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Systems biology asserts that crucial insights will emerge from the study of organisms as hierarchical systems or networks in which individual biological components interact in many and complex ways.

• 2010 Impact Factor of 0.939
• An important new forum to promote cross-disciplinary discussion of systems concepts in the life sciences and medicine
• An authoritative, encyclopedic resource addressing key topics from the perspectives of medicine, biology, physiology, computational biology and modeling, and bioengineering
• Now indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed, TRSI (formerly ISI), and Scopus
• Editors in Chief: Joseph H. Nadeau, Institute for Systems Biology and Shankar Subramanian, University of California
• Publishes special collections including Cancer - A Systems Approach
• 'a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in the application of systems biology to medicine' Microbiology Today

Nanotechnology is universally recognized as one of the most important scientific fields of the twenty-first century. Biomedical applications of this technology offer great promise in finding new approaches to repairing damaged tissues and curing diseases.

• First Impact Factor (2010): 2.189
  Ranked in the categories of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; and Medicine, Research & Experimental
• The first title in the innovative WIREs publication series
• An authoritative, encyclopedic resource addressing key topics from the perspectives of medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, and engineering
• High-quality content commissioned from expert contributors and peer-reviewed to a rigorous standard
• Now indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed, TRSI (formerly ISI), and Scopus
• Editor-in-Chief: James R. Baker, Jr., Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and the Biological Sciences
• Promotes cross disciplinary research in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
• Special Collections: Master Class, Cancer, Fluorescence, Imaging, Therapeutics and more

Computational statistics encompasses an array of powerful statistical techniques made possible by advances in computing power, including computationally intensive statistical methods such as bootstrapping, data visualization, machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition, clustering and classification, and computational Bayesian methods.

• An important new forum to promote cross-disciplinary discussion on a broad array of computational and statistical techniques
• An authoritative and encyclopedic resource addressing key topics from the diverse perspective of traditional statistics and modern computation
• Now indexed by Scopus
• Editors in Chief: Edward J. Wegman, Yasmin H. Said, David W. Scott

Cognitive science is the study of how the mind works, addressing cognitive functions such as perception and action, memory and learning, reasoning and problem solving, decision-making and consciousness.

• An authoritative, encyclopedic resource addressing key topics from diverse research perspectives
• Now indexed by Scopus
• Editor in Chief: Lynne Nadel, University of Arizona
• Publishes special collections including Cognitive Science: Overviews
• 'a deeply impressive project - it is exactly what the field needs, and it?s going to make a huge impact' Professor Paul Bloom, Yale University

Climate change is a global phenomenon with long-term societal implications, demanding close interaction between physical and life scientists, economists, sociologists, and policy-makers.

• An important new forum to promote cross-disciplinary discussion of a global phenomenon with long-term societal implications
• Published in association with the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
• An authoritative, encyclopedic resource addressing key topics from diverse research perspectives
• Now indexed by TRSI (formerly ISI) and Scopus
• Editor in Chief: Professor Mike Hulme, University of East Anglia
• Publishes special collections including Forests and Vegetation and Coasts, Islands and Climate Change and China National Climate Change Programme Collection
• 'established to provide a place where these different communities can share their knowledge and expertise in a truly cross-disciplinary way'. RMETS and RGS

The emergence of the importance of such phenomena as alternative RNA processing, regulatory RNAs, and RNA-mediated enzymatic mechanisms to the regulation of gene expression in cells, along with the recognition of the contributions of RNA to disease pathogenesis and normal development, have made an understanding of the field of RNA biology essential to all life science disciplines. It is the goal of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA to provide comprehensive, up-to-date, and coherent coverage of this interesting and growing field, providing a framework for both RNA experts and interdisciplinary researchers to not only gain perspective in areas of RNA biology, but to generate new insights and applications as well. Major topics to be covered are: RNA Structure and Dynamics; RNA Evolution and Genomics; RNA-Based Catalysis; RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules; Translation; RNA Processing; RNA Export/Localization; RNA Turnover and Surveillance; Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches; RNA in Disease and Development; and RNA Methods.

