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Call for Special Issue Papers: The Role of Acupuncture in Sports Injuries and Best Practices: Deadline for Manuscript Submission: May 5, 2023.

Medical AcupunctureVol. 35, No. 1 Calls for PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: The Role of Acupuncture in Sports Injuries and Best PracticesDeadline for Manuscript Submission: May 5, 2023Guest Editors: Matt Callison and Michael CorradinoGuest Editors: Matt CallisonPresident - AcuSport Seminar Series, Inc. (dba AcuSport Education); President - Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification ProgramSearch for more papers by this author and Michael CorradinoPresident and Founder - Neuropuncture, Inc.; Doctor of Neuroscience Acupuncture - Program DirectorSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:15 Feb 2023https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2022.29223.cfpAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Dear Acupuncture Community:As guest editors of a special issue in Medical Acupuncture on “The Role of Acupuncture in Sports Injuries and Best Practices,” we invite you to contribute your clinical experience and research on the use of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in treating sports injuries. Your paper will undergo blinded peer review, and if accepted for publication, will be included in the special issue and promoted globally. The issue will provide a broad overview of the best practices of acupuncture to palliate and assist in healing acute and chronic sport injuries.In the interest of fostering an understanding of the underlying mechanisms and evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture and electroacupuncture, this special issue seeks to provide practical recommendations that advocate and promote a rapid restoration for: 1.Acute trauma, for example, acute sprain, strain, and hematoma (bone and soft tissue trauma).2.Chronic repetitive and overuse injuries (ie: tendinopathies).3.The use of acupuncture in dysfunctional movement patterns and neuromuscular reeducation (ie: acupuncture for muscle and postural imbalances).4.Electroacupuncture stimulation protocols for acute and chronic injuries.5.Electroacupuncture parameters and their effects on the resolution of nerve damage versus muscle damage versus bone damage.6.Head injures (concussions) and mild traumatic brain injuries.7.Acupuncture and electroacupuncture for athletic performance, including endurance, healing and recovery, and reaction time.8.Other sport injury articles of clinical or research interest.The deadline for manuscript submission is May 5, 2023.Visit our website to read about the journal and to view a sample issue: www.liebertpub.com/acuPlease review our Instructions for Authors, including Manuscript Types and Guidelines to submit your manuscripts online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system.Editorial questions?Contact the Editor-in-Chief, Richard Niemtzow: Rniemtzow@liebertpub.comManuscript preparation or technical questions?Contact the Managing Editor, Yael BenPorat, LAc: Ybenporat@liebertpub.comVisit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/acuSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acuFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 35Issue 1Feb 2023 InformationCopyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Guest Editors: Matt Callison and Michael Corradino.Call for Special Issue Papers: The Role of Acupuncture in Sports Injuries and Best Practices.Medical Acupuncture.Feb 2023.1-2.http://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2022.29223.cfpPublished in Volume: 35 Issue 1: February 15, 2023Online Ahead of Print:January 13, 2023PDF download

Call for Special Issue Papers: Virtual Consumerism.

