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Jean-Pierre.Merlet@sophia.inria.fr
The Electronic Journal of Computational Kinematics is a new, all-electronic, peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the International Federation on the Theory Of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM) that welcomes articles of high standards that contribute new information and new insights to computational kinematics and its applications.
We understand here under this term that branch of kinematics research
involving intensive computation not only of the numerical type, but also
of a symbolic or geometric nature.
Communication among researchers in this area must include more than
a summary of results or a discussion of methods; the actual programs and
data used are of critical importance.
Many of the algorithms published over the last ten years have never
been implemented by anyone and are at risk of remaining theoretical ``curiosities.''
To bring such algorithms into the practical realm often requires considerable
sophistication; researchers need to be encouraged to turn their talents
in that direction.
EJCK aspires to combine the high quality, wide availability, and archival
retention of traditional scientific journals with the speed and economy
of electronic distribution. Accordingly, EJCK seeks high quality, rigorous
papers of interest to the scientific and engineering community.
Submissions must be original. The work cannot have previously been
published or pending publication in another journal, and submissions cannot
be under review by any other forum. We will, however, publish work that
has previously been reported in conferences or workshops. If the work has
appeared in an "archival" conference we require that the submission substantively
extend the conference paper.
The journal is essentially unlimited by size. Therefore, we have no
restrictions on length of articles.
Information networks, multimedia developments and other technological
advancements lead us to think about the formats of the scientific publications,
rescuing those essential aspects to
guarantee the seriousness and reliability of the process and
incorporating the facilities
that an electronic, tridimensional, instantaneous and animated
media offers.
The full use of the computer media will be therefore encouraged:
this include computer animation through the Web (possibly interactive),
possibility of free software downloading, interactive use of softwares.
Another possibility will be to provide an update of some paper of a previously
published paper: this update will be refereed. This possibility enable
to write evoluting papers with a minimal amount of work from the
authors, the reviewers and the readers. We will encourage
online discussion of articles or the submission of open problems, a
process as vital to the community as the formal publication process itself.
If you wish to contribute commentary on one of our papers, please mail
your comments to the Editor. A special care will be given to the acknowledgement
of contributions of predecessors.
Once a year the Editorial Board of EJCK will grant "Best paper"
awards to published
papers which make the best use of the computer media while presenting
outstanding scientific results.
We are clearly aware of the evaluation problem: EJCK intend to be quickly
recognized as one of the
leading journal in this field, thereby attracting high quality papers.
One of the mission of the editorial board of EJCK will be to give a high
visibility to this journal.
Articles are electronically submitted (see submission
information) and will be published on-line without charge to readers
or authors. We expect to be able to publish papers within one week of final
acceptance, provided the filling out of a copyright form (see Copyright).
Our editorial process will be expedited to the fullest extent possible,
in order to achieve our goal of rapid dissemination of the highest quality
work in the field of computational kinematics. Refereeing of articles is
conventional and of high-standards (with at least 3 reviewers by paper),
and is being carried out electronically.
LaTeX: although no guidelines will be provided papers using fancy styles will be rejected. It will be asked to the author to provide if possible a stand alone file. Figures will be provided in Postscript and should be included in the LateX file only by using some widely spread methods (e.g. epsfig). The editors reserve the right of converting a paper submitted in LaTeX format to html format using latext2html: therefore it will be the responsibility of the author to check is such conversion is possible before submitting a paper
Postscript: this format will be acceptable only if it has been checked that the file can be displayed using the free Postscript previewer ghostview.
An electronic mail for the submission of paper should begin with the electronic mail address of the author to contact for revisions or corrections and any other pertinent information about the paper. This electronic mail should be sent to ejck@sophia.inria.fr.
Once the manuscript is received, it is assigned to an editor who will
send the manuscript for refereeing. Questions regarding the status of the
manuscript can sent to ejck@sophia.inria.fr. Posting of articles will be
immediate following acceptance and receipt of a signed copyright agreement
(see Copyright section).
Abstract: Abstract should be written in italic font
Key-words: it is the responsibility of the authors to provide
a list of key-words which should be
written in bold font
Referees will be contacted by E-MAIL to see if they are available to review a manuscript for EJCK within the required time period. A quick response is essential - the journal reserves the right to find alternative referees if an individual cannot be contacted within 3 days during weekdays.
In order to speed up the reviewing process,
referees may be required to download manuscripts from our FTP space and
upload their amendments to it. Please e-mail Editor upon receipt
or
return of a manuscript by this method. Alternatively, at the referees
request, EJCK will execute file transfers to/from a server at the referees
location if this proves easier.
The names of referees who leave their reviews unsigned will be available to authors upon request.
When reviewing manuscripts, referees should assess if the manuscript is fit for publication on the grounds that it is (a) of broad international interest; (b) it is worthy of publication in a first class international journal. Referees should pay particular attention to:
Before publication of any work, EJCK will obtain signatures from the authors on the following statement:
This certification and the agreement below applies to all original work submitted by me to EJCK regardless of the media or form of the work including without limitation print, electronic documents, video, audio, computer code, and haptic simulations.
I give permission to the Electronic Journal of Computational Kinematics to use my copyrighted work as follows:
Reproduction: EJCK may post my paper on its web site and identical mirror sites which may be established in the future. EJCK will allow all readers of the site to read, download, and print copies of the paper for their own use in research and education. Readers of EJCK will not be allowed to repost papers originating in EJCK. I also grant EJCK, but not readers of the www site, permission to re-publish the work in a collection of works by all means and media now known or hereafter discovered, including without limitation, print, microform, and CD-rom.
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