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Dear members of the Research_Practice group
A while ago we have, with a message posted to the Research_Practice group on 23 April 2008, we have requested your help in generating quality submissions for JRP. Meanwhile, a subgroup of the journal's Editorial Team (including DP Dash, Hector Ponce, Ken Friedman, and myself) has prepared a carefully designed "Call for Submissions." I have attached it to this message. You will also find it available for download in the "Files" section of our group web site, at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Research_Practice/files/ , as well as in the journal web site at http://jrp.icaap.org/ .
Please distribute the Call among colleagues and students in your university or research institution as well as among people elsewhere whom you know and who may be interested. Experience suggests that it is most effective to send personal messages (with the Call attached) to individual recipients. Some of the points you may wish to emphasize are these:
- Let people know that JRP is a quality-conscious journal that is now already in its fourth year and -- unlike many of the on-line journals that are currently being launched -- has already established a good track record.
- As the journal is available on-line in the open-access mode, it offers authors a chance to reach a wide audience of interested readers globally.
- As those of us who already have published in JRP know, the journal offers exceptional review and editorial support to its authors.
- Equally important, due to its focus on the research process rather than on research results, JRP offers a publishing chance to doctoral students and other young researchers who have not yet completed their research but are interested in reflecting on their research practice, and on sharing these reflections with others.
- For those authors who consider writing about their research experience but are looking for cooperation with some co-authors, the Research_Practice group offers in its group web site a data bank where they can enter suggested paper topics and express their interest in joint authorship. The data bank is accessible to members only; however, everyone interested in contributing to the journal is welcome to join the group and can then take advantage of this option.
The "Call for Submissions" offers a concise summary of the profile and advantages of JRP.
Finally, be sure to include in your message a link to the JRP web site: http://jrp.icaap.org/ , where those interested can also find a link to the Research_Practice group (click on "Forum" in the top level menu) as well as the journal's Author Guidelines (click on "About" in the top level menu, then on "Author Guidelines" in the left-hand menu) and other material of interest. It may be useful to point out that counter to the impression that the JRP site may give to first-time visitors, no registration and log-in is required to access the JRP web site; registration is necessary only before submitting a manuscript.
On behalf of the Editors and the Editorial Team, I would like to thank you for your continued support of JRP.
Best regards
Werner Ulrich
Associate Editor, JRP
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