The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America intends to publish a special
issue on Methods for Marine Mammal Passive Acoustics.
Given that a sufficiently large number of papers are accepted, these papers
will appear as a group in a separate publication which will be the second part
of a regular issue. Examples of such special issues may be found in the Part
Two's of the January 2002, March 2005, September 2008, and November 2011 issues.
General Topic
The use of passive acoustics has been successful over the last several decades
in advancing the study of marine mammals in their natural environment. Because
marine passive acoustic data are typically collected for months to years at a
time, automated techniques for detection, classification, and localization are
crucial for data analysis. Such techniques have advanced rapidly in quantity
and quality in the last few years. Concurrently, passive acoustic monitoring
has also incorporated techniques for population density estimation, which is
now a rapidly growing field.
Papers are encouraged that describe new techniques or report on developments in
previously-existing approaches, and which detail the advantages and drawbacks of the
described methods. Papers that offer singular insight from different research and
academic fields including biology, physiology, acoustics, oceanography, signal
processing, mathematics, electronics, and computer science are also invited. However,
prospective authors should note that papers published in JASA must fulfill the
requirement that the content be "truly acoustics," rather than merely
applicable to acoustics.
How to Submit Papers
Papers should be submitted in the usual manner for JASA via the Peer X-Press
site. Go to the site
http://asadl.org/jasa/
and click on the item "Submit to Journal."
When you submit a paper via the online submission process, you will fill out an outline form that
is the same for all papers that are submitted. However, the form will include a new feature in the
portion of the form that has a tab for "Keywords and PACS-43 Index Terms." There will be
a drop-down list at the bottom of the page that is labelled as "Special Issues." All
special issues currently in progress will be listed in this drop-down list. The special issue you
should select is MMA (for Methods for Marine Mammal Passive Acoustics).
To make doubly certain that your paper will be grouped with others intended for
the special issue, you should upload a cover letter that identifies the paper
as intended for the special issue on Methods for Marine Mammal Passive
Acoustics. A footnote with such an identification should also appear on the
title page of the manuscript. Authors should also send an e-mail to the Guest
Editor, David K. Mellinger informing him of the
submission. The editor reserves the right of deciding whether the topic of the
submission is appropriate for the special issue, but all submitted papers will
be considered for publication in the Journal.
Peer-review and editorial decisions of submitted articles will be handled with
the usual processes, but those accepted for the special issue will be be
grouped together for the publication in the special issue.
Deadlines and Relevant Dates
Papers intended for the special issue should be submitted before June 30, 2012.
The intent is that all papers accepted on or before October 1, 2012, will be
passed on to the production department for publication as a special issue. It
is recognized that the progression of submitted manuscripts through the JASA
Peer X-Press system takes a variable amount of time, sometimes as long as a
year, although 3 months is the desired objective. If a manuscript is not fully
accepted before November 1, 2012, it is unlikely that it will be possible to
include it in the special issue. It is highly unlikely that any manuscript
submitted after June 30 will be accepted sufficiently rapidly to be included.
The best strategy, if one desires a manuscript to be included, is to submit it
as soon as possible. Papers accepted after the deadline will be published in
the Journal, but not in the special issue.
Introductory Editorial
A brief editorial introducing the topic and the papers will be written by the
Guest Editor David K. Mellinger in collaboration with the authors of the
accepted papers.
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