YOSEMITE PROCEEDINGS
Title of the Special Issue: Global Aspects of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling
Guest Editors:
Jerry Goldstein, Maria Spasojevic, Robert Strangeway
Submission Deadline: 17 April 2006
Deadline for Acceptance: 23 August 2006
Proposal to JASTP:
Submitted
24 February.
Accepted 27 February.
The proceedings of the 2006 Yosemite workshop will be published as a special issue of
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics,
published by
Elsevier.
REVIEWER AREA
If you agree to serve as a referee for the Yosemite special issue of JASTP, here is some useful information.
Selection of Papers for the Special Issue
The Guest Editors are responsible for the selection of the manuscripts for
the special issue. This selection should be based on scientific quality of
the papers and the topic of the paper should clearly fall within the scope
of the special issue. The final selection should form a coherent and
complete set of papers.
Peer Reviewing Process
The task of the Guest Editor(s) is to take care of the strict peer-reviewing
process, which is essential to ensure that only quality papers are
published.
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Each paper must be reviewed by at least two international specialists
(three in case of doubt). The Guest Editor must provide explicit
recommendations for revision to authors, and ensure that revision is in
accordance with their recommendations and the reviewers comments.
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If major revision is asked for by one of the referees it MUST be reviewed
again by at least one referee.
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The referees are the choice of the Guest Editor.
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Guest Editors should NOT be involved as (first) author for multiple
manuscripts included in the special issue.
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The number of contributing authors who are also used as reviewers should
be severely limited.
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In order for the responsible Editor-in-Chief to make informed decisions,
he MUST see ALL relevant correspondence made between the Guest Editor and
the author.
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It is mandatory for Guest Editors to provide copies of ALL relevant review
correspondence, PLUS a summary of the review procedure clarifying the
reasons for their (positive) recommendation
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Invitation to publish as part of a thematic set is not a guarantee of
publication. Strict peer review standards will apply and the
Editor-in-Chief will arbitrate if necessary.
Time Schedule
For this special issue to be published within one year of the meeting date,
referees will need to turn in their reviews in a timely manner.
The suggested timeline for the review process attempts to keep the revision process going,
while taking into account major meetings (such as AGU) that might interrupt or delay the process.
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Timeline.pdf
Instructions for Referees
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Reviewer Evaluation Form:
REVCOjastp.doc
(Microsoft Word document)
