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Ocean Engineering provides a medium for the publication of original research and development work in this field.Some of the areas covered in Ocean Engineering include: Offshore Engineering; Naval Architecture; Marine Structural Mechanics; Safety and Reliability; Materials; Pipelines and Risers; Polar and Arctic Engineering; Computational Fluid Dynamics and Vortex Induced Vibrations; Port and Waterfront Design and Engineering; Linear and Nonlinear Wave Mechanics; Hydrodynamics; Fluid-Structure Interaction; Cable, Mooring, Buoy Technology; Underwater Technology; Geotechnology; Foundation Engineering; Ocean Mining; Coastal Engineering; Marine Renewable Energy; Aquacultural Engineering; Instrumentation, and Full-Scale measurements; Model Tests; Satellite Observations; Marine Environmental Engineering; Stochastic Processes; Hydroelasticity, Subsea Engineering; Fluid Mechanics; Ocean Acoustics, Oceanographical Engineering; Computational Methods/Numerical Analysis; Shore Protection; beach nourishment; sediment transport; Risk and Limit State Design and Assessment; Ship Manoeuvring; Buoyancy and Stability (static and dynamic); Seakeeping and Control Systems; and Ship Resistance and Propulsion.In recognition of the fact that many research and development workers are now entering the area, occasional review articles by leading authorities are also published.Related conferences:Related conferences are listed under 'Related websites'.

Oceanologia, the official journal of the http://www.iopan.gda.pl/kbm/en/Committee of Marine Research and the http://www.iopan.gda.pl/index.htmlInstitute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, is an international journal that publishes results of original research in the field of marine sciences with emphasis on the European seas. Manuscripts contributing, but not limited, to the understanding of properties and processes in the marine environment in the aspect of basic sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, ecology and geochemistry will be considered for publication. Special attention will be given to papers devoted to phenomena occurring in the marine environment in the zones characterized by:
• gradients of properties (salinity, red-ox, temperature, light field, others),
• phases boundaries both abiotic and biotic/abiotic (aqueous/solid, aqueous/gaseous, biotic/solid and biotic/aqueous),
• marine-land boundary.

We also encourage the submission of manuscripts dealing with multidisciplinary approaches to the investigated phenomena, as well as those devoted to manifestations of contemporary global issues e.g. climate warming and other global change-related phenomena, and/or describing possible and actual adaptations to threats brought by these changes. Preference will be given to manuscripts covering innovative research of global significance over those devoted to strictly local issues, and to papers contributing to the marine ecosystem functioning over strictly descriptive ones.

Oceanologia also publishes special and thematic issues dedicated to specific subject areas and events. Prospective Guest Editors of potential special issues must contact the Editor-in-Chief first to check the subject and scope of the special issue.

The issues 53(2011)8211;56(2014) were digitalized thanks to the financial support of the project Index Plus of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

All issues of the journal Oceanologia published since 2011 are available on ScienceDirect at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00783234, archival issues published before 2011 can be accessed at http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/issues.html.

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Open House International (OHI) is an interdisciplinary research journal in architecture, building technology, housing, urban design and planning.

Operations Management Research: Advancing Practice through Theory publishes short, focused research studies that advance the theory and practice of operations management. OMR is a rigorous, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that is oriented toward fast reviews and publication of high-quality research that makes a clear contribution to the science and practice of operations management in today’s global institutions. Coverage includes all topics in operations management as well as research paradigms from mathematical modeling to ethnography.

