EMBO Molecular Medicine is enriched by a number of innovative policies designed to enhance the editorial process: peer review process files, de-emphasis of confidential referee comments and cross-refereeing.

In the 1930s the mathematical physicist Howard P. Robertson was the main referee of the journal Physical Review for papers concerning general relativity and related subjects. The rich correspondence between Robertson and the editors of the journal enables a historical investigation of the refereeing process of Physical Review at the time that it was becoming one of the most influential physics ...

,I Scholarly comrnunication is the root of scientific progress. Research on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the scholarly communication system is being carried out worldwide, particularJy with respect to electronic journals which can and should be constructed as communication forums. Refereeing new contributions for thest:; forums is a major means for their quality control an...

S p.17 Monday 22th September 10h-10h45 Why a conference on Science and Practice of Sports Refereeing A Lack of Interconnectivity for Research on Sport Officials p. 18 11h-12h15 Cognitive and physiological constraints on referees' performance 1 Comparison between the match demands of elite and sub-elite Australian football umpires p.20 An examination of the relationship between decision making a...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between game location (host advantage), match result (win, lose or tie) and the level of aggression in football teams of the Iranian Premier League. The study population consisted of Premier League Football teams (League XIII), and 60 matches (related to 4 teams) that were available for the researcher, were selected as the sample. Th...

The Refereeing Process for the Data & Knowledge Engineering Journal as it is and will be executed in Cyberspace is the subject of this lecture, in particular Security and Privacy aspects.This process can be defined and implemented in the Mokum system; we will show that it complies to the Security and Privacy rules on three levels: 1. Highest: at the Conceptual level. The semantic correctness of...