Journal Guide

The International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration is an applied, internationally oriented hospitality and tourism management journal designed to help practitioners and researchers stay abreast of the latest developments in the field as well as facilitate the exchange of ideas. The journal addresses critical competency areas that will help practitioners be successful in this growing field now and into the future.An exciting and challenging international forum, the journal reflects current happenings and trends in the industry. Dynamic market forces such as global competition, changing customer expectations, and new communication technology--combined with career challenges due to ongoing industry consolidation and corporate restructuring--mandate continuous learning and the sharing of ideas. The journal will facilitate this need by providing essential and intelligent information about world-wide hospitality and tourism issues. The International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration publishes refereed articles on best practices of hospitality and tourism management and education, applied research studies, and critical reviews on major issues affecting the hospitality and tourism sectors. The journal's scope includes but is not limited to: private club management restaurant management beverage management marketing management human resource management managing guests expectations and experiences intriguing case examples consumer behavior managing cultural diversity in the workplace and consumer markets the interrelationship between hospitality and tourism information technology strategic alliances security and safety resident attitudes toward tourism and host quality of life Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone a double-blind, peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by two anonymous referees.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The International Journal of Hospitality Management discusses major trends and developments in a variety of disciplines as they apply to the hospitality industry. The range of topics covered by the journal includes:• Human resources management;• Consumer behaviour and marketing;• Business forecasting and applied economics;• Operational management;• Strategic management;• Financial management;• Planning and design;• Information technology and e-commerce;• Training and development;• Technological developments;• National and international legislation.The journal also contains research papers, state-of-the-art reviews and analyses of business practice within the industry.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

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis provides an international forum for the interchange of information and ideas relating to housing and housing markets.

The International Journal of Human Genetics (Int J Hum Genet) is designed for prompt publication of original and significant articles on all aspects of Human Genetics (Anthropogenetics, Biochemical Genetics, Biometry, Clinical Genetics, Cytogenetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Genetic Testing, Evolution and Population Genetics, Immunogenetics, Molecular Genetics). The journal also covers ethical issues and genetic counselling. It aims to serve as a forum of life scientists and health professionals, especially those who share a common interest in understanding human beings.

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare (IJHRH) is a peer reviewed journal with a unique practical approach to promoting race equality, inclusion and human rights in health and social care.

Research areas relevant to the journal include, but are not limited to:

• Innovative interaction techniques
• Multimodal interaction
• Speech interaction
• Graphic interaction
• Natural language interaction
• Interaction in mobile and embedded systems
• Interface design and evaluation methodologies
• Design and evaluation of innovative interactive systems
• User interface prototyping and management systems
• Ubiquitous computing
• Wearable computers
• Pervasive computing
• Affective computing
• Empirical studies of user behaviour
• Empirical studies of programming and software engineering
• Computer supported cooperative work
• Computer mediated communication
• Virtual reality
• Mixed and augmented Reality
• Intelligent user interfaces
• Presence
• Intelligent tutoring, coaching and debugging systems
• Interactive decision support systems
• Agent-based computing, agent models, co-ordination and communication
• Human language technologies and machine learning in interactive systems
• Knowledge acquisition, discovery, modelling and management
• Peer to peer communication between intelligent systems
• Ontologies, knowledge technologies, semantic web systems
• Human-Computer Interaction theory - e.g. user models, cognitive systems

The International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction addresses the cognitive, social, health, and ergonomic aspects of interactive computing. It emphasizes the human element in relation to the systems in which humans function, operate, network, and communicate, including software, hardware, and their various contexts of use. The journal publishes original articles including reviews and reappraisals of the literature, empirical studies, and quantitative and qualitative contributions to the theories of HCI. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.