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social NetworkingVol. 25, No. 2 Calls For PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: Virtual ConsumerismDeadline for Manuscript Submission: April 1, 2022Editor-in-Chief: Brenda K. WiederholdEditor-in-Chief: Brenda K. WiederholdScripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, USASearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:10 Feb 2022https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2021.29233.cfp2AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking is developing a special issue dedicated to virtual consumerism.Ushered in by Amazon and fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual consumerism (VC) is more than simply the act of buying products on the Internet. The term encompasses entire economies and the study of each facet of these intricate new systems. Modern technologies, buoyed by current world conditions and trends, have enabled the creation of a seemingly inexhaustible parade of consumer products and services, forming new markets, and effectively blurring the boundary between “virtual” and “real” consumerism.1Special consideration will be given to articles that go beyond documenting a current state of affairs in VC to those taking a data-driven approach to understanding virtual consumerism in a rapidly changing digital environment.We are seeking high-quality original empirical articles and review articles on the following topics (though other topics will be considered): - Virtual Consumerism as an evolving and essential topic- Using virtual reality (VR)/mixed reality (MR)/extended reality/augmented reality (AR) in online purchasing- Current state of online shopping (in the post-pandemic/peri-pandemic environment of 2021)- Consumerism in online games- Virtual consumer health and supportive technologies- Using data to study the needs, motives, and buying behaviors of consumers- The influence of online marketing tools of customer's decision-making processes and choices- New theoretical perspectives that enable getting ahead of the data given a rapidly changing VC environmentThe deadline for manuscript submission is April 1, 2022.Please submit papers online to the web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system. For questions, contact the journal editorial office at cyberpsych@vrphobia.com.Visit the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking website at www.liebertpub.com/cyber to learn about the benefits of submitting, to view our information for Authors, and for manuscript submission guidelines.Reference1. Wiederhold BK. Purchasing in a pandemic? Virtual consumerism in 2021. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 2021; 24:77–78. Link, Google ScholarVisit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/cyberSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cyberpsychFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 25Issue 2Feb 2022 InformationCopyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Editor-in-Chief: Brenda K. Wiederhold.Call for Special Issue Papers: Virtual Consumerism.Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.Feb 2022.83-84.http://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2021.29233.cfp2Published in Volume: 25 Issue 2: February 10, 2022Online Ahead of Print:January 27, 2022PDF download

Call for Special Issue Papers: The World Acupuncture Forum: Deadline for Manuscript Submission: January 15, 2022.

Medical AcupunctureVol. 33, No. 5 Calls for PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: The World Acupuncture ForumDeadline for Manuscript Submission: January 15, 2022Guest Editors: Gerhard Litscher, Frank Bahr, and Im Quah-SmithGuest Editors: Gerhard LitscherGerhard Litscher, MSc, PhD, MDsc; Head of the Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, and the Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and Chairman of the TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Austria.Search for more papers by this author, Frank BahrFrank Bahr, MD; EATCM, Munich, Germany.Search for more papers by this author, and Im Quah-SmithIm Quah-Smith, MD, PhD; Adjunct Lecturer, School for Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia; Auricular Medicine, Centre for WellBeing, The Mater Hospital, Wollstonecraft, NSW Australia; Roseville Wellness Group, Roseville, NSW, Australia.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:18 Oct 2021https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29186.cfpAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Dear Acupuncture Community:It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue on the “World Acupuncture Forum (WAF) Davos 2022” guest-edited by the team of Prof. Litscher, Dr. Bahr, and Dr. Quah-Smith.The editors invite manuscript submissions related to high-level acupuncture research and/or acupuncture practice of significant interest to the readership of Medical Acupuncture. Manuscript topics should be related to either the general aspects or specific aspects outlined by the World Acupuncture Forum. The full list of topics is below. Manuscript types may be original research, review articles, perspectives, commentaries, or letters to the editor.Main Topics (general aspects):Acupuncture in EuropeAcupuncture in ChinaAcupuncture in AmericaAcupuncture in AustraliaAcupuncture Research on Different ContinentsSpecial Topics (specific aspects):Acupuncture and COVID-19Acupuncture and mental healthTreatment of pain with acupunctureLaser acupuncture and innovative laser medicineAcupuncture and allergiesHow to handle effectively psychological injuries and traumas of soul with acupunctureAuricular medicine and dynamic pulse reaction (RAC)Acupuncture and addictionsSubmitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.Further information on the World Acupuncture Forum (WAF) is available at https://www.eatcm.de/world-acupuncture-forum-davos-2022/The deadline for manuscript submission is January 15, 2022.Please review the Journal's Instructions for Authors, including Manuscript Types and Guidelines, at www.liebertpub.com/acuPlease submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureIf you are interested in having your manuscript published in this Special Issue, please do not hesitate to contact Managing Editor, Yael BenPorat (yaelbenporat@me.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.Medical Acupuncture, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is the Official Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. All members of the Academy receive a print subscription and online access to Medical Acupuncture as a benefit of their membership. The peer-reviewed Journal presents authoritative, evidence-based clinical papers, case reports, and research findings that integrate concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with Western medical training.Visit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/acuSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 33Issue 5Oct 2021 InformationCopyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Guest Editors: Gerhard Litscher, Frank Bahr, and Im Quah-Smith.Call for Special Issue Papers: The World Acupuncture Forum.Medical Acupuncture.Oct 2021.315-316.http://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29186.cfpPublished in Volume: 33 Issue 5: October 18, 2021PDF download

Call for Special Issue Papers: Women in Acupuncture: Deadline for Manuscript Submission: January 28, 2022.

