercise therapy for a given condition. We cover the latest primary care-focused treatments serving the needs of our active patient population, and assess the limits these treatments govern in stabilization and recovery.

The Physician and Sportsmedicine is a peer-to-peer method of communicating the latest research to aid primary care physicians’ advancement in methods of care and treatment. We routinely cover such topics as: managing chronic disease, surgical techniques in preventing and managing injuries, the latest advancements in treatments for helping patients lose weight, and related exercise and nutrition topics that can impact the patient during recovery and modification.

• Original research
• Evidence-based review article
• Health economics
• Exercise is medicine
• Supplements
• Letters to the Editor-in-Chief that assist practicing physicians in decision-making by including the latest techniques and treatment options for the care of their patients.

The oldest free-standing psychoanalytic journal in North America, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly is published every January, April, July, and October. Each issue contains from six to eight original articles, a section of in-depth book reviews, and a unique series of abstracts summarizing selected international journals and correlations with the neurosciences. A special section of the Quarterly is devoted to the examination of clinical process from a variety of viewpoints, utilizing presentations of case material. An independent journal with a strong clinical focus, the Quarterly is not wedded to any one school of psychoanalytic thought. Its editorial goals are to encourage and publish the most rigorous original papers from North America and around the world, representing all contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives on the theories, practices, research endeavors, and applications of adult and child psychoanalysis. A few of the authors in press or recently published are: Sander Abend, Rosemary Balsam, Leon Balter, Hugo Bleichmar, Stefano Bolognini, Jorge Canestri, Nancy Chodorow, Stanley Coen, Steven Cooper, Ken Corbett, Haydée Faimberg, Antonino Ferro, Lawrence Friedman, Arnold Goldberg, André Green, Jay Greenberg, Ilse Grubrich-Simitis, Otto Kernberg, Nancy Kulish, Lucy LaFarge, Alessandra Lemma, Riccardo Lombardi, William Meissner, Donald Moss, Thomas Ogden, Warren Poland, Dominique Scarfone, Roy Schafer, Elizabeth Spillius, and Donnel Stern. .

The Diabetes Educator is the official publication of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Its primary purpose is to publish papers on aspects of patient education, professional education, and serve as a reference for the science and art of diabetes management. The journal publishes original research, perspectives in practice, and application in such areas as nutrition, pharmacy, psychosocial aspects of diabetes, and health care policy. Subscription to The Diabetes Educator is a benefit to members of the AADE.

Naturwissenschaften - The Science of Nature - is Springer's flagship multidisciplinary science journal. The journal is dedicated to the fast publication and global dissemination of high-quality research and invites papers, which are of interest to the broader community in the biological sciences. Contributions from the chemical, geological, and physical sciences are welcome if contributing to questions of general biological significance. Particularly welcomed are contributions that bridge between traditionally isolated areas and attempt to increase the conceptual understanding of systems and processes that demand an interdisciplinary approach.Naturwissenschaften - The Science of Nature - is only interested in publishing the very best of research, and the selection criteria are scientific excellence, novelty, and the potential to attract the widest possible readership, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the journal. The journal publishes Reviews, Original Articles, Concepts & Synthesis, Short Communic

The Spine Journal, the official journal of the North American Spine Society, is an international and multidisciplinary journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on research and treatment related to the spine and spine care, including basic science and clinical investigations. It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to The Spine Journal have not been published, and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. The Spine Journal also publishes major reviews of specific topics by acknowledged authorities, technical notes, teaching editorials, and other special features, Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are encouraged.The Spine Journal is ranked 4th of 63 journals in Orthopaedics category on the 2012 Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters, and has an Impact Factor of 3.220.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