Journals in Physical sciences and engineering
Journals in Physical sciences and engineering
- ISSN: 0957-4174
Expert Systems with Applications
Expert Systems With Applications is a refereed international journal whose focus is on exchanging information relating to expert and intelligent systems applied in industry, government, and universities worldwide. The thrust of the journal is to publish original papers dealing with the design, development, testing, implementation, and/or management of expert and intelligent systems, and also to provide practical guidelines in the development and management of these systems. The journal will publish papers in expert and intelligent systems technology and application in the areas of, but not limited to: finance, accounting, engineering, marketing, auditing, law, procurement and contracting, project management, risk assessment, information management, information retrieval, crisis management, stock trading, strategic management, network management, telecommunications, space education, intelligent front ends, intelligent database management systems, medicine, chemistry, human resources management, human capital, business, production management, archaeology, economics and energy. Papers in multi-agent systems, knowledge management, neural networks, knowledge discovery, data and text mining, multimedia mining, and genetic algorithms will also be published in the journal. The journal no longer considers papers that contain applications to military/defense systems.Papers detailing algorithms which repurpose existing concepts within the framework of metaphors inspired by various systems and processes, such as natural, technical, or social ones are discouraged as this can hinder effective algorithm comparisons and scientific advancement. Submissions from this field are required to convincingly demonstrate their contribution to the field in order to be considered for further evaluation. Authors are urged to present their methods with clarity, employing standard optimization terminology, and to provide compelling explanations for how their components are adapted to specific problem-solving contexts. The emphasis is on genuine innovation rather than the renaming of existing concepts.Natural metaphor articles - new nature-inspired proposals detailed in papers must provide formal, mathematically grounded explanations for how they differ from established methods and the use of metaphors as superficial embellishments is discouraged.Software PublicationWe invite you to convert your open source software into an additional journal publication in Software Impacts, a multi-disciplinary open access journal. Software Impacts provides a scholarly reference to software that has been used to address a research challenge. The journal disseminates impactful and re-usable scientific software through Original Software Publications which describe the application of the software to research and the published outputs.
- ISSN: 1093-3263
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
The Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling is devoted to the publication of papers on the uses of computers in theoretical investigations of molecular structure, function, interaction, and design. The scope of the journal includes all aspects of molecular modeling and computational chemistry, including, for instance, the study of molecular shape and properties, molecular simulations, protein and polymer engineering, drug design, materials design, structure-activity and structure-property relationships, database mining, and compound library design.As a primary research journal, JMGM seeks to bring new knowledge to the attention of our readers. As such, submissions to the journal need to not only report results, but must draw conclusions and explore implications of the work presented. Authors are strongly encouraged to bear this in mind when preparing manuscripts. Routine applications of standard modelling approaches, providing only very limited new scientific insight, will not meet our criteria for publication. Reproducibility of reported calculations is an important issue. Wherever possible, we urge authors to enhance their papers with Supplementary Data, for example, in QSAR studies machine-readable versions of molecular datasets or in the development of new force-field parameters versions of the topology and force field parameter files. Routine applications of existing methods that do not lead to genuinely new insight will not be considered.JMGM is published in association with two of the largest and most active professional societies in the field: the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) and the Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division of the American Chemical Society. Several thousand computational chemists worldwide belong to these two societies and any research topic that may of interest to the membership is within the wide scope of the journal. It is not necessary to be a member of these professional societies to publish in the journal.Published in association with the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society www.mgms.org and the ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry.
