"Brains, Minds and Media" -- open access eJournal -- call for participation

[whorstma@uni-bielefeld.de]

=========================CALL FOR PARTNERS & SUBMISSIONS
========================="Brains, Minds & Media"

eJournal of New Media in Neural and Cognitive Science Education
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It is the main aim of this novel open-access eJournal to provide
peer-reviewed articles and interactive/visual media for education in
the neural and cognitive sciences ranging from the advanced school
level to all areas of higher education. We seek to ...

 ... assure citability, content quality and accessibility of your
 materials through peer-reviewed publication

 ... adequately represent knowledge beyond papers and textbooks with
 visualizations and interactive media

 ... promote an intelligible and serious understanding of neural and
 cognitive concepts

We encourage combined submission of a mandatory short paper and
(optional) elaborated, high-quality media (visualizations,
simulations, tutorials and the like), which may be browser-ready, but
can also be proprietary. Papers on the use and effect of new media in
the neural and cognitive sciences and reviews are also welcome.

The E-Journal will be open-access, internationally peer-reviewed and
initially free of page charge thanks to funding program "Digital Peer
Publishing" of the state government NRW, Germany. Sustainable and
maintained infrastructure (hard- and software) and permanent
administrative manpower is provided through library services (see
'Partners'). The in-house work is fostered by several researchers at
Bielefeld University with experience international editorial boards
from the fields of Neurobiology, Biological Cybernetics, Biorobotics
and Neuroinformatics. We are now to build the international group of
supporters and co-workers and prepare an initial issue. We call for
your participation!


*****CALL*****

Please express your interest with an informal eMail (see
‘contact’) if you can contribute as ...

* AUTHOR if you have visualizations, simulations and the like, which are
well-tried in your scientific talks or lessons and can submit a short
paper on background and application. (No processing charge for early
submissions, guidelines available)

* EDITOR / REVIEWER if you have a clear view on a specific section of
the neural and/or cognitive sciences, a dedication for visualizations
and simulation and can help to process submissions in
reviewing. (Professional workflow software for the editorial is
already set up.)

* ADVISOR / ADVOCAT if you are experienced member in the scientific
community and wish to escort the initiative in strategic development
as member of the advisory board or as external consultant.

* RECIPIENT if you simply want to be kept informed about the initiative
(e.g. Newsletter).

CONTACT: The procedure is intentionally informal in the initial
phase. Please feel free to send a noncommittal and private eMail to
the organizational team with the area(s) of interest indicated. For
arranging possible next steps, we will come to you with further
information.

Corresponding eMail: wolfram.horstmann at uni-bielefeld.de

Thank you!

Your organizational team,

Wolfram Horstmann and Soeren Lorenz


FURTHER PARTNERS
* Bielefeld University Library
* University Library Centre "HBZ" of State Government NRW, Germany
* Initiative "Digital Peer Publishing" State Government NRW, Germany (funding)