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Topic 206 New Hypermedia journal: Complexity
peg:pwilken cyberculture zone 4:06 PM Sep 23, 1993
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COMPLEXITY INTERNATIONAL
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A Hypermedia Journal of Complex Systems Research
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Introduction and Call for Papers
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Papers of original, previously unpublished work in the field of complex
systems are invited for the new electronic journal,
COMPLEXITY INTERNATIONAL, ISSN 1320-0682.
Complexity International is a refereed journal for scientific papers
dealing with any area ofcomplex systems research. Being accessible
through Internet, Complexity International has several advantages
over existing paper journals:
o for authors it provides rapid publication, and instant world-wide
distribution of their work;
o subscription is free to anyone with access to the Internet;
o all papers will be available on-line in hypermedia format (via World
Wide Web), allowing rapid browsing and thematic searching.
o papers may exploit the advantages of multi-media, including graphics,
animation or audio, and of hypertext, including live links to related
electronic information.
Papers may either be of conventional form or else written as hypertext
documents conforming to the World Wide Web standards. The accepted papers
will be available via the Complex Systems Hypermedia Service at the
Australian National University.
AIMS AND SCOPE
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The theme of the journal is the field of complex systems, the generation
of complex behaviour from the interaction of multiple parallel processes.
Relevant topics include (but are not restricted to): artificial life,
cellular automata, chaos theory, control theory, evolutionary programming,
fractals, genetic algorithms, information systems, neural networks,
non-linear dynamics, and parallel computation. Papers dealing with
applications of these topics (e.g. to biology, economics, epidemiology,
sociology) are also encouraged.
CATEGORIES OF CONTRIBUTION
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Several types of article are acceptable. See the Instructions for Authors
for further details.
o Original Papers (max. 5000 words);
o Reviews (max. 10,000 words);
o News and Ideas (max. 3000 words);
o Algorithms;
o Technical Notes (max. 2000 words).
The intention of the journal is to publish only material of high quality.
The refereeing process will have the same rigour as any conventional
journal. Original papers and news items will receive at least three
international referee reports. Proposals for reviews will beassessed on
the basis of a detailed outline submitted to referees. Technical notes
will be assessed by two referees, but such a submission may include
working software as well as multi-media presentation material.
EDITORS
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Executive Editor: Terry Bossomaier (Australian National University, Canberra)
Co-editor : David Green (Australian National University, Canberra)
Editorial Address: The Editors
Complexity International
Computer Science Laboratory
Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering
The Australian National University
Canberra 0200 AUSTRALIA
Email: ci-editor@life.anu.edu.au
ADVISORY BOARD
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o Ah Chung Tsoi (University of Queensland)
o Roger Bradbury (National Resource Information Centre, Canberra)
o Richard Brent (Australian National University, Canberra)
o Terry Caelli (University of Melbourne)
o Kit Dampney (Macquarie University)
o Geoffrey Fox (University of Syracuse)
o Walter Freeman (University of California, Berkeley)
o Paulien Hogeweg (University of Utrecht)
o Doug Seeley (University of Adelaide)
ACCEPTANCE AND PUBLICATION PROCEDURE
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Papers should be submitted by email to the editors in an approved format.
See the Instructions for Authors for details. The target will be for a
paper to be refereed within the required time and requiring no amendments
to be published in the journal within six weeks of submission.
Newly accepted papers are added to the current issue of the journal
immediately. Current and past volumes and issues will be accessible at
all times via the Journal Contents Page.
Initially, Complexity International will publish one volume per year,
but the frequency of issues will depend on the rate of contributions.
When each issue of the journal is complete, a hypertext table of contents,
plus abstracts, will be mailed to subscribers. A list of the contents will
also be announced on computer news networks, including the Complex Systems
Open Forum. Readers should use the Forum for general discussion of issues
arising from papers published in the journal.
FORMAT
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Papers will ultimately appear in HTML format (Hypertext Markup Language)
for distribution via World Wide Web, to which links may be included,
but initially alternative submission formats are acceptable. Detailed
instructions for authors, including format options, and a technical
report describing the selection of these alternatives, may be obtained
from the journal network server (see below).
COPYRIGHT POLICY
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Anyone with access to Internet may subscribe to Complexity International
free of charge. By subscribing to the journal, readers agree to acknowledge
both authors and the journal for any use they make of material published in
Complexity International. As a condition of publication, authors agree to
make their material freely available to all subscribers for an indefinite
period. Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy and correctness
of their contributions. However, neither the authors, editors, nor the
Australian National University shall be held in any way liable for any use
that may is made of information obtained from the journal.
ACCESS
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Any browser for WWW can be used to access papers in the journal.
See below for network addresses. Subscribers will receive a hypertext
table of contents for each issue. Some of the available browsers include ...
o UNIX/X11 systems
o Xmosaic (ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu)
o tkWWW (export.lcs.mit.edu) - includes WYSIWYG HTML editor
o Viola (info.cern.ch)
o DOS Windows
o Cello (fatty.law.cornell.edu)
o WinMosaic (ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) - not yet available
o Macintosh
o MacMosaic (ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) - alpha release
o MacWWW (info.cern.ch)
Many of these, and various other browsers, are available from
CERN (info.cern.ch). Some of the above browsers and various
utilities (e.g. converters for HTML to and from LaTeX and RTF
to HTML) are available by anonymous FTP from the journal server
(life.anu.edu.au) in the directory /pub/netkit.
EMAIL
Submission of manuscripts
ci-submissions@life.anu.edu.au
Editorial correspondance
ci-editor@life.anu.edu.au
Subscription ...
ci-subscribe@life.anu.edu.au
Your message should include the lines
CI subscription: subscribe ci "your name"
Readers' forum: subscribe complex "your name"
e.g. subscribe ci Joe Bloggs
The Complex Systems Open Forum provides a venue for general discussion
of any and all issues concerning complex systems. Readers are encouraged
to use the Forum for comments and discussion arising from papers published
in Complexity International.
To send comments to the Open Forum, use the address:
complex@life.anu.edu.au
ANONYMOUS FTP
command line ftp life.anu.edu.au
login name anonymous
password your electronic mail address
path /pub/complex_systems/ci
GOPHER PROTOCOL
Name=Complexity International
Host=life.anu.edu.au
Type=1
Port=70
Path=1/complex_systems/ci
WORLD WIDE WEB PROTOCOL
http://life.anu.edu.au:80/ci/ci.html
For information about the above services contact david.green@anu.edu.au
See also the following documents ...
o Complexity International - Contents
http://life.anu.edu.au:80/ci/ci.html
o Complexity International - Guide for Authors
http://life.anu.edu.au:80/ci/ci_author.html
o Complex Systems Hypermedia Information
http://life.anu.edu.au:80/complex_systems/complex.html
o ANU Bioinformatics Hypermedia Service
http://life.anu.edu.au:80/
______________________________________________________________________
Tony Barry, Head, Centre for Networked Access to Scholarly Information
Australian National University Library | fone +61 6 249 4632
Canberra A.C.T. 0200, AUSTRALIA | phax +61 6 249 4063
tony@info.anu.edu.au, Tony.Barry@anu.edu.au | telex 10717252