- ISSN: 0263-2241
Measurement
Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)Contributions are invited on novel achievements in all fields of measurement and instrumentation science and technology. Authors are encouraged to submit novel material representing achievements in the field, whose ultimate goal is an enhancement of the state-of-the-art of subjects such as: measurement and metrology fundamentals, measurement science, sensors, measurement instruments, measurement and estimation techniques, measurement data processing and fusion algorithms, evaluation procedures for performance analysis of measurement systems, processes and algorithms, mathematical models for measurement-oriented purposes, and distributed measurement systems in a connected world.Notes:Papers including measurement results that, although important to validate any given scientific study but which offer no new insights in an area different from measurement science or technology, do not fall within the scope of this journal;The disciplined usage of well-known metrological terms is strongly required. Authors can access information on all relevant terms such as measurement accuracy, uncertainty, the law of propagation of uncertainty and other, similar terms: these are defined in internationally approved guidelines such as the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) and Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), which are freely available on https://www.bipm.org... paper must clearly describe the measurement context in which the research was carried out by undertaking a critical review of the state-of-the-art of the relevant body of knowledge in instrumentation and measurement and by showing how the research presented advances it;The letter accompanying the submission must describe clearly how the paper satisfies the above requirements.Papers that focus on image processing or fault diagnosis with little or no elements of measurement science or technology will not be considered within the journal scope.Papers that are based on military applications are out of scope for the Journal and are not considered for publication in measurement.Authors please note: The journal Measurement is receiving an increasing number of papers in the area of machine learning/neural networks and other techniques based on artificial intelligence. These submissions will be desk rejected unless they:prove that the described research advances the state-of-the-art in measurement science and is not just an application of an available tool to known or novel problems, that is used without an appreciation of measurement-related aspects;show that the usage of these tools is put into the correct measurement-related context and not just in the context of machine-learning/neu... network applications;contain enough information about the used tools, data, and results to allow, in principle, anyone to replicate the described results;display the use of specific metrics to strengthen the results of research activities.It must be recalled that Measurement is interested in publishing new methods, techniques, procedures, algorithms, and alike that show how to better measure in nature and in the world. Thus, the capability to describe metrological-related details of the proposed research represents a major difference between papers published by this journal and by other journals publishing papers on similar topics. This major difference must be evident also in papers covering applications of machine learning and soft computing techniques. Failing to adhere to these guidelines will result in a paper desk-reject decision.Authors whose manuscripts focus on the research, development and application of the science, engineering and technology of sensors and sensor systems, are welcome to submit to the journal's open access companion title, Measurement: Sensors .Authors whose manuscripts focus on food and nutrition measurements may also wish to submit to the journal's second open access companion title, Measurement: Food.Authors whose manuscripts focus on energy sources, heat and power generation and all other relevant fields may be interested to submit to the journal's third open access companion title, Measurement: Energy.Authors whose manuscripts focus on all aspects of the foundations, developments, technologies, methodologies, and applications of digital techniques and digitization in measurement, are invited to submit to the journal's fourth open access companion title, Measurement: Digitalization.
- ISSN: 0264-3707
Journal of Geodynamics
The Journal of Geodynamics is an international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication of results and discussions of Solid Earth research covering the entire multitude of scientific methods aimed at understanding deep and shallow processes in various tectonic settings and acting at different time- and length-scales. The Journal publishes results based on a multitude of research disciplines, including geophysics, geodesy, geochemistry, geology, and based on field observations, laboratory experiments, and numerical simulations.The Journal invites original research papers, including 'letters', as well as topical reviews with focus on geodynamics, including:Plate tectonic processes: driving mechanisms, paleo-geodynamics, numerical and analogue modeling in compressional and extensional tectonic settings in continents and oceans, including all stages of the Wilson cycle, and basin dynamics;Mantle geodynamics: mantle convection, hot spots and plumes, mantle transition zone, and secular evolution of the Earth;Geophysical geodynamics: crust - mantle and lithosphere - asthenosphere interaction based on seismic, gravity, magnetic, and thermal observation and interpretation with links to global and regional geodynamic processes in different tectonic settings;Stress field and deformation: geodetic observations of horizontal and vertical crustal movements; seismic, electrical and magnetic anisotropy; seismicity, tsunami hazards and impacts;Crustal and mantle rheology: laboratory experiments and numerical simulations; physical properties of rocks; water in the mantle;Geodynamics of magma transport: geophysical observations and numerical simulations of magma transport and emplacement; modelling of volcanic eruptions, geodynamic control on evolution of magmatic passive margins, large igneous provinces and dyke swarms;Geodynamics of topographic change: role of deep processes on large-scale regional evolution of topography, including dynamic topography, and sea level variation;Geodynamic... of large ice sheets: ice basal melting, glacial isostasy, ice-seismicity;Geody... control on ore and hydrocarbon mineral deposits.