Wiley Online Library WIRES RNA  |  WIREs RNA

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The objectives of WIREs DMKD are to (a) present the current state of the art of data mining and knowledge discovery through an ongoing series of reviews written by leading researchers, (b) capture the crucial interdisciplinary flavor of the field by including articles that address the key topics from the differing perspectives of data mining and knowledge discovery, including a variety of application areas in technology, business, healthcare, education, government and society and culture, (c) capture the rapid development of data mining and knowledge discovery through a systematic program of content updates, and (d) encourage active participation in this field by presenting its achievements and challenges in an accessible way to a broad audience. The content of WIREs DMKD will be useful to upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, to teaching and research professors in academic programs, and to scientists and research managers in industry.

The techniques of data mining and knowledge discovery (DMKD) are now being applied in many areas of business and government, such as banking and finance, market research, risk analysis, and counterterrorism. In the sciences, DMKD has become pervasive in such fields as bioinformatics, medical diagnosis, epidemiology, drug discovery, environmental modeling, and meteorological data analysis.

Wiley Online Library WIRES DMKD  |  WIREs DMKD

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Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery
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Aims and Scope
Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, a joint official journal of the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery, Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia, and the Asia Endosurgery Task Force publishes significant studies in the fields of endoscopic surgery.

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LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
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Aims and Scope
LUTS is designed for the timely communication of peer-reviewed studies which provides new clinical and basic science information to physicians and researchers in the field of neurourology, urodynamics and urogynecology. Contributions are reviewed and selected by a group of distinguished referees from around the world, some of whom constitute the journal's Editorial Board. The journal covers both basic and clinical research on lower urinary tract dysfunctions (LUTD), such as overactive bladder (OAB), detrusor underactivity, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), painful bladder syndrome (PBS), as well as on other relevant conditions. Case reports are published only if new findings are provided.

LUTS is an official journal of the Japanese Neurogenic Bladder Society, the Korean Continence Society, and the Taiwanese Continence Society. Submission of papers from all countries are welcome. LUTS has been accepted into Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) with a 2011 Impact Factor.

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Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology
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Aims and Scope
Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology is an international journal sponsored by the Japanese Society for Neuroimmunology and affords a medium for the prompt publication of studies on all areas of clinical and experimental neuroimmunology. It also covers neuroscience, basic immunology, clinical neurology and neurovirology, if the subject matter is targeting the interface between neuroscience and immunology or is relevant for optimizing treatment of neuroimmunological disorders including multiple sclerosis, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. The journal aims to encourage the international exchange of results and encourages authors from all countries to submit in the following six categories: Original Articles, Case Reports, Reviews, Commentaries, Editorials, and Letters to the Editor.

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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A British Ecological Society journal, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (MEE) promotes the development of new methods in ecology & evolution, and facilitates their dissemination and uptake by the research community.

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Clinical and Translational Science
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CTS: Clinical and Translational Science is your source for the most current and thought provoking original research across the broad spectrum of clinical specialties and basic science. CTS highlights investigative work bridging the gap between laboratory discovery and practice.

An expert editorial board will help you understand the shape and direction of translational studies and give you insights into the NIH and other routes of translational funding. Articles of varying complexity and depth will give you the choice of how much or how little you wish to read of any one topic. Short communications and news items will provide additional insights into the field.

CTS will discuss the state-of-the-science and strategies that will accelerate the assimilation of genomics and proteomics information into the clinic. As a reader, you will get the information you need, from original research, didactic reviews, expert analysis, to commentary and educational reviews. This peer-reviewed journal provides a clear picture of the rich and complex world that is such a part of translational medicine.

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Global Policy
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Global Policy is an innovative and interdisciplinary journal that will bring together world class academics and leading practitioners to analyse both public and private solutions to global problems and issues. Its focus is on understanding globally relevant risks and collective action problems; policy challenges that have global impact; and competing and converging discourses about global risks and policy responses. It will also include case studies of policy with clear lessons for other countries and regions; how policy responses, politics and institutions interrelate at the global level; and the conceptual, theoretical and methodological innovations needed to explain and develop policy in these areas.

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Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Aims and Scope
The Wildlife Society Bulletin is a journal for wildlife practitioners that effectively integrates cutting edge science with management and conservation, and also covers important policy issues, particularly those that focus on the integration of science and policy. Wildlife Society Bulletin includes articles on contemporary wildlife management and conservation, education, administration, law enforcement, and review articles on the philosophy and history of wildlife management and conservation. This includes:

• Reports on practices designed to achieve wildlife management or conservation goals.
• Presentation of new techniques or evaluation of techniques for studying or managing wildlife.
• Retrospective analyses of wildlife management and conservation programs, including the reasons for success or failure.
• Analyses or reports of wildlife policies, regulations, education, administration, law enforcement.
• Review articles on the philosophy and history of wildlife management and conservation. as well as other pertinent topics that are deemed more appropriate for the Wildlife Society Bulletin than for The Journal of Wildlife Management.
• Book reviews that focus on applied research, policy or wildlife management and conservation.

