OverviewThe Journal of Online Behavior (JOB) is concerned with the empirical study of human behavior in the online environment, and with the impact of evolving communication and information technology upon individuals, groups, organizations, and society. It is a peer-reviewed, behavioral science/social science journal, with editorial board members from several countries and disciplinary affiliations. The journal is published electronically on the World Wide Web, and in printed form. Each article published on the Web will be accompanied by an interactive discussion space, a pointer to which will accompany the article site. Significant comments from discussions may accompany the paper publication.
Call for Manuscripts
The aim of the journal is to publish the highest quality theoretical and research scholarship in the area of human behavior in computer-mediated interaction on topics such as the following:
- comparative media effects on communication processes and outcomes
- reciprocal interactions among media characteristics and users' constructions of self, system, and others
- social-cognitive dynamics and their effects presented by online interaction
- temporal and longitudinal analyses of media influences and adaptation
- the nature of virtual associations in various relationships and groups
- media usage and effects by and among ethnic and cultural groups, and other cross-cultural issues
- anthropological studies of systems in use electronic educational and therapeutic interventions, and
- economic and organizational behavior affected by new media in local and global networks.
The journal publishes two types of works. (1) Full-length "articles" feature theoretically oriented, empirically based research. Theoretical contributions, which may lead to empirically testable generalizations but without data, will also be considered. Reviews and syntheses of prior literature are also welcome provided they articulate original contributions and offer to promote significant theoretical and research applications. (2) "Research reports" consist of well-designed empirical investigations without the level of theoretical explication required for full-length articles.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. Please contact the Editor, Joseph B. Walther, JOBEditor@behavior.net, to negotiate file format (word processor, HTML, etc.) before transmitting the manuscript, to ensure program compatibility.
In email to the editor, please include the letters JOB in the subject line of all correspondence. The editor can also be reached at the Department of Language, Literature, & Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY 12180-3590, USA (tel. 518.276.2557).
Manuscripts must conform to the stylistic requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th edition, with variations for the citation of electronic sources according to evolving standards, as appended. Manuscripts that report the results of empirical investigations must provide
- reliability estimates for measures employed,
- estimates of variance accounted for in the case of statistically significant effects,
- estimates of the statistical power for nonsignificant test results.
There is no page limit on manuscripts submitted, but compact presentation is required. Longer manuscripts (e.g., more than 30 pages' equivalent) are given particular scrutiny with regard to the length being warranted.
JOB follows a double-blind review process wherein reviewers and authors are unaware of each other's identity. The manuscript proper should include a title and abstract; however, to permit anonymity in the review process, the author's name should not appear on this section, nor should authorship be apparent throughout the manuscript. JOB editorial policy allows that manuscripts of low quality or that are inappropriate to the journal may be rejected by the editor without further review.
A manuscript submitted for review to JOB may not be under review for any other publication or conference with published proceedings, nor may it be available for public perusal via electronic means. If the manuscript contents (or any version of them) has appeared, or will appear, in another publication of any kind, the details of such publication must be made known to the editor at the time of submission. Acceptance of a manuscript for publication requires transfer of copyright to Behavior OnLine.
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