[Roleplaying] IJRP Call For Papers

[Markus Montola]

Speaking of Peer Review, here's a new call for papers for IJRP Issue #2, 
from http://www.journalofroleplaying.org/


Best,

  - Markus


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The International Journal of Role-Playing (IJRP) is now accepting 
submissions for the 2nd issue, due out in early summer 2010. Deadline 
for submissions is February 1st, 2010. Download the CFP as PDF here.

The International Journal of Role-Playing invites researchers, 
designers, developers, academics, artists and others involved in the 
growing field of research related to role-playing to submit articles. 
The IJRP is a peer-reviewed journal, and welcomes submissions from any 
sphere of interest, knowledge network, research field or de-development 
sector that directly or indirectly relates to role-playing interests.

Potential topics include but are certainly not limited to the following:
•    Role-playing games, e.g. frameworks, storytelling and graphics; 
art, design and creative industry
•    Role-playing culture, psychology, media, economics, and sociology
•    Role-playing technology, surveys, vocabulary, training and education
•    Other aspects of role-playing and related research and development

The International Journal of Role-Playing is a biannual international 
journal that covers all aspects of role-playing, irrespective of the 
medium, platform or intent. The IJRP specifically aims to act as the 
focal point, for pushing the limits of role-playing knowledge, and to 
improve sharing of knowledge across the knowledge networks involved with 
role-playing- and related work, notably the industry, the academia and 
the arts. The journal will encourage the exchange of ideas and 
experiences, and will be a free, online forum where knowledge can be 
harvested.  In realizing that the knowledge networks involved with 
role-playing- and related work are based in a variety of interest 
spheres, which write and publish their work in different ways, the IJRP 
will accommodate the knowledge sharing principles of the various networks.

The International Journal of Role-Playing is an innovative, novel 
platform for knowledge sharing that reaches across traditional fields, 
and will treat submissions from academia, industry and creative forces 
on an equal basis through a joint publication framework, which is 
specifically designed to accommodate contributions from all of these 
diverse sources.

All submissions will be peer reviewed by three members of the 
multi-disciplinary editorial boards, who represent the diverse interests 
of the knowledge networks involved in role-playing and related work, 
e.g. academia, industry and the arts. All submissions will be reviewed 
by experts from the knowledge network of the submission, together with 
at least one reviewer from a different network. Through this and other 
initiatives, the IJRP aims to assist authors in promoting cross-network 
aspects of their work.

The International Journal of Role-Playing is an online publication 
backed up by on-demand printing. The IJRP aims to have all papers go 
through their initial review within three months of receipt. Manuscripts 
should be submitted electronically, following the instructions on the 
IJRP website: www.journalofroleplaying.org, which also contains 
important dates and deadlines.

The IJRP specifically aims at providing authors with a higher than usual 
degree of freedom in composing their manuscripts and expressing ideas. 
Consult the journal website for more information.