Dear
Colleagues.
This is a reminder that the Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America intends to publish a special issue on
Methods for Marine Mammal Passive Acoustics, and that papers intended for the special issue
should be submitted by midnight (PST) 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.
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.
Authors are instructed to
send an e-mail to the Guest Editor, David K. Mellinger
informing him of their submission. Please also
copy it to me ),
as
I will be working with Dave on the production of this Special
Issue.
Sincerely,
Sara Heimlich
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.
--
Sara Heimlich
CIMRS/OSU
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Newport, OR. 97365
(541) 867-0328 office
(541) 961-1737 cell
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