Palaeontologia
Electronica
Call for Papers
The
first electronic palaeontological journal - Palaeontologia Electronica -
is now accepting papers for volume 1. Palaeontologia Electronica is an
internationally-sponsored, peer-reviewed general palaeontological journal of the
widest possible scope. Technical contributions in the form of papers,
editorials, book reviews, announcements, etc. from any branch of palaeontology
(e.g., micropalaeontology, palynology, invertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany,
vertebrate palaeontology) or related biological discipline and on any topic will
be welcome within its pages. These contributions will come from members of the
professional palaeontological and biological communities in the same way that
contributions to standard print-based palaeontological journals are authored and
submitted. All technical papers will be reviewed by professional
palaeontologists and biologists (using advice from an international panel of
Associate Editors), edited to be accessible to non-specialists, and published as
html documents accessible to all with Internet connections via the World Wide
Web (WWW). The publication of descriptive taxonomic papers - especially those
having to do with the naming of species and higher taxa - will not be encouraged
in Palaeontologia Electronica at the present time because the
current codes of zoological and botanical nomenclature do not recognize
electronic publications (though we expect this situation to change in the
foreseeable future). All other types of formal palaeontological and biological
papers will be considered.Unlike
traditional print-based journals, Palaeontologia Electronica will be
highly graphical in both format and content. Authors will be encouraged to make
use of colour in their figures and tables and to include high-resolution digital
images as illustrations. Moreover, Palaeontologia Electronica will
encourage active experimentation with animation, 2D and 3D modelling of
morphologies, on-line access to databases, and the creation of on-line data
analysis tools. There will be NO PAGE LIMIT and NO PAGE CHARGES for articles
published in Palaeontologia Electronica, although all articles will be
edited to optimize their information content. This freedom from normal
print-publishing overheads is made possible because of the unique advantages of
the digital format and because there will be no analogues of the paper,
typesetting, and distribution costs. Each volume of Palaeontologia
Electronica will also be available free-of-charge via the WWW for one
publishing year. After this time, archive copies will be available to
individuals and institutions on CD-ROM from the Paleontological Society and the
Palaeontological Association.Authors
wishing to submit manuscripts for review may consult the WWW addresses listed
below for Author Guidelines. We would prefer that manuscripts be submitted to
either of the Executive Editors as electronic word processor documents (MS-Word
or WordPerfect for Macintosh or Windows platforms preferred), with figures
submitted in GIF, TIFF, JPEG, or EPS graphics formats (minimum resolution for
review: 200 dpi). Tables may be submitted as tab-delimited text files, or as
MS-Excel worksheets (both Macintosh or Windows versions accepted). If you cannot
match these formats please contact the editors for alternatives. Hard-copy
manuscripts will be accepted for review, but will require additional time to
process. [Note: if you need to submit a hard-copy manuscript please contact one
of the executive editors prior to the actual submission]. Manuscript files may
be sent as compressed archives on 3.5" floppy disks to the Executive
Editor's surface mail addresses, as e-mail attachments (by prior arrangement
with the editor) or deposited in a public ftp site (by prior arrangement with
the editor).Additional
information about Palaeontologia Electronica and Author Guidelines are
available from North
American and UK/Europe
WWW addresses.The sponsors of Palaeontologia Electronica are:
Paleontological Society*
Palaeontological Association*
Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
Sociedad Española de Paleontología
British Micropalaeontological Society
Canadian Association of Palynologists
* Designates Tier 1 sponsors; remainder constitute Tier 2 sponsors. See Sponsorship page for information on becoming a Palaeontologia Electronica sponsor.
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U.K.
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Palaeontologia_Electronica@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)
R. Timothy Patterson (Palaeontologia
Electronica Executive Editor) Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre and
Department of Earth Sciences Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
Canada
(613) 520-2600 (ext. 4425) (Office)
(613) 520-4490 (Fax)
Palaeontologia_Electronica@carleton.ca
(E-mail)