Journal Guide

Journal of Obesity is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of obesity.

Suitable topics for manuscripts include:

• The boundaries of OCD and relationships with OC spectrum disorders

• Validation of assessments of obsessive-compulsive and related phenomena

• OCD symptoms in diverse social and cultural contexts

• Studies of neurobiological and genetic factors in OCD and related conditions

• Experimental and descriptive psychopathology and epidemiological studies

• Studies on relationships among cognitive and behavioral variables in OCD and related disorders

• Interpersonal aspects of OCD and related disorders

• Evaluation of psychological and psychiatric treatment and prevention programs, and predictors of outcome.

The Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) is a premier resource for health care professionals committed to clinical scholarship that advances the health care of women and newborns. With a focus on nursing practice, JOGNN addresses the latest research, practice issues, policies, opinions, and trends in the care of women, childbearing families, and newborns. This peer-reviewed scientific and technical journal is highly respected for groundbreaking articles on important - and sometimes controversial - issues. Articles published in JOGNN emphasize research evidence and clinical practice, building both science and clinical applications. JOGNN seeks clinical, policy and research manuscripts on the evidence supporting current best practice as well as developing or emerging practice trends. A balance of quantitative and qualitative research with an emphasis on biobehavioral outcome studies and intervention trials is desired. Manuscripts are welcomed on all subjects focused on the care of women, childbearing families, and newborns.

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology represents an established forum for the entire field of obstetrics and gynaecology, publishing a broad range of original, peer-reviewed papers, from scientific and clinical research to reviews relevant to practice and case reports. It also includes occasional supplements on clinical symposia. The journal is read widely by trainees in our speciality and we acknowledge a major role in education in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Past and present editors have recognised the difficulties that junior doctors encounter in achieving their first publications and spend time advising authors during their initial attempts at submission. The journal continues to attract a world-wide readership thanks to the emphasis on practical applicability and its excellent record of drawing on an international base of authors.

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC) is Canada's peer-reviewed journal of obstetrics, gynaecology, and women's health. Each monthly issue contains original research articles, reviews, case reports, commentaries, and editorials on all aspects of reproductive health. JOGC is the original publication source of evidence-based clinical guidelines, committee opinions, and policy statements that derive from standing or ad hoc committees of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. JOGC is included in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database, and abstracts from JOGC are accessible on PubMed.

We welcome you to submit letters to the editor, commentaries, and original articles on any topic within the fields of obstetrics, gynaecology, and women's health, including fertility, contraception, urogynaecology, and oncology. We encourage you to respond to items published in JOGC with a Letter to the Editor or, even better, your own original data.

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research is the official Journal of the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and aims to provide a medium for the publication of articles in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology. The Journal publishes original research articles, case reports, review articles and letters to the editor. The Journal will give publication priority to original research articles over case reports. Accepted papers become the exclusive licence of the Journal. Manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two referees and/or Associate Editors expert in the field of the submitted paper.

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The Journal of Occupational Health Psychology® publishes research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers. The Journal has a threefold focus on the work environment, the individual, and the work–family interface. The Journal seeks scholarly articles, from both researchers and practitioners, concerning psychological factors in relationship to all aspects of occupational health and safety. Included in this broad domain of interest are articles in which work-related psychological factors play a role in the etiology of health problems articles examining the psychological and associated health consequences of work articles concerned with the use of psychological approaches to prevent or mitigate occupational health problems Special attention is given to articles with a prevention emphasis. Authors should consider the financial costs of identified problems and/or economic benefits of interventions they evaluate. Manuscripts dealing with issues of contemporary relevance to the workplace, especially with regard to minority, cultural, or occupationally underrepresented groups, or topics at the interface of the family and the workplace, are encouraged.

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology is ready to receive manuscripts on all aspects of occupational diseases, injuries and disability.

The Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original papers on the rehabilitation of the disabled worker. The journal offers investigations of clinical and basic research; theoretical formulations; literature reviews; case studies; discussions of public policy issues and book reviews. Papers, both clinical and theoretical, derive from a broad array of fields: rehabilitation medicine, physical and occupational therapy, health psychology, orthopedics, neurology, and social work, ergonomics, biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, disability management, law and more. A single multidisciplinary source for information on work disability rehabilitation, the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation helps to advance the scientific understanding, management, and prevention of work disability.

In 1993 the Journal of Occupational Science: Australia was launched by Dr. Ann Wilcock and her colleagues at the University of South Australia and the Auckland Institute of Technology. The stated aim of the journal was to 8220;give voice to the unique experiences, concerns and perspectives of the study of humans as occupational beings8221;. It was 8220;designed to provide opportunities to publish articles of interest to many disciplines such as: anthropologists, ethnologists, ethologists, human geographers, philosophers, psychologists, occupational therapists, sociologists and social biologists8221;.The Journal of Occupational Science will accept discussion papers, qualitative and quantitative research articles of international standard on widely different topics that have a humanistic perspective and contribute to the study of occupation. In this context, occupation refers to all purposeful activities of humans. The following topics are a guide to authors seeking to publish in the journal: Evolutionary perspectives on occupation, such as how human occupation took on personal and cultural meaning, the biological necessity for occupation, or the relationship between occupation, health and species survivalDevelopmental perspectives on occupation such as how engaging in occupation develops human capacities, how infants learn strategies for interacting with the physical and social environment through occupation, or how occupation supports health in older ageThe subjective experience of occupation, including occupation as an expression and experience of spirituality and how attitudes and beliefs influence performanceHow occupation is structured and organised with social groups and cultures, including how this is negotiated within family, peer, work and other groupsThe relationship between occupation and the environment in which it is performed, such as how factors in the physical or human environment influence people's choices about what to do, and how and where to do itThe influence of sociopolitical and historical context on occupationPatterns of occupation across populations, and how and why these change/have changed over timeThe personal and social meanings of occupation, including identity meaningsThe function of occupation in terms of its intended and actual outcomesThe process of engaging in occupation including how intentions for performance are formed and modified, how performance is monitored and modified while the performance is in progressThe relationship between occupation and learning, including factors that help or hinder learning through occupationThe skillfulness of occupational performance, including how skillfulness is perceived and monitored by self and othersThe relationship between occupation and culture, such as occupation as a vehicle to convey cultural meanings or a venue to develop, challenge, modify and/or maintain cultural understandingsPhilosophical perspectives such as occupation as an expression of post-modernism or of cultural ideals such as freedomDiscussion of the field of occupational science, such as its status, development or directions.