Medical AcupunctureVol. 33, No. 5 Calls for PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: Women in AcupunctureDeadline for Manuscript Submission: January 28, 2022Guest Editors: Lisa Taylor-Swanson and Nadia VolfGuest Editors: Lisa Taylor-SwansonLisa Jean Taylor-Swanson, PhD, MAcOM, LAc, Dipl.OM; Health Systems & Community-Based Care Division The University of Utah, USASearch for more papers by this author and Nadia VolfNadia Volf, MD, PhD; Professor and Co-Director of the Scientific Acupuncture Department Medical School of Paris (XI) University, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:18 Oct 2021https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29184.cfpAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Dear Acupuncture Community:We are Guest Editors of a Special Issue in Medical Acupuncture on “Women in Acupuncture: Celebrating the Contributions of Clinicians, Researchers, Leaders, and Teachers.”When Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of artemisinin (qīnghāosù) extract to treat malaria, she became the first female scientist from the Peoples Republic of China to win the Nobel Prize, and her prize was the first awarded for a Traditional Chinese Medicine preparation.Inspired by Tu's accomplishment, this special issue in Medical Acupuncture aims to highlight the great contributions of women in the development of the acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine evidence base. We hope to use this Special Issue to reveal the accomplishments of women in acupuncture and Chinese Medicine that distinguish them from others.This Special Issue will solicit invited articles and literature reviews featuring women leaders and mentors in the field of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in areas that have enhanced the field, as well as an Open Call featuring women authors or primarily women teams of authors.This Special Issue will be co-edited by Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson and Dr. Nadia Volf, overseen by Dr. Richard Niemtzow and Jennifer Stone (Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editor, respectively, of Medical Acupuncture). Please don't hesitate to reach out to any of us if you would like to have additional information about this Special Issue. Also, feel free to forward to your colleagues and collaborators who might be interested.The deadline for manuscript submission is January 28, 2022.Please review our Instructions for Authors, including Manuscript Types and Guidelines, at www.liebertpub.com/acuPlease submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureMedical Acupuncture, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is the Official Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. All members of the Academy receive a print subscription and online access to Medical Acupuncture as a benefit of their membership. The peer-reviewed Journal presents authoritative, evidence-based clinical papers, case reports, and research findings that integrate concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with Western medical training.Visit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/acuSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 33Issue 5Oct 2021 InformationCopyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Guest Editors: Lisa Taylor-Swanson and Nadia Volf.Call for Special Issue Papers: Women in Acupuncture.Medical Acupuncture.Oct 2021.317-318.http://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29184.cfpPublished in Volume: 33 Issue 5: October 18, 2021PDF download

Call for Special Issue Papers: COVID “Long Haulers”: Treating Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Syndrome

