Re: Palaeontologica Electronica - Call for Papers

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Norm,

Did you get my article on the BMS website? If you did, is it too late to
change it? There are a few things added to the site since I wrote the article.

Cheers,

Giles


At 10:27 22/05/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Palaeontologica Electronica - Call for Papers
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>The first electronic paleontological journal - Palaeontologica Electronica - is
>now accepting papers for volume 1. Palaeontologica Electronica is an
>internationally-sponsored, peer-reviewed general paleontological journal of
>the widest possible scope. Technical contributions in the form of papers,
>editorials, book reviews, announcements, etc. from any branch of
>paleontology (micropaleontology, palynology, invertebrate paleontology,
>paleobotany, vertebrate paleontology) or related biological discipline and
>on any topic will be welcome within its pages. These contributions will
>come from members of the professional paleontological and biological
>communities in the same way that contributions to standard print-based
>paleontological journals are authored and submitted. All technical papers
>will be reviewed by professional paleontologists 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
>Palaeontologica 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 paleontological and biological papers
>will be considered.
>
>Unlike traditional print-based journals, Palaeontologica Electronica will
>be highly graphical in both format and content. Authors will be encouraged
>to make use of color in their figures and tables and to include
>high-resolution digital images as illustrations. Moreover, Palaeontologica
>Electronica will encourage active experimentation with animation, 2D and 3D
>modelling of morphologies, online access to databases, and the creation of
>online data analysis tools. There will be NO PAGE LIMIT and NO PAGE CHARGES
>for articles published in Palaeontologica Electronica, though 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 analogue to
>paper, typesetting, and distribution costs. Each volume of Palaeontologica
>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 should consult the WWW
>addresses listed below for style and format 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 Palaeontologica Electronica and Author
>Guidelines are available from the following WWW addresses:
>
>     http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/Paleonet/pe/glines.html (North America)
>     http://www.nhm.ac.uk/paleonet/pe/glines.html (UK and Europe)
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Norman MacLeod (Palaeontologica Electronica Executive Editor)
>Department of Palaeontology
>The Natural History Museum
>Cromwell Road
>London SW7 5BD
>U.K.
>(0171) 938-9006 (Office)
>(0171) 938-9277 (Fax)
>Palaeontologica_Electronica@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)
>
>R. Timothy Patterson (Palaeontologica Electronica Executive Editor)
>Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre and Department of Earth Sciences
>Carleton University
>Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5BD
>Canada
>(613) 520-2600 (ext. 4425) (Office)
>(613) 520-4490 (Fax)
>Palaeontologica_Electronica@carleton.ca (E-mail)
>
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>___________________________________________________________________
>
>Dr. Norman MacLeod
>Micropalaeontological Research
>N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)
>
>Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
>Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
>
>Office Phone: 0171-938-9006
>Dept. FAX: 0171-938-9277
>E-mail: N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
>___________________________________________________________________
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