SpringerPlus is a peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all areas of science. Launched in 2012, the journal has already published over 200 articles and was recently accepted for indexing in Scopus and PubMed Central.

The following are highlighted articles published in the Social Sciences:

• Neuro-fuzzy controller to navigate an unmanned vehicle - Boumediene Selma and Samira Chouraqui
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: the dangers of getting “dinged” - Shaheen E Lakhan and Annette Kirchgessner
• Production and partial characterization of extracellular amylase enzyme from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens P-001 - Promita Deb et al.

SpringerPlus is covered by Springer’s and BioMed Central’s Open Access Membership Program. As HKU is a supporter member, HKU authors will get a 15% discount on the article-processing charges of all research articles accepted for publication in journals published by SpringerOpen. Find out more at http://www.springeropen.com/inst/39413

Policy Sciences offers articles that examine the normative aspects of policy sciences; conceptual articles addressing concrete policy issues; articles on particularly controversial pieces of analysis; opposing perspectives, including critiques and rejoinders on articles already published, which open the journal to an exchange of views rather than restricting it to pure presentation; and special issues that analyze specific topics in depth.

2011 Impact Factor: 2.278

You can download and save these articles to your computer, iPad or mobile device with 30 days complimentary access:

• Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change - Kelly Levin, Benjamin Cashore, Steven Bernstein, Graeme Auld
• Diversity and constructive conflict in stakeholder dialogue: considerations for design and methods - Eefje Cuppen
• Who teaches and who learns? Policy learning through the C40 cities climate network - Taedong Lee, Susan van de Meene
• Understanding and influencing the policy process - Christopher M. Weible, Tanya Heikkila, Peter deLeon, Paul A. Sabatier
• Research institutes as hybrid organizations: central challenges to their legitimacy - Magnus Gulbrandsen
• The evaluation of climate policy: theory and emerging practice in Europe - Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Eric Massey; et al.
• The contextualist turn and schematics of institutional fit: Theory and a case study from Southern India - Raul P. Lejano, Savita Shankar
• Technology assessment in Australia: the case for a formal agency to improve advice to policy makers - A. Wendy Russell, Frank M. Vanclay, Janet G. Salisbury; et al.

The Latest Articles and Books on Addiction

Addiction books and journals are showcased. For free articles on Addiction, the latest special issues, key books and information on how to sign up for new issue email alerts so you never miss out on the latest research, please visit the Health & Social Care Arena.

Free online access to articles from the AIDS Research journals

Click here to read  the recent highly-cited Open Access articles from SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. HKUL users can continue to access via http://library.hku.hk/record=b4728992

Journal of Children and Media: Research for Practice

Journal of Children and Media is dedicated to ensuring the social relevance of the academic knowledge it produces to the welfare of children around the world.  A sample of free online articles were assembled in order to  offer cutting edge research with applied relevance for those working with or on behalf of children. Click here to read free articles.

Psychology of Well-Being is a journal devoted to understanding the biopsychosocial and behavioral factors leading to enhanced well-being, optimal emotional processing and the prevention of psychological dysfunction.

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• A Meta-Analysis of hope enhancement strategies in clinical and community settings - R. Weis and E.C. Speridakos
• Building a neuroscience of pleasure and well-being - K.C. Berridge and M.L. Kringelbach
• The role of passion in sustainable psychological well-being - R.J. Vallerand
• The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character - R.T. Proyer and W. Ruch
• Psychological well-being and psychological distress: is it necessary to measure both? - H.R. Winefield, T.K. Gill, Et al.

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Free topical journal articles of the month of May are:

• Putting higher education in its place: the socio-political geographies of English universities - Policy & Politics

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• Plural forms of evidence in public health: tolerating epistemological and methodological diversity - Evidence & Policy

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• Happier and less isolated: internet use in old age - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice

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• Valuing the social? The nature and controversies of measuring social return on investment (SROI) - Voluntary Sector Review
• Infertility and relationships: the importance of constructions in context - Families, Relationships & Societies
• Critical and Radical Social Work

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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal focuses on clinical social work practice with children, adolescents, and their families. The coverage addresses current issues in the field of social work drawn from theory, direct practice, research, and social policy. The range of topics includes problems affecting a variety of specific populations, in special settings.