Medical AcupunctureVol. 33, No. 4 Call For PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: COVID “Long Haulers”: Treating Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 SyndromeDeadline for Manuscript Submission: October 29, 2021Guest Editors: Joseph Audette, David Groopman, and Mitchell ElkissGuest Editors: Joseph AudetteSearch for more papers by this author, David GroopmanSearch for more papers by this author, and Mitchell ElkissSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:17 Aug 2021https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29183.cfpAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Medical Acupuncture is planning a Special Issue focusing on how acupuncture can be used as an effective adjunct treatment for post-COVID-19 Syndrome or patients (pediatric or adult) deemed “Long Haulers.”The editors invite manuscripts from clinicians who have employed acupuncture and herbal preparations as well as combinations of acupuncture with dietary and/or neutraceutical approaches with patients experiencing the lingering side effects of COVID-19, such as loss of sense of smell, mental dullness, depression, anxiety, palpitations, fatigue, shortness of breath, vertigo, headaches, insomnia, musculoskeletal pain, or disorders of the nervous system, among others.Acupuncture and herbs are known for their ability to reduce a myriad of physical and psychological conditions. In the interest of fostering an understanding of their effectiveness in treating some of the many common and/or complex conditions encountered with “Long Haulers,” we are interested in submissions of original translational research, case series, or review articles that will be of practical importance.The deadline for manuscript submission is October 29, 2021.Please submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureVisit our website for Instructions for Authors and to view a sample issue: www.liebertpub.com/acuQuestions? Contact Managing Editor Yael Benporat at yaelbenporat@me.comMedical Acupuncture, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is the Official Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. All members of the Academy receive a print subscription and online access to Medical Acupuncture as a benefit of their membership. The peer-reviewed Journal presents authoritative, evidence-based clinical papers, case reports, and research findings that integrate concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with Western medical training.Visit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/acuSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 33Issue 4Aug 2021 InformationCopyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Guest Editors: Joseph Audette, David Groopman, and Mitchell Elkiss.Call for Special Issue Papers: COVID “Long Haulers”: Treating Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Syndrome.Medical Acupuncture.Aug 2021.259-259.http://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2021.29183.cfpPublished in Volume: 33 Issue 4: August 17, 2021PDF download

Call for Special Issue Papers: Acupuncture, Internal Medicine, and COVID-19

Medical AcupunctureVol. 32, No. 3 Call for PapersFree AccessCall for Special Issue Papers: Acupuncture, Internal Medicine, and COVID-19Deadline for Manuscript Submission: August 31, 2020Guest Editors: Arnyce Pock, Im Quah-Smith, and Songxuan Zhou NiemtzowGuest Editors: Arnyce PockSearch for more papers by this author, Im Quah-SmithSearch for more papers by this author, and Songxuan Zhou NiemtzowSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:16 Jun 2020https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2019.29133.cfp3AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Medical Acupuncture is planning a Special Issue focusing on how Acupuncture and Auricular Medicine can be used as an effective adjunct to treat a variety of Internal Medicine related conditions. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are also seeking articles highlighting the use of acupuncture and/or traditional Chinese medicine in caring for patients affected with COVID-19.Acupuncture and auricular medicine are well known for their ability to relieve pain, stress, and anxiety, but their ability to assist with the management of many of the conditions associated with the field of Internal Medicine is less well known. In the interest of fostering an understanding of the effectiveness of acupuncture and auricular medicine in treating some of the many common and/or complex conditions encountered in a conventional Internal Medicine practice, we are particularly interested in submissions of original translational research or review articles related to the management of the diseases and conditions listed below, but all articles pertaining to the field of Internal Medicine will be considered.Cardiovascular-Renal Diseases○ Hypertension○ ArrhythmiasNeurologic Diseases○ Parkinson's Disease○ Alzheimer's Disease○ Sleep Disorders○ Neuropathic Pain○ Stroke○ SeizuresPulmonary Diseases○ Asthma○ COPDInfectious Diseases○ COVID-19 related symptomsGastrointestinal Diseases○ Irritable Bowel Syndrome○ Inflammatory Bowel Disease○ ConstipationRheumatologic Diseases & Other Inflammatory Disorders○ Inflammatory Arthritis○ Degenerative Joint Disease○ Sjogren's Syndrome○ Raynaud's DiseaseThe deadline for manuscript submission is August 31, 2020. Please submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureVisit our website to read about the journal and to view a sample issue: www.liebertpub.com/acuQuestions? Contact the journal editorial office at yaelbenporat@me.comMedical Acupuncture, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is the Official Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. All members of the Academy receive a print subscription and online access to Medical Acupuncture as a benefit of their membership. This bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal is written for physicians, by physicians. The Journal presents authoritative, evidence-based clinical papers, case reports, and research findings that integrate concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with Western medical training.Submit your paper for peer review online:http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acupunctureFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 32Issue 3Jun 2020 InformationCopyright 2020, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Guest Editors: Arnyce Pock, Im Quah-Smith, and Songxuan Zhou Niemtzow.Medical Acupuncture.Jun 2020.129-129.http://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2019.29133.cfp3Published in Volume: 32 Issue 3: June 16, 2020Online Ahead of Print:April 30, 2020PDF download

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs.

