Help topic: Journal home

The journal homepage contains all the key information about the journal, including a description of its aims and scope, its publication frequency and subscription information. It is also the 'gateway' to the journal's content.

Accessing journal content

To access the journal's content, go to 'Available Volumes' in the middle of the page and click on either the most recent issue(s) or volume displayed or on 'show back volumes' to find previous issues. Clicking on an issue will take you directly to the table of contents; clicking on a volume will bring up the issue numbers for that volume, which, in turn, will take you to their tables of contents.

Note: some journals are making individual issues available for purchase. If this is the case, you will see an 'Add issue to basket' link next to the issue(s) concerned. Only the online versions of individual issues are available to buy in this way.

First View articles

An increasing number of journals will also display a link to 'First View Articles'. These are articles that are available on Cambridge Journals Online before the issue to which they belong has been published. This link only appears on the homepages of those journals that are publishing incrementally in this way.

Accepted manuscripts

Some journals are also choosing to announce forthcoming articles as soon as they have been accepted for publication. Clicking on 'Accepted Manuscripts' brings up a list of articles, giving their titles, author(s) and the date they were accepted for publication.

Author and Keyword Index

Some journals also include links to author and keyword indexes.

These indexes are available for the whole journal or for individual volumes. (They are also available for individual issues from the table of contents page). Click on the 'Author Index' link to bring up a list of authors who have contributed to the journal or volume. If you have access to the full text of the journal you will see links to the abstract, PDF and HTML (if available) of their article next to their name. If you do not have access to the full text, you will see a link to the abstract. Click on the 'Keyword Index' to bring up a list of keywords and links to the related articles.

Submitting articles online

More and more journals now encourage prospective contributors to submit their articles electronically. If the journal you are interested in accepts online submissions, you will see a 'Submit your article online' button immediately above the 'Available Volumes' listing. Click on the button and follow the instructions provided.

Subscribe

At the bottom of the page are the rates for the various types of subscription available for the journal. If you are an Account Administrator you can take out organisational subscriptions online; individual users can take out personal subscriptions. Clicking on 'Subscribe' will take you directly to the appropriate shopping basket.

From the right-hand navigation panel, you can access the following features:

Search: 'This journal' - for a quick way to search the contents of this particular journal, enter a search term into the search box and click 'Go'.

Search: 'This subject' - if you want to broaden your search to cover an entire subject area, click on the arrow to bring up a list of related subject areas. Choose the one you are interested in, enter your search term and click on 'Go'.

Journal Information menu

Beneath the search box is the 'Journal Information' menu. This is a collapsible menu providing links to more information about the journal. If it is not displaying, click the '+' sign next to 'Journal Information' to view it.

- Editorial board

- Book review info

- Instructions for contributors

- Transfer of copyright (not available for all journals)

- A & I services

- Advertising information

- Impact factor

For more information about any of these items see the related Help topics.

Related links

This is another collapsible menu listing links to related resources that appear elsewhere on Cambridge Journals Online or on external sites. If the menu is not displaying, click the '+' to see the complete list.

Features for registered users

If you are registered and have logged in, you can have access to a number of different useful features from the journal homepage.

- New content alerts - get email alerts when new content appears online

- Bookmark this journal - so that you can get straight to the content you are interested in

- Free issue/article

- Recommend this journal - a quick way of sending a message to your librarian

- RSS and Atom feeds also help you stay up-to-date with new content

See related Help topics for more information about these features.

Listings

The journal homepage also provides information on the most popular articles based on Cambridge Journals Online usage figures and citation data taken from the CrossRef database. All of this information is updated monthly.

- Top 10 most read articles - in the previous month

- Top 10 most read articles - in the previous 12 months

- Most cited articles - in the previous 2 years. The 10 most frequently cited articles are listed.

- Most cited articles - all citations. The 10 most frequently cited articles are listed.

Social bookmarking

You can also bookmark the journal homepage to a number of different social bookmarking or networking sites by simply clicking on the link to the site of your choice. See Help on 'Social bookmarking' for more information.