Journal of Diabetes
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Journal of Diabetes (JDB) devotes itself to diabetes research, therapeutics, and education. It aims to involve researchers and practitioners in a dialogue between East and West via all aspects of epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, management, complications and prevention of diabetes, including the molecular, biochemical, and physiological aspects of diabetes. The Editorial team is international with a unique mix of Asian and Western participation.

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Journal of Diabetes Investigation
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Aims and Scope
Journal of Diabetes Investigation is your core diabetes journal from Asia; the official journal of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (AASD). The journal publishes a variety of original research, country reports, commentaries, reviews, mini-reviews, case reports, letters, as well as editorials and news. Embracing clinical and experimental research in diabetes and related areas, the Journal of Diabetes Investigation includes aspects of prevention, treatment, education, nutrition, metabolic risk, psychosocial and socio-economic research, as well as molecular aspects and pathophysiology. Translational research focused on the exchange of ideas between clinicians and researchers is also welcome. Journal of Diabetes Investigation has been accepted into Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) with a 2011 Impact Factor.

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Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry
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An international journal from Asia Pacific dedicated to rapid dissemination and knowledge transfer of cutting edge science on all aspects of oral and maxillofacial sciences.

Aims and Scope
Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry (JICD) aims to publish quality, peer reviewed original research and topical reviews on all aspects of investigative and clinical dentistry and craniofacial research, including molecular studies related to oral health and disease. Although international in outlook, the Editor especially encourages papers from the Asia Pacific. The journal also aims to provide clinicians, scientists and students of dentistry with a knowledge transfer platform for rapid publication of reports through an international journal, which will be available free online until 2012. Its scope, therefore, is broad, inclusive and international, but with a particular focus on Asia Pacific.

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Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
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Aims and Scope
Launching in 2010, Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research aims to become a focal point for the publication of all aspects of research within the field of health services research that relate to pharmaceuticals.

Health services research (HSR) can be defined as the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviours affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, and quantity and quality of life. Studies in health services research examine outcomes at the individual, family, organizational, institutional, community, and population level. HSR studies examine how people get access to health care, how much care costs, and what happens to patients as a result of this care. The primary goals of HSR are to identify the most effective ways to organize, manage, finance, and deliver high quality care, reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.

Pharmaceutical health services research incorporates pharmacoeconomics, health economics, finance, health outcomes, health planning and policy analysis, technology assessment and pharmacoepidemiology. The Journal welcomes papers on cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness studies, and the financial implications and political outcomes of drug policy.

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Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture
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The mission of the Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture is to showcase work of the practitioner/scholar in the fields of psychology, organizational development, leadership, and behavior. The purpose of the journal is to explore contemporary issues in today?s society which affect the dynamics of the diverse workplaces. This is a professional journal which encourages critical thinking and mindful inquiry, while promoting research that is inclusive of the diverse nature of humanity and includes, among others, the effects of diversity within the realm of religion, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Content areas will involve counseling, psychotherapy, health psychology, neuropsychology, globalization, management, systems, and leadership in the context of organizational culture. This Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture presents research based writings which include both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

The editorial team are clinicians and consultants who also serve as university faculty, demonstrating the importance of serving in the field and sharing that knowledge in the classroom. The audience for this journal is students, scholars, theorist, clinicians, and consultants in this dynamic field.

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Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
Impact Factor (2010): 2.815
ISI Journal Citation Reports^© Ranking: 2010: 15/68 (Physics Condensed Matter); 20/118 (Physics Applied); 40/225 (Materials Science Multidisciplinary

Overview
The journal covers topics such as preparation, structure and simulation of advanced materials, theoretical and experimental investigations of the atomistic and electronic structure, optical, magnetic, superconducting, ferroelectric and other properties of solids, nanostructures and low-dimensional systems as well as device applications. Rapid Research Letters particularly invites papers from interdisciplinary and emerging new areas of research.

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Advanced Synthesis & Catalyst
Impact Factor (2010): 5.25
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2010: 1/70 (Chemistry Applied); 5/56 (Chemistry Organic)

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Aims and Scope
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (ASC) is the leading primary journal in organic, organometallic, and applied chemistry.

