Prospective authors can submit their manuscripts electronically to one of the Editors-in-Chief:
Ron Sun,
E-mail: rsun@rpi.edu
Vasant Honavar.
E-mail: honavar@iastate.edu
Gregg Oden
E-mail: gregg-oden@uiowa.edu
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General Info
The journal includes the following sections:
- Refereed articles describing original research
- Review or survey articles on selected topics
- Invited commentaries on the
papers published in the journal
- Book reviews
- Conference reports
Submission of your manuscript implies that neither it
nor any translation of it has been copyrighted or published and that it is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
Upon acceptance
of an article, the author(s) will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest
possible dissemination of information.
Preparing your article
The format and style of your article should conform to the
conventions specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (http://www.apastyle.org/), 1200
Seventeenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, USA.
Articles can be prepared in either the native file format of word processor
packages like Word or WordPerfect, or as a LaTeX file. First submission should be in PostScript of PDF format. When preparing your file
in LaTeX, please use the generic Elsevier style elsart, available from
http://www.elsevier.com/latex.
Title
The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Since
titles are widely used in information retrieval systems, make sure that your title includes keywords characterizing the work. The title
should be followed by the authors' full names and affiliations. The telephone and fax numbers and/or e-mail address of the corresponding
author should be given with the affiliation. If the authors are at several institutions, the names and addresses should be indicated
accordingly. If the present address of an author is different from that mentioned, it should be given in a footnote. Acknowledgements
of financial support and disclaimers are not to be made in a footnote to the title or name of the author, but should be included in the
acknowledgements section at the end of the paper.
Abstract
All articles (except commentaries) should have an abstract
(not more than 250 words, normally) which clearly indicates what is new, different and significant, with pertinent results and conclusions.
It should be self-contained, and thus formulae, equations, earlier literature, etc. should not be included.
Keyword listing
To facilitate the inclusion of the paper in information retrieval systems, authors are required to include a listing of 3-10 subject
keywords, which should be given below the abstract section.
Introduction and Conclusion
Every paper must have
both an introduction outlining the state of knowledge on the topic described and stating clearly what is new in the paper submitted,
and a conclusion section describing implications.
It is recommended that papers contain a sufficiently long introduction accessible to
a wide readership, and that results be put in broader perspective in the conclusion. The main body of a paper, however, should present
sound technical content, preferably in a multi-disciplinary way.
Abbreviations
Only widely accepted symbols and
forms of abbreviation should be used, but always give the full expression followed by the abbreviation the first time it appears in the
text.
Tables
The tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. A brief
descriptive heading should be given above each table. The lay-out of the tables should be clear, so that the reader can grasp the significance
of the results. Units (if applicable) should be indicated in the column headings, preferably in parentheses. Horizontal rules should
be used under column headings, but not in the body of the table. Vertical rules should not be used.
References
References to literature should comply with the American Psychological Association Publication Manual, mentioned above. Results not yet
published should be indicated as `unpublished results' or `personal communication', preceded by the name of the person supplying the
information, and preferably the year.
Footnotes
Footnotes should not be included in either the reference numbering
or the reference list, but given as normal footnotes at the bottom of the page.
Illustrations
References to all
illustrations should be included in appropriate places in the text using Arabic numerals. Each illustration should have a legend, and
all the legends should be gathered together at the end of the manuscript. The written permission of the author and publisher must be
obtained for the use of any figure already published. Its source must be indicated in the legend. Pictures should be delivered in high
resolution (300-100 dpi).
The final version of the manuscript should contain the figures in any of the following graphics formats:
GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS. Please see for additional instructions: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
Submission
of your paper
Please submit your article in PostScript format by e-mail to one of the Editors-in-Chief:
Cognitive Modelling
and Cognitive Theories: Ron Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. E-mail: rsun@rpi.edu
Artificial
Intelligence and Computer Science: Vasant Honavar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. E-mail: honavar@iastate.edu
Experimental Psychology: Gregg Oden, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. E-mail: gregg-oden@uiowa.edu
Other Areas:
Submit to any one of the three
Please follow up the submission with a plain-text e-mail message including the title, keywords and
abstract of the paper and the authors, their affiliations and their email addressesto the Editors-in-Chief. Also specify the type of
paper (one of the aforementioned categories). Optionally, a list of suggested referees and/or action editors may be included.
The
Editors-in-Chief will assign an Action Editor to each paper submitted. The Action Editor will be in charge of the refereeing process.
Each paper is reviewed by at least two reviewers from different disciplines, in addition to the Action Editor. Every effort will be made
to ensure that each submission receives fair and adequate reviews in a timely fashion (typically within 8 weeks). Reviewers of each paper
rate and comment on the following aspects of a paper:
When the paper is accepted, the author will be asked to send the final version both in
a processable format (i.e. source files in Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, artwork in GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS) and in a ready-for-publication
format (PostScript or PDF) to the Publisher, Elsevier, at the following e-mail address: cogsys@elsevier.com.
Author
Benefits
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked
version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions
of use.
There is a free hardcopy available to corresponding authors at the end of the year.
More information
Additional
information may be obtained from the Publisher:
Elsevier, Author Support, P.O. Box 2759, 1000 CT Amsterdam, Netherlands;
Tel.: +31-20-485-2535,
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