Big DataVol. 4, No. 1 AnnouncementsFree AccessCall for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-OffsGuest Editors: Solon Barocas, danah boyd, Sorelle Friedler, and Hanna WallachGuest Editors: Solon BarocasSearch for more papers by this author, danah boydSearch for more papers by this author, Sorelle FriedlerSearch for more papers by this author, and Hanna WallachSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:18 Mar 2016https://doi.org/10.1089/big.2016.29006.cfpsAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Deadline for submission: September 15, 2016This special issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs aims to serve two main purposes: 1. To highlight exciting and novel work in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and data science that articulates, examines, challenges, and addresses the technical and social trade-offs involved in the analysis and interpretation of big data.2. To pose practical, grounded, and socially-oriented challenges for researchers in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and data science to motivate and guide their research.Working with “big data” isn't easy, especially when it involves social data. Researchers and practitioners must make hard choices when cleaning and processing data, grapple with biased data sets and missing data, and evaluate the social and technical trade-offs involved in analysis and interpretation. What are the ethical implications of these choices? What happens when we get it wrong? How can we prioritize reproducibility? What happens when biased data and imperfect methods are combined in unexpected ways? This special issue will examine the trade-offs that emerge from the interconnected nature of the social and technical decision-making that lies at the heart of big data.We encourage submissions that focus on challenges and questions involving large-scale social data, and that are deployed (or are in the process of being deployed) in the real world.Area of focus include (but are not limited to): • Surveillance and privacy• Healthcare, medicine, and public health• Criminal justice and policing• Education and learning• Disaster relief• Urban planning, housing, and infrastructure• Finance, scoring, and insurance• Public administration and public policy• Autonomous experimentation• Targeted advertisingExample questions that are relevant include (but are not limited to): • How should we strike a balance between model performance and interpretability?• How can we formalize social concepts in ways that are amenable to machine learning methods? How do these formalizations influence the choice of machine learning method?• How does uncertainty and noise inherent to real-world data sets affect the use of these data sets and the use of results obtained from them via machine learning methods?• How can we incorporate social and ethical considerations into our validation methods and choices? What are the social costs of errors or class imbalance and the distribution of those errors across populations? What are the social implications of prioritizing false positive rates vs. false negative rates?• When is it appropriate to collect additional data about minority or underrepresented populations? How should we address the need for balanced data sets without imposing a “diversity tax?” How should we weigh the social and financial associated costs and benefits?• What are the social consequences and tradeoffs involved in feature selection?We encourage submissions from organizations that may do not typically write research papers. In addition to submissions from universities and corporations, we welcome submissions from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, startups, and foundations.These submissions might be: • Papers that describe and evaluate new and/or existing methods that balance social and technical factors in decision-making using or surrounding big data.• Papers that describe trade-offs that emerged during the design and implementation of big data systems in industry, government, or nonprofit settings.• Position papers that highlight sociotechnical challenges that need to be overcome in order to make methods that are suited to responsibly solving large-scale social challenges.Big Data is a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal that provides a unique forum for world-class research exploring the challenges and opportunities in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating vast amounts of data, including data science, big data infrastructure and analytics, and pervasive computing. There are many advantages to publishing in Big Data, including: • Indexed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science™ Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition• Fast and user-friendly electronic submission• Rapid, high-quality peer review• Maximum exposure: accessible in 170 countries worldwideEditorial questions?Please address any questions to bd-tradeoffs@lists.datasociety.netDeadline for manuscript submission: September 15, 2016. Please submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review at: www.liebertpub.com/manuscript/bigVisit our website to read about the Journal and to view a sample issue: www.liebertpub.com/bigManuscript preparation or technical questions?Contact authorservices@liebertpub.comFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited bySocial Data: Biases, Methodological Pitfalls, and Ethical BoundariesSSRN Electronic Journal Volume 4Issue 1Mar 2016 InformationCopyright 2016, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Guest Editors:, Solon Barocas, danah boyd, Sorelle Friedler, and Hanna Wallach.Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs.Big Data.Mar 2016.3-4.http://doi.org/10.1089/big.2016.29006.cfpsPublished in Volume: 4 Issue 1: March 18, 2016PDF download