Operations Research Letters is a publication for literature on all aspects of operations research and the management and decision sciences. The features distinguishing it from other journals in the field are* Concise articles, generally limited to 6 journal pages* Extended abstracts of two to four, announcing results without full proofs;* Rapid review and fast publication;* Broad coverage of the literature.Apart from the page limitation, originality, relevance, quality and clarity are the only criteria for selecting the material to be published. A sound methodological basis is a requirement, but technical correctness alone is not sufficient for publication. The subject matter can be theory, methodology, empirical studies, and applications. The mainstream of contributions focuses on new models, theorems, algorithms, and experimental work that the author wants to disseminate rapidly. We will publish theory and methodology with proofs omitted or only sketched, provided that the author submits support material that enables us to verify the findings. We will also publish computational and experimental studies that are not necessarily based on new theory or methodology, but are of significant scientific value because they confirm or refute prior results. Similarly, we will publish reports on applications and case studies that demonstrate a novel use of existing techniques or contain significant ideas about data collection and analysis, modelling, or implementation.Area Editors:Approximation and heuristicsGerhard J. WoegingerThe area covers all issues relevant to the development of efficient approximate solutions to computationally difficult problems. Examples are heuristic approaches like local search, worst case analysis or competitive analysis of approximation algorithms, complexity theoretic results, and computational investigations of heuristic approaches.Continuous optimizationPatrice MarcottePapers in all fields of continuous optimization that are relevant to operations research are welcome. These areas include, but are not restricted to, nonlinear programming (constrained or unconstrained, convexor nonconvex, smooth or nonsmooth, exact or heuristic, finite or infinite-dimensional), complementarity, variational inequalities, bilevel programming, and mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints.Financial engineeringJussi S. KeppoFinancial engineering utilizes operations research methods (such as optimization, simulation, decision analysis and stochastic control) to analyze financial markets. This area is interested in papers that innovate in terms of methods or models that help financial applications. The studied problem examples include the pricing and hedging of financial instruments, credit and energy markets and portfolio selectionGame theoryNimrod MegiddoThe area published papers in game theory with relevance to the field of operations research.Graphs and networksGianpaolo OrioloThe area seeks papers that apply, in original and insightful ways, discrete mathematics to advance the theory and practice of operations research, as well as those reporting theoretical or algorithmic advances for the area.Of particular, but not exclusive, interest are papers devoted to novel applications, telecommunications and transportation networks, graphs and web models and algorithms.Inventory controlSridhar SeshadriThe area welcomes innovative papers focused on inventory management. Examples of topics include, but are not limited to supply chain management, pricing, capacity planning, multi-item/echelon systems, algorithms and bounds, and incentive design.Life sciences and healthcareGunnar W. KlauOperations research methodologies are used in the healthcare sector, for example, in treatment or clinical trial design, robotic surgery, location of healthcare facilities, medical resource allocation, and vaccine scheduling. Recently, operations research is likewise emerging as a crucial component of basic research in the life sciences, for example, in genomeassembly, phylogenetics and network biology, structural biology and drug design. The area welcomes theoretical and applied contributions to these and related fields.Linear and stochastic optimizationRüdiger SchultzThe area solicits original articles dealing with theoretical and computational issues in linear optimization or optimization under stochastic uncertainty.Logistics and revenue managementMahesh NagarajanThe area includes topics related to operations management and supply chain design such as location problems, production planning, transportation and routing, and revenue management and pricing. We welcome papers that study existing or new models and applications in these areas and provide significant new results. Examples are papers introducing new models, new algorithms or new analysis of known models or algorithms. Emphasis will be put on the relative importance of the paper's contribution to known theory and practice.Mixed integer optimizationVolker KaibelAll submissions advancing the theory and practice of mixed integer (linear or nonlinear) programming like novel techniques and algorithmic approaches in convex relaxations, branch and cut, polyhedral combinatorics and theory driven heuristics are welcome. Case studies may be considered if they contribute to the general methodology.Reliability and maintenance optimizationJeffrey P. KharoufehThe area invites novel reliability and maintenance optimization contributions with a rigorous operations research component. Examples include, but are not limited to, stochastic models of reliability, dynamic maintenance decision making, novel uses of data within analytical frameworks, matrix-analytic methods and asymptotic results. The area will consider formal models, algorithms, bounds and computational advances.SchedulingMarc UetzWe seek original and significant contributions to the analysis and solution of sequencing and scheduling problems. This includes structural and algorithmic results, in particular optimization, approximation and online algorithms, as well as game theoretic modeling. All results are welcome aslong as the relevance of a problem and significance of the contribution is made compellingly clear.Stochastic networks &queuesJohn HasenbeinThe area focuses on networks and queueing systems where stochastic variability and uncertainty play a crucial role. The area seeks papers that propose original models and develop novel analytical or computational methods. Innovative ideas and broad results receive precedence over incremental extensions or niche areas.

Operations Research Perspectives is an exciting new open access journal in the field of Operations Research and Management Science. It provides a dedicated and safe environment for open access research, with fast online publication on ScienceDirect for all accepted papers.

Operations Research and Management Science has matured over the last 60 years. Nowadays it is a truly interdisciplinary field, intermixing theories and methodologies from mathematics, management science, computer science, operations management, economics, engineering, decision support, soft computing and many more, even reaching into psychology, ergonomics, knowledge management, education, quality management and biology.

Rather than disseminating the different scholarly papers among a large number of journals, or focusing on specialized topics in niche publications, Operations Research Perspectives aims to bring together high-quality papers and original contributions with a potentially far-reaching impact in the field, inside the same journal. As a result, the interfaces between the different disciplines and the richness of the field are bolstered, facilitating new and interesting approaches.

