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Highlighted Topics Special Call for Papers
Journal of Applied Physiology
 

Mechanisms and Modulators of Temperature Regulation

Epigenetics in Health and Disease

Submit Suggestions:  Point-Counterpoint or “Viewpoint”


Mechanisms and Modulators of Temperature Regulation

Submission deadline: August 1, 2010

The Journal of Applied Physiology is seeking the submission of original research papers on "Mechanisms and modulators of temperature regulation." The Highlighted Topics series for the October - December 2010 issues will feature invited mini-reviews, a series editorial, and original manuscripts focusing on this topic.

To be eligible for inclusion in this Highlighted Topics series, manuscripts must not require extensive revisions and must be submitted before August 1, 2010.  Manuscripts requiring extensive revisions and late submissions will be considered, but may not be reviewed in time to be eligible for publication in the three-month series.

Note to Authors: All manuscripts should be submitted online via eJournalPress, http://jappl.msubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex. During the online submission, under the "Keywords, Categories, & Special Section" tab, please choose the correct Highlighted Topics under "categories."  In addition, include a note in your cover letter indicating the call for papers to which you are responding.

If you have any questions about this call for papers, you may contact the Editor-in-Chief, the Coordinating Editor for the series, or the editorial assistant.

Coordinating Editor:  Dr. Kevin Kregel (kevin-kregel@uiowa.edu)
Guest Editor:  Dr. Craig Crandall (CraigCrandall@texashealth.org)
Editor-in-Chief:  Dr. Jerome Dempsey (jdempsey@wisc.edu)
Editorial Assistant, Christa Tober (608-263-9799 or cltober@wisc.edu)


Epigenetics in Health and Disease

Submission deadline: May 1, 2010

The Journal of Applied Physiology is seeking the submission of original research papers on “Epigenetics in health and disease.”  The Highlighted Topics series for the July - September 2010 issues will feature invited mini-reviews, a series editorial, and original manuscripts focusing on this topic.

To be eligible for inclusion in this Highlighted Topics series, manuscripts must not require extensive revisions and must be submitted before May 1, 2010.  Manuscripts requiring extensive revisions and late submissions will be considered, but may not be reviewed in time to be eligible for publication in the three-month series. 

Note to Authors: All manuscripts should be submitted online via eJournalPress, http://jappl.msubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex. During the online submission, under the “Keywords, Categories, & Special Section” tab, please choose the correct Highlighted Topics under ‘categories’.  In addition, include a note in your cover letter indicating the call for papers to which you are responding.

If you have any questions about this call for papers, you may contact the Editor-in-Chief, the Coordinating Editor for the series, or the editorial assistant.

Coordinating Editor:  Dr. Chris DeSouza (Desouzac@Colorado.EDU)
Guest Editor:  Dr. Thomas Johnson (johnsont@colorado.edu)
Editor-in-Chief:  Dr. Jerome Dempsey (jdempsey@wisc.edu)
Editorial Assistant, Christa Tober (608-263-9799 or cltober@wisc.edu)


Call for Commentaries on Point: Counterpoint debates and Viewpoint articles

The Journal of Applied Physiology invites the readership to provide their views on the ‘in press’ Point: Counterpoint debates and Viewpoint articles by submitting a brief (250 word maximum, 6 references from peer reviewed publications only) commentary.  The Point: Counterpoint and Viewpoint articles can be located on the JAPPL’s Articles in Press website (http://jap.physiology.org/papbyrecent.shtml). 

After clicking on the pdf link to open the article, you will see a link to “submit a response” located in the right hand margin.  Simply click that link and the form to submit your commentary will appear.  Commentaries are subject to review by the Editor-in-Chief.

If other responses have been published, you can also click "view responses" to see what your colleagues have written.

The commentary must include reference to the Viewpoint or Point: Counterpoint article under discussion.  Also, for your commentary to be considered for publication, you MUST adhere to the word and reference limit (250 words, 6 references) and it must be received by the due date printed at the end of the article.

Submit a Point-Counterpoint debate or a Viewpoint article

The Journal of Applied Physiology has recently initiated two new series of articles: Point-Counterpoint debates and Viewpoints. See the Editor’s Picks for the most recently published topics. 

Point-Counterpoint: We invite you to submit suggestions for future Point-Counterpoint debates. Please send the statement you wish to have debated and potential authors for each side of the debate. We advise you to communicate with potential participants in order to carefully define the problem to be debated and to devise wording of the statement. We also encourage you to consider yourself (and colleagues and/or students) as authors. Please see instructions for authors. We look forward to receiving your ideas for this exciting new series of publications.

Viewpoint:  Viewpoint articles are a type of Perspective that are intended to present an insightful, thoroughly documented slant on a topic for which opinions are either controversial or undecided in the literature. The hope is that the readership will benefit from a new unconventional viewpoint on a topic. Please see instructions for authors

If you have suggestions for future topics or questions about the call for comments, please contact the Editor-in-Chief or the editorial office.

Dr. Jerome Dempsey, Editor-in-Chief: jdempsey@wisc.edu
Christa Tober, Editorial Assistant: cltober@wisc.edu