The high impact of ASC can be attributed to the unique focus of the journal, which publishes exciting new results from academic and industrial labs on efficient, practical, and environmentally friendly organic synthesis. While homogeneous, heterogeneous, organic, and enzyme catalysis are key technologies to achieve green synthesis, significant contributions to the same goal by synthesis design, reaction techniques, flow chemistry, and continuous processing, multiphase catalysis, green solvents, catalyst immobilization, and recycling, separation science, and process development are also featured in ASC.

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Macromolecular Reaction Engineering
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Aims and Scope
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering is the only high-quality journal dedicated exclusively to academic and industrial research in the field of polymer reaction engineering.

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CHEMSUSCHEM Chemistry and Sustainability, Energy & Materials
Impact Factor (2010): 6.325
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2010: 15/144 (chemistry Multidisciplinary)

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ChemSusChem is a top interdisciplinary journal for research at the interface of chemistry and sustainability. The journal features the best research on sustainability and energy by publishing contributions from chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, and biotechnology.

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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
Impact Factor (2010): 5.515
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2010: 5/78 (Energy & Fuels); 13/160 (Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology)

Overview
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining is a vital source of information on sustainable products, fuels and energy. Examining the spectrum of international scientific research and industrial development along the entire supply chain. The journal publishes a balanced mixture of peer-reviewed critical reviews, commentary, business news highlights, policy updates and patent intelligence. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining is dedicated to fostering growth in the biorenewables sector and serving its growing interdisciplinary community by providing a unique, systems-based insight into technologies in these fields as well as their industrial development.

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Statistical Analysis and Data Mining
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Aims and Scope
Statistical Analysis and Data Mining addresses the broad area of data analysis, including data mining algorithms, statistical approaches, and practical applications. Topics include problems involving massive and complex datasets, solutions utilizing innovative data mining algorithms and/or novel statistical approaches, and the objective evaluation of analyses and solutions. Of special interest are articles that describe analytical techniques, and discuss their application to real problems, in such a way that they are accessible and beneficial to domain experts across science, engineering, and commerce.

The focus of the journal is on papers which satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

• Solve data analysis problems associated with massive, complex datasets
• Are application and solution oriented with a focus on solving real problems
• Describe innovative data mining algorithms or novel statistical approaches
• Compare and contrast techniques to solve a problem, along with an objective evaluation of the analyses and the solutions

The goals of this interdisciplinary journal are to encourage collaborations across disciplines, communication of novel data mining and statistical techniques to both novices and experts involved in the analysis of data from practical problems, and a principled evaluation of analyses and solutions.

The 21st Century has become a Century of Data, with most domains striving for useful general models for their mountains of data. Data mining and statistical analysis are amongst the most effective bodies of methodology and technology capable of producing useful general models from massive, complex datasets.

Research Synthesis Method
Research Synthesis Method is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, reporting, and applying systematic research synthesis. It aims to facilitate the creation and exchange of knowledge about research synthesis methods that is of general interest or utility for the many fields and disciplines in which research synthesis is undertaken or used. Research synthesis is common in the health and social sciences and many of the methods explored in this journal will apply directly to these disciplines and to their practitioners. The journals aim is to cross-fertilize these fields as well as others so as to enrich the methods of research synthesis in all scientific disciplines. Read on ….

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International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the Official Journal of the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy.

International Forum of Allergy Rhinology provides a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and others to publish original research and explore controversies in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with otolaryngic allergy, rhinologic, and skull base conditions. The application of current research to the management of otolaryngic allergy, rhinologic, and skull base diseases and the need for further investigation will be highlighted.

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Thoracic Cancer
Thoracic Cancer aims to facilitate international collaboration and exchange of comprehensive and cutting-edge information on basic, translational, and applied clinical research in lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal cancer, breast cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Prevention, treatment and research relevant to Asia-Pacific is a focus area, but submissions from all regions are welcomed. The editors encourage contributions relevant to prevention, general thoracic surgery, medical oncology, radiology, radiation medicine, pathology, basic cancer research, as well as epidemiological and translational studies in thoracic cancer. Thoracic Cancer is the official publication of the Chinese Society of Lung Cancer, International Chinese Society of Thoracic Surgery and is endorsed by the Korean Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and the Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society.

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