Year: 2006
Type: editorial
Abstract: With Volume 30, Issue 1, we introduce a new editorial board to Cognitive Science.All of the articles appearing in this issue, and probably the next few issues, will be ones that were handled by the board directed by Robert L. Goldstone, who served as editor for five years starting with Volume 25 in 2001.Rob did an incredible job injecting energy into the journal.Cognitive Science has a long history as an interdisciplinary journal, which is both a great resource and a difficult challenge.A great resource, because there are few places where true interdisciplinary work has a home.A significant challenge, because finding, evaluating, and publishing a mix of papers that reflects true collaborations between disciplines is a daunting task.Rob Goldstone and his board handled those challenges, and brought this journal to new heights.I hope that our new editorial board will live up to the standards set by the previous group.We have put together a board with thirteen editors that covers the major subdisciplines of our diverse field, and the members of our board of reviewers were also selected for their range of expertise.With the bugs ironed out of the submission software, and with our managing editor, Caroline Verdier, continuing to serve the journal under the new board, we will continue to strive to provide constructive feedback on manuscripts in a timely fashion.The research community also plays an important role in maintaining the high standards of this journal.Many of the reviews written for the journal come from members of the field who are not members of the editorial board.I hope that if you are asked to review a paper that you will agree to do so.Also, please strive to follow the golden rule in reviewing.All of us want timely reviews that provide useful feedback on papers in a collegial manner.A good review does not necessarily need to be a long review, but it does need to provide specific feedback to the authors about the strengths and weaknesses of the paper.In an interdisciplinary journal, it is also important to provide feedback about relevant work from other fields, and to provide suggestions to help ensure that the paper will be comprehensible by readers from other disciplines.I thank you all in advance for your service to the journal in the coming years.Cognitive Science will continue to publish the four types of articles listed in the submission instructions: regular articles, extended articles, brief reports, and letters to the editor.The one significant change to the journal will be the introduction of guest editorials.For most issues, I
Source: Cognitive Science
Author: Arthur B. Markman
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4244967863