Throughout 2010, the editorial policy of The Journal of Physiology has focused on maintaining high and consistent standards of peer review of submitted research articles and providing readers with a range of informative reviews and commentaries by recognised experts. The Journal has continued to attract papers across all areas of physiology and to increase online readership. Initiatives to exte...

Authorship problems are deep-rooted in the field of science communication. Some of these relate to lack of specific journal instructions. For decades, experts in journal editing and publishing have been exploring the authorship criteria and contributions deserving either co-authorship or acknowledgment. The issue of inconsistencies of listing and abbreviating author names has come to the fore l...

I open with the simple observation that large amounts of information about the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean world are becoming available online. While grounded in specific examples, this chapter is interested in the sources of that information and how diverse entities contribute to, link to, copy or otherwise reuse resources that are discoverable on the public Internet. The mai...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review will identify ethical issues arising from conflicts of interest in sponsored clinical trials, and the need for compliance with recent privacy legislation. It will guide investigators facing ethical dilemmas that compromise the integrity of their research because of conflicts of interest or a flawed consent process. Authors will learn about changes in journal editor...

rheumatology and areas closely linked to rheumatology. I will continue the editorial policy of Professor van de Putte. The editorial priority will be to publish high quality original research and to achieve a good balance between basic, translational and clinical research. The journal will continue to have editorials, special communications and articles and also reviews, but will not compete wi...

the state of post revolutionary iran adopted economic policies over 1980-1988 which we can phrase redistributive economic policies. according to a part of revolutionary literature, adoption of these policies by the post revolutionary state is, partly, one of the structural features of that state. but it is not a main debate of this article. rather, basic concern of the article, as some of the p...

this paper analyzes the effects ofexchange policies on iran,s foreign trade, by applying new econometric techniques. in assessing the impacts of depreciation of the national currency on macroeconomic variable, the real rather than nominal exchange rate has been determined to be more appropriate criterion to demonstrate the success or failure ofthe adopted policies. during the period under the s...

This work focuses on a cellular system scenario of a single base station broadcasting incoming files (or users) to multiple receivers over a time-varying channel. The basestation sets a price per receiver and per file to maximize its profit. The files may or may not enter the system depending on the price of service, the delay performance and their randomly determined valuations. Under this sce...

The Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (RBSO) - Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health - is an academic peer-reviewed journal in the field of Workers' Health that has been published by Fundacentro since 1973. Its historical trajectory, current performance, challenges and future perspectives were approached, in this paper, from a documental analysis. The journal's history can be divided i...

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS) in 2016, rewarding the good reviewers for their excellent performance is a goal set by the publication team. The reviewers are the ones who are responsible for spreading the valorization and the qualification of our scientific publications in the national and international scope. In an article published in Nature in 2014, the author expresses concern ab...