Mission Statement:

The Journal of Computational Science Education (JOCSE) promotes the use of computation in education through disseminating unique uses of computation in the classroom as well as research findings in computational science education, with submissions from both professionals and students. JOCSE utilizes internet technology and a web-based format to allow for enhanced interactivity in all publications.

Submission Procedure:

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Submissions are welcomed for computational science lesson plans, exercises with documented programs and datasets, or a technical paper describing the outcomes of computational science education. All submissions should be in the form of a paper with attached interactive materials (software, spreadsheets, interactive workbooks, or other materials) and photo quality graphics.

The paper should be submitted both as a PDF file and in raw form (both Word and LaTex accepted). The format of the paper should follow the guidelines for ACM proceedings (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). The attached materials should be packaged in either a zip or tarball (tar+gzip) format, with the extensions .zip and .tgz respectively. File names for all files should be in the form of the first author.s last name, followed by the year. If multiple submissions are made in the same year, additional submissions should add a .b,. .c,. or further letter distinguishing it from previous submissions. (e.g. all files submitted by David Joiner for a third submission in 2009 would be in the format joiner_2009_c.pdf, joiner_2009_c.tex, joiner_2009_c.m, joiner_2009_c_1.eps, joiner_2009_c_2.eps, etc.) The paper should be between 5 and 15 pages in length, unless prior approval from JOCSE has been obtained. Student papers should be identified as such by preceding the title of the paper with the phrase 'STUDENT PAPER:'

All papers, exercises, and programs will be subject to VV&A review, authors are highly encouraged to include their own VV&A results as a section in their paper. Keywords should be adequate to both assign a reviewer and allow for completion of metadata for inclusion in the National Science Digital Library.

Review Procedure:

An editor will be assigned to the submission based on content area, and the editor will make an initial decision based on appropriateness of the material to either submit to full review or reject based on inappropriateness to the publication or failure to adhere to the submission format. Once assigned to a reviewer or reviewers, the submission will undergo review according to the VV&A process in place at the Computational Science Education Reference Desk. Additionally, a recommendation to accept, accept with minor revisions, reject with resubmission recommended, or reject with resubmission not recommended will be made and the author will be informed of the editor's decision. Criteria for acceptance is that the submission should include either a unique use of computation in the classroom or a unique research finding in computational science education, that it should pass CSERD's VV&A review, that is viewed as valuable to the community, and that there be space available in an upcoming issue.

Periodicity of Releases:

JOCSE will initially release quarterly in online form, with more frequent releases if submission quantity warrants.

Availability:

Materials accepted by JOCSE will be hosted on the JOCSE website, and will be catalogued by CSERD for inclusion in the National Science Digital Library.