2014 Question of the Year

How can we ensure that our graduate medical education system will prepare trainees for practice in new systems of care delivery? Rapidly evolving health care systems will require that all caregivers have an expanded set of competencies beyond those fostered by our current educational programs. However, this year’s question focuses on graduate medical education because of its particularly critical role in the overall education of physicians. The evidence for delivery system change is all around us. Reform of the health care delivery system is being driven by increasing recognition that the growth in health care spending is unsustainable and that U.S. health outcomes lag behind those of many other nations, despite our high levels of spending. Glaring disparities of quality and access to care have eroded public confidence and fly in the face of our own professional values. Workforce models project future physician deficits. The need to improve health care value has emerged as a central theme and has focused attention on cost, quality, and access to care. How can our graduate medical education system prepare residents to successfully confront these issues? Care continues to shift from inpatient to ambulatory settings, increasingly delivered by interprofessional teams. Many individual practitioners are joining groups or becoming employed by hospitals, while health care systems are forming accountable care organizations and serving as medical homes. How can our graduate medical education system prepare residents for these new roles? Advanced health information systems facilitate measurement, reporting of new outcomes, and opportunities to improve patient safety. New technology will promote remote physicians’ consultations with patients and other physicians. And the much wider availability of health information is allowing patients to more actively participate in their health care decisions. How will our graduate medical education system help prepare residents to successfully manage these and other changes in technology? In responding to the 2014 Question of the Year, please note the following guidelines and instructions: We encourage responses from all members of health care teams and the academic medicine community as well as members of the public. We are particularly interested in the ideas of residents and residency program directors. An individual may be an author or coauthor of more than one response. To determine eligibility for authorship, please consult the journal’s “Complete Instructions for Authors” at http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Pages/InstructionsforAuthors.aspx#authorship. Responses should have no more than four authors. The deadline for submitting responses to the 2014 Question of the Year is May 1, 2014. Responses should be essays with a maximum of 750 words, no more than three references, and no tables or figures. All essays must be written in English and submitted through the journal’s Web-based manuscript submission system (www.editorialmanager.com/acamed/). “Article Type” will be the first field on the submission form; please select the category “Response to 2014 Question of the Year.” If a submission is based on an existing program, it must be more than a program description or promotional piece. A program description can be used to support an argument, illustrate an underlying principle, or illuminate a new idea, but it is the argument, principle, or idea that will be of most value to readers. The journal’s professional editorial staff and editorial board will work with us to select essays to publish later this year. We will choose essays that present responses to the 2014 Question of the Year that are creative, imaginative, innovative, and feasible. We encourage you to let us know what changes you believe are needed in GME to produce a physician workforce that is better able to meet the nation’s needs. David P. Sklar, MD Editor-in-chief Debra Weinstein, MD Deputy editor Jan D. Carline, PhD Associate editor Steven J. Durning, MD, PhD Associate editor

Improvements in The Journal of Chiropractic Education for 2013

This editorial introduces new developments with the Journal of Chiropractic Education that will help the journal fulfill its mission more effectively. Recent improvements include a website upgrade, early online posting of accepted and edited papers, "in press" citations in PubMed, a new electronic web-based manuscript submission and peer-review system, cross linking of references, a new appearance for the journal cover, and improved page format. Improvements in publication processes with the journal will better enable it to publish research pertaining to educational theory and methods relevant to chiropractic education.

IJBM — Interdisciplinary, International, and Outstanding Research on Factors Relevant to Health and Illness

IJBM — Interdisciplinary, International, and Outstanding Research on Factors Relevant to Health and Illness

Editorial

The Journal of Health Psychology enters its 14th year of publication with a few new developments to bring to libraries', authors' and readers' attention. These include changes to the Editorial Board, a new web-based manuscript submission portal and an announcement of a new global special issue on Psychology and Poverty Reduction. Lastly, the content of the current issue is introduced.

