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)