You can download and save these free articles to your computer, iPad or mobile device:

• Understanding Parenting as Situated in the Larger Sociocultural Context in Clinical Social Work - M.B. Solem
• A Three-Pronged Approach to Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare - C. Soderman Duarte and A. Summers
• Distinct Stress and Resource Profiles Among At-Risk Adolescents - P. Logan Greene, P.S. Nurius and E. Adams Thompson
• Engagement in Mental Health Treatment Among Adolescents and Young Adults - HyunSoo Kim, M.R. Munson and M.M. McKay
• Putting a Human Face on Crimes: A Qualitative Study on Restorative Justice Process for Youths - Jung Jin Choi, D.L. Green and M.J. Gilbert

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2290181

Journal of Medical Humanities publishes original interdisciplinary studies of medicine and medical education. Research findings emerge from three areas of investigation: medical humanities, cultural studies, and pedagogy

You can download and save these free articles to your computer, iPad, or mobile device until May 31, 2013:

• Dis-ease or Disease? Ontological Rarefaction in the Medical-Industrial Complex - S.S. Graham
• Autography as Auto-Therapy: Psychic Pain and the Graphic Memoir - I. Williams
• The Theatricalization of Death - T. Zamir
• A History of Physician Suicide in America - R. Legha
• The Medical Humanities and the Perils of Curricular Integration - N. Chiavaroli and C. Ellwood

“The Influence of Culture on End-of-Life Decision Making” - by Karen Bullock
Scholars have documented racial and ethnic differences in end-of-life care preferences, which have translated into cultural barriers. However, few studies have explained the racial differences. In the present study, focus groups with semi-structured follow-up interviews were utilized to elicit explanations for variance in decision making in a sample of Black and White community-dwelling residents. Participants identified specific cultural beliefs, values, and communication patterns that can be used to promote cultural competency among practitioners who provide care at end of life.

HKUL users can continue to access Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care

Psychological Inquiry is an international forum for the discussion of theory and meta-theory. The journal strives to publish articles that represent broad, provocative, and debatable theoretical ideas primarily in the areas of social psychology and personality.

In a major contribution to the era-defining debate, this full Special Issue of Psychological Inquiry offers a range of views on how the Open Access Science movement will impact the study and practice of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences.

Impact Factor: 4.727

TARGET ARTICLE

• Scientific Utopia: I. Opening Scientific Communication - Brian A. Nosek & Yoav Bar-Anan

COMMENTARIES

• Toward Open Behavioral Science - Karen E. Adolph et al.
• Does Open Scientific Communication Increase the Quality of Knowledge? - Jens B. Asendorpf
• A Librarian’s Defense of the Practicable Over the Perfect in Scholarly Communication - Jill Cirasella
• Missteps on the Road to Scientific Utopia - Joel Cooper
• Improving Science by Improving Scientific Communication: The View From the APA Publications and Communications Board - Jennifer Crocker
• What Do We Really Want? - David Dunning
• Seeking the Road to Utopia - Paul Fendley
• Will We March to Utopia, or Be Dragged There? Past Failures and Future Hopes for Publishing Our Science - Roger Giner-Sorolla
• Scientific Communication Is Down at the Moment, Please Check Again Later - John P. A. Ioannidis
• Leveraging the Wisdom of Crowds in a Data-Rich Utopia - Ravi Iyer & Jesse Graham
• A Dinosaur Comments on the Coming Apocalypse: Does Anybody Else See That Asteroid? - Laura A. King
• Scientific Utopia or Scientific Dystopia? - Scott O. Lilienfeld
• Modernizing Science - Benjamin W. Mooneyham et al.
• Cheaper and Better: Why Scientific Advancement Demands the Move to Open Access Publishing - Don A. Moore & Elizabeth R. Tenney
• Scientific Utopia: That Which Cannot Exist? - Alison Mudditt & Michael A. Hogg
• Let’s Publish Fewer Papers - Leif D. Nelson et al.
• Let’s Try and Fix the Current Publishing System Before Making Dramatic Change - Richard E. Petty
• The Future of Scientific Publication in Psychology: Utopias and Dystopias - Harry T. Reis
• How Should We Manage Peer Review and Why? - Rebecca Saxe
• Scientific Utopia … or Too Much Information? - Barbara A. Spellman
• Beginning at Nosek and Bar-Anan’s End: Let’s Put Open Evaluation First - Tal Yarkoni

REPLY

• Scientific Communication Is Changing and Scientists Should Lead the Way - Brian A. Nosek & Yoav Bar-Anan

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Res Publica is a peer-review journal of legal, moral and social philosophy focusing on normative analysis of theoretical, practical, and public issues. The journal publishes work of established scholars, as well as those at the beginning of their careers, in both Western and non-Western settings.

You can download and save these free articles to your computer, iPad or mobile device:

• Estlund on Epistocracy: A Critique - K. Lippert-Rasmussen
• Religious Belief and Freedom of Expression: Is Offensiveness Really the Issue? - P. Jones
• Saving the Polar Bear, Saving the World: Can the Capabilities Approach do Justice to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems? - E. Cripps
• Complicity and the Rwandan Genocide - L. May
• Justice, Holism and Principles - A. Mason

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2290943