The launch of J Young Pharm

Dear Professional Colleagues, Researchers and fellow students, I am pleased to introduce the Þ rst issue of “Journal of Young Pharmacists (An Addendum to InPharm Communique)”, an quarterly peer-reviewed publication of InPharm Association. As you all are aware, InPharm Communique was the Þ rst ofÞ cial journal of InPharm Association; after its inception, it has had strong readership over the past two issues. InPharm initiated and intended to start a Journal for the beneÞ t of its members. Due to the enormous response and worldwide submissions it was decided to start a separate publication titled Journal of Young Pharmacists (J Young Pharm). The ofÞ cial website is www. jyoungpharm.in and Web-based manuscript submission system is available at www.journalonweb.com/jyp.

Small journal vs. high impact journal: Dilemma of a new author

Small journal vs. high impact journal: Dilemma of a new author

Enhancing the Quality and Visibility of African Medical and Health Journals

Are most journals published in Africa too weak to be useful to local practitioners, researchers, and policy makers? Might a new method for scholarly communication on the African continent improve the utility of these journals? According to a provocative article published in Learned Publishing (Smart 2007), the answer to both questions is yes. Smart argued that the African research and education communities need to rethink their tendency to “slavishly . . . follow the Western model of academic promotion based on publishing in journals.” In an earlier article, Horton (2000a) voiced concerns that researchers, policy makers, and philanthropic organizations in developed countries believe simply providing access to Western information will solve many of the problems of developing nations. On the contrary, he wrote, in Africa “there is already a well-developed local information culture that needs support, not swamping,” noting, moreover, the lack of African journals in MEDLINE (Horton 2000a).

EHP ’s New Manuscript Submission System

In the May 2008 issue of EHP, I indicated in the editorial “Recent Changes at Environmental Health Perspectives” that we were planning to implement a new web-based manuscript submission and tracking system. I am pleased to announce that, as of 15 July 2008, all manuscripts submitted to the journal are being handled by ScholarOne’s Manuscript Central. We are joining more than 170 societies and publishers (> 1,850 books and journals) in using this system. At the present time, all commentaries, reviews, and research articles are initially screened by an advisory board to determine if they meet criteria relative to originality, scientific quality, environmental significance, appropriate degree of speculation, clarity of presentation, and conciseness. About 60% of the 1,200 manuscripts submitted to the journal each year are rejected without further review. Those papers selected for peer review are assigned to an associate editor, who is responsible for identifying reviewers and coordinating the peer review of the manuscript. Ultimately, the Associate Editors recommend to the editor-in-chief whether a paper should be published in EHP. Approximately 40% of all peer-reviewed papers are accepted for publication. In 2007, we determined that the average time to first decision for papers was approximately 2 months, and the average time from submission to acceptance was about 6.5 months. Our goal is to shorten the time between submission and acceptance of manuscripts by 20%. We believe that Manuscript Central will help us achieve that goal by streamlining what is currently a labor-intensive process. It will also significantly improve our ability to track manuscripts during the review process and provide critical information to the editor-in-chief and associate editors concerning expertise and performance of potential reviewers. Before submitting a paper for the first time using the new system, authors will need to register with Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ehp, where they will be asked to provide five or more keywords concerning their research expertise and interests. Then authors will be guided through a few simple steps to submit their papers. Once a paper is in the system, it will be tracked automatically by Manuscript Central. Because this system is web-based, all associate editors will be able to access the database to determine the status of papers assigned to them and retrieve information concerning potential reviewers. Of course, Manuscript Central is password protected, and information concerning authors and reviewers will be available only to the editor-in-chief and the relevant associate editors. We at EHP are excited by the opportunities afforded by the implementation of Manuscript Central. We look forward to continuing to receive high-quality research papers on environmental health sciences and the satisfaction of knowing that we are publishing the best research in the most timely and efficient manner possible.