Operations Research Perspectives is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from management scientists, industrial engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, practitioners and scientists working in the operations research field, understood in a wide sense. Similarly, all kinds of submissions, from short notes and technical letters to longer-length research papers, case studies and applications are welcomed. There is no page limit imposed and supplementary materials, including multimedia, are also welcomed.

Operations Research Perspectives operates a rigorous single blind review process, with all accepted papers having at least 2 quality referee reports from prominent researchers in the field.

Benefits to authors

Operations Research Perspectives is an open access journal. The journal and the editorial workflow have been fine-tuned in order to speed up the revision process as much as possible. As a result of these two key benefits, authors' research results are disseminated quickly and openly to the field, which significantly increases their visibility and potential impact.

Another key benefit is a series of cross-editorial agreements with other major operations research journals, namely Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers & Operations Research and Computers & Industrial Engineering. Under these agreements, selected high-quality papers that have already been peer reviewed might be accepted in a quick editorial decision for Operations Research Perspectives.

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Optical Engineering publishes papers reporting on research and development in optical science and engineering and the practical applications of known optical science, engineering, and technology. Imaging Components, Systems, and Processing Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing Adaptive Optics Cameras Focal Planes and Imaging Detectors Human Vision Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems Image Quality and System Performance Image Processing for Optical Engineering Laser Radar Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technologies Multispectral and Hyperspectral Technologies Pattern Recognition Persistent Surveillance Systems Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems Target Acquisition Systems Telescopes (Ground-Based, Airborne, and Space-Based) Three-Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display Tracking Unconventional Imaging and Wavefront Sensing Video and Display Technologies Virtual Reality Instrumentation, Techniques, and Measurement Active and Passive Signatures Astronomical Instrumentation Atmospheric Propagation Compressive Sensing Biometric Technologies Diffractive Optics Fourier Optics and Optical Signal Processing Holography Interferometry Photonic Integration Physical Optics Measurements Metrology Modeling and Simulation Nondestructive Characterization of Materials Radiometry Spectroscopy Optical Design and Engineering Astronomical and Space Optical Systems Illumination and Nonimaging Optics Optics and Lens Design Optical Countermeasures Optical System Design Optical Fabrication Optical System Alignment Optical and System Testing Optomechanics Thin Films Unmanned Systems Technology Zoom Lenses Lasers, Fiber Optics, and Communications Beam Control Fiber Lasers Fiber Optics Fiber Optic Sensors Fiber Optic Communications Free Space Communications High Power Lasers Lasers and Laser Optics Laser Applications Laser Packaging Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics and Photonics Semiconductor Lasers Slow Light Ultrafast Optics Vertical External Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) Materials, Photonic Devices, and Sensors Detector Materials Integrated Optics Laser Materials Liquid Crystal and LED Technology and Devices Ocean and Atmospheric Sensing and Monitoring Optical Components Optical Computing and Optical Storage Optical Materials Optical Sensors Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (OICs) Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Photonic Devices Chemical and Biological Sensors Smart Materials Smart Structures and Integrated Systems X-Ray, Gamma Ray, and Particle Technologies

Innovations in optical fiber technology are revolutionizing world communications. Newly developed fiber amplifiers allow for direct transmission of high-speed signals over transcontinental distances without the need for electronic regeneration. Optical fibers find new applications in data processing. The impact of fiber materials, devices, and systems on communications in the coming decades will create an abundance of primary literature and the need for up-to-date reviews.Optical Fiber Technology: Materials, Devices, and Systems is a new cutting-edge journal designed to fill a need in this rapidly evolving field for speedy publication of regular length papers. Both theoretical and experimental papers on fiber materials, devices, and system performance evaluation and measurements are eligible, with emphasis on practical applications.Issues and Applications Covered Include:• Optical fiber components• New fiber materials and designs• Fiber lasers and amplifiers• Fiber switching, memory, and signal processing• Modulation format for transmission systems• Fiber nonlinearities and countermeasures• Long-haul transmission systems• Fiber local area networks• Fiber sensors and instrumentationThe journal provides valuable information for engineers and researchers in optical fiber technology, in both industry and academia.

The purpose of Optical Materials is to provide a means of communication and technology transfer between researchers who are interested in materials for potential device applications. The journal publishes original papers and review articles on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of optical materials.OPTICAL MATERIALS focuses on:• Optical Properties of Material Systems;• The Materials Aspects of Optical Phenomena;• The Materials Aspects of Devices and Applications.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