Dear colleague, it is our pleasure to send you the following call. Best wishes, ur and jm CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNET-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTING (SPECIAL ISSUE OF "EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY") ++++++++++++++++ Apologies for cross posting ++++++++++++++++++ ++++++ There is also a nicely formatted version of this call at ++++++++ ++++++++++ http://www.genpsy.unizh.ch/webexpps/ +++++++++++++ "Experimental Psychology" (the upcoming successor of the German "Zeitschrift fuer Experimentelle Psychologie", now appearing in English language) is pleased to announce a special issue on "Internet-based psychological experimenting". Guest editors will be Ulf-Dietrich Reips (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Jochen Musch (University of Bonn, Germany). INTERNET-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTING To provide a forum for the critical discussion of a major new methodological trend in current psychological research, "Experimental Psychology" will publish a special issue on conducting experiments in the Internet. This special issue will focus on methodological, empirical, and theoretical approaches to Web experimentation in psychology. We particularly welcome manuscripts that report innovative, original, high-quality experimental research. Although the special issue will emphasize empirical reports, there will also be room for one theoretical or review paper. One major focus of the special issue will be the methodologically sound use of the Internet for conducting fundamental and applied psychological experiments. The scope of the special issue is defined by the experimental method, and thus, papers based on experiments and quasi-experiments from all areas of psychology are invited. To name just a few typical fields and domains of inquiry, this includes - but is not limited to - experimental work on social cognition, thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, judgment, perception, learning, language, memory, and research methods in psychology. Correlational research without an experimental manipulation is not considered suitable for the special issue. Although the World Wide Web is most frequently used for psychological research on the Internet, all other forms of Internet experimentation are also of interest. A second major focus of the special issue will be the methodology of Web experimenting. What are the pros and cons of Internet research? How can the internal and external validity of Web experiments be determined and increased? Which advanced techniques allow for greater control and avoidance of pitfalls in Internet experiments? What are the features of experiments that make them suitable for the Internet, and what kind of experiments should better be conducted in a non-virtual environment? Which problems have come up during the six years of Web experimentation, and what solutions can be offered? We welcome the submission of all papers addressing one or more of these and related questions on psychological online research. Of particular interest will be papers comparing the results of Web experiments with those of laboratory or field experiments. Manuscript Submission Empirical articles may contain up to 10,000 words including tables and references, and up to six figures. Theoretical and review articles of particular interest may exceed this page limit. Papers should be submitted via e-mail (webexppsy@genpsy.unizh.ch) to Ulf-Dietrich Reips and Jochen Musch. The deadline for submissions is February 1st, 2002. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers and the best papers will be published in a special issue of "Experimental Psychology" in late 2002. The following formats are accepted for submissions: pdf, rtf, doc, and wpd (in order of preference). Almost all applications can save files in one of these formats. Manuscripts should be submitted as one file containing text, tables, and all figures. The file should be named after the last name of the first author, and its extension should designate its format; e.g., smith.doc may be an appropriate file name. For production purposes, Microsoft Word (.doc) or WordPerfect files (.wpd) will be requested for the final version of the manuscript. The file should be an attachment to an e-mail in which - Contact information for the corresponding author is provided (name, department, postal address, e-mail address, phone, fax), - As well as contact information for all other authors, - The type of manuscript submitted (theoretical article or research article) is specified, - The number of words is given for the entire article including abstract and references, - A text version of the title and abstract is included, - As well as any other information that may be important to guarantee a fair and unbiased review process. Submission of manuscripts is taken to imply that neither the manuscript, nor any component of it, has already been published or is currently under consideration by another journal. Submitted manuscripts should conform to the APA guidelines for manuscript preparation. Based on the title and abstract, two or more reviewers will be requested to review the manuscript. Based on the reviews and their own judgment of the manuscripts, the action editors will make their editorial decision and will notify the corresponding author of the decision. The entire review process will completely rely on electronic communication in order to ensure speedy processing. For further inquiries, please contact the editors of the special issue of "Experimental Psychology" on "Internet-based psychological experimenting": Ulf-Dietrich Reips, ureips@genpsy.unizh.ch http://www.psych.unizh.ch/genpsy/reips/reipspers.html or Jochen Musch, jochen.musch@uni-bonn.de http://www.psychologie.uni-bonn.de/sozial/staff/musch/musch.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experimental Psychology (formerly "Zeitschrift fuer Experimentelle Psychologie") Editor-in-Chief: K.C. Klauer (Bonn, Germany) Editorial Board: A. Friederici (Leipzig, Germany), A. G. Greenwald (Seattle, USA), O. Huber (Fribourg, Switzerland), G. Humphreys (Birmingham, UK), H. 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