Journal Information

Open Access

Elsevier Publish Open Access

More than 85% of our journals offer the option of publish open access articles

Open access journal

This journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal. This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor''s decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: http://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/peer-review.

User Rights

This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user license:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND). For non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and copy the article, and to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), as long as they credit the author(s) and provided they do not alter or modify the article.

Open Access Publication Fee

No fee is payable by the author as publishing costs are covered by the society.

Author Rights

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a ''Journal Publishing Agreement''. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Copyright will be transferred to the society if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Permission of the society is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.