- ISSN: 0263-8762
Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical EngineeringChERD aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in chemical engineering.Papers showing how research results can be used in chemical engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in plant or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged. The journal is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of traditional chemical engineering.The journal publishes regular special issues focusing on specific topics, and issues dedicated to selected papers from major conferences.Core topic areas:Distillation and absorption• Sustainable process design, operation and intensification• Process modelling, simulation and optimization• Process equipment characterization, design and selection• Hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer in separation equipment• Physical properties and thermodynamic models/methodsFluid flow• Fluid flow and mixing in process equipment• Laminar to turbulent flow• Reactive flow• Multiphase flow• Flow of Non-Newtonian fluids• Flow in porous media• Interfacial flows, coating & wetting phenomena• Microfluidics• Computational fluid dynamics• Flow visualization and advanced experimental flow measurementHeat and mass transfer• Mechanisms of heat and mass transfer • Multicomponent mass transfer • Simulation of heat and mass transfer processes • Simultaneous heat and mass transferMaterials processing and product development• Fundamental properties of interest to processing of materials • Injection moulding of materials • In-line measurement and control of material processes • Morphological development processes • Pre-processing, shaping, multi-layering and finishing of final product form • Product design based on chemical engineering tools • Structure-function relationships in products and relevant systems • Tailoring chemical products and materials for end-use applicationsParticle technology• Formation and synthesis of particulates• Crystallisation and precipitation• Product formulation and rheology• Mechanics of particulate solids• Particle-fluid and particle-particle interactions• Physics-based and data-driven modelling of particle systems• Measurement and characterisation of particulate systems• Comminution, attrition, agglomeration and coating• Processing, handling and storage of particulate solids and dispersions• Mixing and separation of particulate systems• Fluidisation and multiphase flow• Dust formation and control• Design and control of systems, processes and equipment operating with particulates• Applications of particulates in processes and materialsPharmaceuti... engineering• Advanced (Bio)pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Modelling, quality-by-design, digitalization, digital twins, process analytical technologies, smart manufacturing, new unit operations, continuous manufacturing, modular and decentralized production, etc.• Design, characterisation and modelling of drug delivery systems• Formulation, modified release, etc.• Data Science for Pharmaceutical Engineering• Supply chain, personalized medicine, reaction condition prediction, solid-state form prediction, in-silico prediction of pharmacokinetics, etc.Process systems engineering• Process design and integration• Process modelling, simulation and optimization• Process dynamics, control and monitoring• Information modelling and analysis• Machine Learning in Process Design and Operations• Techno-economic analysis• Production planning/scheduling and supply chain• Domain application (bioprocesses, energy and environmental systems engineering)Reaction engineering• Catalysis engineering • Process intensification • Reaction kinetics • Reactive flows • Reactor development, modelling and scale-upSeparation processes• Adsorption Science and Technology• Molecular Separations: membranes, chromatography• Phase Separations: clarification, flocculation, coagulation, centrifugation, cyclone separation, etc.• Reactive Separations: hybrid and integrated separation techniques• Other Separations: extraction, leaching, novel separation processes, etc.• Intensification and Integration of Separation Processes: process optimization, machine learning and AI, Industry 4.0, and digitalization, etc.For more information on the IChemE journals published in partnership with Elsevier and to find out about some of the top research published in the journals, please see this page: https://www.elsevier...
- ISSN: 0277-5387
Polyhedron
Polyhedron is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering inorganic chemistry in its broadest sense. The journal welcomes papers in the following areas:Coordination chemistryOrganometal... chemistryMain group chemistry (structure, reactivity, and dynamics)Supramolecu... chemistryChemistry of extended solidsMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs)Crystal engineeringComposite... and nuclear chemistryPhotovoltai... and solar energySolid state chemistry including perovskitesCatalysis... earths and critical/strategic metals and materialsRole of metal ions in biologyMetalloenzyme... metallodrugs, and biomimetic modelsSpectroscopic and computational studies relevant to bonding, structure, and reactivityAdditional notes: Papers on organic synthesis using metal-containing or organometallic catalysts are generally not considered, unless the metal plays a special role.Inclusion of single-crystal X-ray structural data is strongly encouraged. However, papers reporting only the X-ray structure of a single compound will usually not be considered.Routine structural papers appended with medicinal properties will not be considered and returned without review.Polyhedron provides authors with rigorous peer review ensuring articles adhere to a high technical standard, with rapid decisions and a highly visible platform for scientists to share their research.The journal accepts original research articles, reviews, and communications. It does not accept notes or book reviews. Special issues commemorating individuals or current topics are published regularly and the papers in these issues, while submitted upon invitation, undergo the same peer review process as regular submissions.
- ISSN: 1001-0742
Journal of Environmental Sciences
Journal of Environmental Sciences is an international peer-reviewed journal established in 1989. It is sponsored by the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it is jointly published by Elsevier and Science Press. It aims to foster interdisciplinary communication and promote understanding of significant environmental issues. The journal seeks to publish significant and novel research on the fate and behaviour of emerging contaminants, human impact on the environment, human exposure to environmental contaminants and their health effects, and environmental remediation and management. Original research articles, critical reviews, highlights, and perspectives of high quality are published both in print and online.Subjects Aquatic environment Atmospheric environment Biomonitoring and biomarkers Carbon-neutrality technology Emerging contaminants Environmental analysis and methods Environmental biology Environmental chemistry Environmental catalysis and nanomaterials Environmental health and toxicology Environmental microbiology Environmental nanotechnology Environmental remediation and management Terrestrial environmentAbstracti... journal is abstracted and indexed by SCI, EI, CC (ISI), CA (USA), PA (USA), Biosis(USA), BA(USA), Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Germany), NAL Serials(USA), ASTA(USA), IRSD(Japan), WCS of EST(Liechtenstein), Geo Abstracts(UK) and Chinese Sci. and Tech. Journal Abstracts(China) etc.