The Politics of Open-Access Publishing: <i>M/C Journal</i>, Public Intellectualism, and Academic Discourses of Legitimacy

This article investigates the discourses of academic legitimacy that surround the production, consumption, and accreditation of online scholarship. Using the web-based media and cultural studies journal (http://journal.media-culture.org.au) as a case study, it examines how online scholarly journals often position themselves as occupying a space between the academic and the popular and as having a functional advantage over print-based media in promoting a spirit of public intellectualism. The current research agenda of both government and academe prioritises academic research that is efficient, self-promoting, and relevant to the public. Yet, although the cost-effectiveness and public-intellectual focus of online scholarship speak to these research priorities, online journals such as M/C Journal have occupied, and continue to occupy, an unstable position in relation to the perceived academic legitimacy of their content. Although some online scholarly journals have achieved a limited form of recognition within a system of accreditation that still privileges print-based scholarship, I argue that this, nevertheless, points to the fact that traditional textual notions of legitimate academic work continue to pervade the research agenda of an academe that increasingly promotes flexible delivery of teaching and online research initiatives.

Metamorphosis of the Journal of Industrial Ecology

Metamorphosis of the <i>Journal of Industrial Ecology</i>

HMJ Has Started Working with Web-Based Manuscript Submission System

Akademiai Kiado (Akademiai) is Hungary’s oldest publishing house that has been operating uninterrupted since 1828. Founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, its original mission was to publish the results of Hungary’s scientific enterprise. Since 1996, the publishing house has been operating as a share-holding company, owned jointly by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Wolters Kluwer. Every year, Akademiai Kiado publishes 100–140 works including basic scholarly reference books, educational books, monoand bilingual dictionaries, language course books, moreover, 55 peer-reviewed international scientific Hungarian and foreign-language periodicals journals, mainly in English. Akademiai Kiado is a market leader in the publishing of dictionaries and periodicals. In sum, Akademiai seeks to offer scholarly publications for the promotion of learning and the building of careers in our knowledgeand learning-centered world by providing reliable, correct, and up-to-date information from a variety of scholarly and scientific fields. For years, readers and authors of scholarly manuscripts have clamored for a more rapid and efficient peer-review process. Editorial Manager uses the capabilities of the web to meet this need by allowing on-line manuscript submission by authors in a variety of document and image formats including: Word, WordPerfect, RTF, Postscript, PDF, LaTeX, GIF, TIFF and JPEG. Submissions are automatically transformed into PDF files for circulation to selected reviewers. All the main functions of the publisher’s editorial office, such as reviewer selection and review status tracking, are automated by the Editorial Manager using e-mail and web-based reporting. Subsequently, authors, reviewers and editors are able to monitor the progress of their manuscripts from anywhere in the world using any web-capable computer and e-mail. The web interface allows authors and referees to upload their submissions and reviews, and enables other users such as editors and editorial staff to interact with the system. The result is greater flexibility in using the system. As to speed: by eliminating postal delays at all stages of the submission and review process, significant savings could be made to the overall receipt-to-decision time. The benefits would be decreased turnaround time of publications, article-based pro-

Web-based manuscript submission system

Az Akadémiai Kiadó régi törekvése vált valóra az online kézirat-benyújtási program beindulásával. A szerkesztőségi munkát olyan modern, online rendszerrel szeretnénk segíteni, amely a szerkesztőség munkáját különösen a lektoráltatási (peer-rewiev) szakaszban támogatja. A piaci kínálatból azt a szolgáltatót igyekeztünk kiválasztani, amelyik a legkönnyebben használható megoldást ajánlja, s a legtöbb segítséget nyújtja a felhasználóknak a rendszer használata közben. Ezen rövid írás célja a rendszer bemutatása, a lehetőségek felvillantása.

Pediatrics on the Web: 10 Years of Innovation and Discovery

The electronic edition of Pediatrics celebrates its 10th birthday this year. This article describes the origins and evolution of the online edition of Pediatrics, which, after launching in 1997, featured the world's first online-only section of a medical journal. Over the proceeding 10 years the journal introduced numerous innovations, including e-mail alerts, postpublication peer review, video supplements, online classified advertisements, Web-based manuscript submission, early release, and the development of the eJournal Archive. This article also describes the use and reception of the electronic journal. Whether measured by article accesses, citation rates, or the number of manuscript submissions, the electronic edition of Pediatrics has proven to be a success. It has allowed the journal to publish a larger number of articles and reach a wider audience than would have been economically possible with a print-only publication. Yet, even as Pediatrics recreates itself online, it is clear that there is much more that can be done to fully realize the potential of the new medium to facilitate professional communication.