- ISSN: 0005-1098
Automatica
A Journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic ControlAutomatica is a leading archival publication in the field of systems and control. The field encompasses today a broad set of areas and topics, and is thriving not only within itself but also in terms of its impact on other fields, such as communications, computers, biology, energy and economics. Since its inception in 1963, Automatica has kept abreast with the evolution of the field over the years, and has emerged as a leading publication driving the trends in the field.After being founded in 1963, Automatica became a journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 1969. It features a characteristic blend of theoretical and applied papers of archival, lasting value, reporting cutting edge research results by authors across the globe. It features articles in distinct categories, including regular, brief and survey papers, technical communiqués, correspondence items, as well as reviews on published books of interest to the readership. It occasionally publishes special issues on emerging new topics or established mature topics of interest to a broad audience.Automatica solicits original high-quality contributions in all the categories listed above, and in all areas of systems and control interpreted in a broad sense and evolving constantly. They may be submitted directly to a subject editor or to the Editor-in-Chief if not sure about the subject area. Editorial procedures in place assure careful, fair, and prompt handling of all submitted articles. Accepted papers appear in the journal in the shortest time feasible given production time constraints.Addition... information about Automatica, including a list of recently accepted papers and a cumulative table of contents (1963-present), can be found at the website www.journals.elsevie... Papers should be submitted using the on-line review management system Pampus www.autsubmit.com.
- ISSN: 0045-2068
Bioorganic Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry publishes research that addresses biological questions at the molecular level, using organic chemistry and principles of physical organic chemistry. The scope of the journal covers a range of topics at the organic chemistry-biology interface, including: enzyme catalysis, biotransformation and enzyme inhibition; nucleic acids chemistry; medicinal chemistry; natural product chemistry, natural product synthesis and natural product biosynthesis; antimicrobial agents; lipid and peptide chemistry; biophysical chemistry; biological probes; bio-orthogonal chemistry and biomimetic chemistry.For manuscripts dealing with synthetic bioactive compounds, the Journal requires that the molecular target of the compounds described must be known, and must be demonstrated experimentally in the manuscript. For studies involving natural products, if the molecular target is unknown, some data beyond simple cell-based toxicity studies to provide insight into the mechanism of action is required. Studies supported by molecular docking are welcome, but must be supported by experimental data. The Journal does not consider manuscripts that are purely theoretical or computational in nature.The Journal publishes regular articles, short communications and reviews. Reviews are normally invited by Editors or Editorial Board members. Authors of unsolicited reviews should first contact an Editor or Editorial Board member to determine whether the proposed article is within the scope of the Journal.Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as 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 Center
- ISSN: 0961-9534
Biomass & Bioenergy
Biomass & Bioenergy is an international journal publishing original research papers and short communications, review articles and case studies on biological resources, chemical and biological processes, and biomass products for new renewable sources of energy and materials. The scope of the journal extends to the environmental, management and economic aspects of biomass and bioenergy.Key areas covered by the journal: • Biomass: sources, energy crop production processes, genetic improvements, composition. Please note that research on these biomass subjects must be linked directly to bioenergy generation. • Biological Residues: residues/rests from agricultural production, forestry and plantations (palm, sugar etc), processing industries, and municipal sources (MSW). Papers on the use of biomass residues through innovative processes/technologi... novelty and/or consideration of feedstock/system sustainability (or unsustainability) are welcomed. However waste treatment processes and pollution control or mitigation which are only tangentially related to bioenergy are not in the scope of the journal, as they are more suited to publications in the environmental arena. Papers that describe conventional waste streams (ie well described in existing literature) that do not empirically address 'new' added value from the process are not suitable for submission to the journal. • Bioenergy Processes: fermentations, thermochemical conversions, liquid and gaseous fuels, and petrochemical substitutes. • Bioenergy Utilization: direct combustion, gasification, electricity production, chemical processes, and by-product remediation. • Biomass and the Environment: carbon cycle, the net energy efficiency of bioenergy systems, assessment of sustainability, and biodiversity issues.The journal does not consider papers on the following subjects: • Performance of fuel combustion in engines. • Technical aspects of first generation biofuels. • Soil science papers with no direct linking to bioenergy generation. • Isolation of yeast/bacterial strains. • Purely analytical biochemistry derived studies that have no direct linking to bioenergy generation.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).