Dear colleagues,
We invite you to submit a paper for the inaugural issue of *Prototyping
Across Disciplines*, a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary, open-source
design journal. We welcome submissions from researchers who have used
prototyping to contribute new expert knowledge or insight to their field,
whether that is research located within the sciences, social sciences,
humanities, engineering, computing science, fine art, design, or any other
discipline.
The intention of the inaugural issue is to highlight the ways in which
prototyping is used:
- As part of a sequential process in order to support the construction
of new knowledge or understanding and resulting in either new, valid
theories either displacing old theories or else filling in their gaps;
- To help construct valid examinations of an object of study from
different perspectives or lenses where the understanding is enriched by
prototyping;
- As part of field research; and
- To produce new knowledge.
By learning how prototyping is being done in various disciplines, those
already involved in prototyping will be better equipped to engage in
interdisciplinary collaboration, while those who are not yet active in the
use of prototyping in their own fields may find inspiration to begin.
*Prototyping Across Disciplines* welcomes the following high quality,
original articles:
*1. Research Article*
- 5,000—7,000 words
- 250-word abstract
- 5 —10 keywords
*2. Student Researcher Study Report*
- provides an opportunity for at all levels to describe their ongoing
research work, as opposed to the completed piece of research that would be
expected if publishing in full article route
- 2,000—3,000 words
- 250-word abstract
- 2 —5 keywords
*3. Contextualised prototypes*
- A collection of images with one-sentence descriptions of the relevant
elements
- Your prototype (min 1 image)
- Your other related prototypes (min 3)
- Other people’s related prototypes (min 3)
- 250-word abstract on why this prototype adds to expert knowledge
- contains 2 —5 keywords
*Publication Frequency*
*Prototyping Across Disciplines *publishes articles on a rolling basis.
Discrete issues are formed from all manuscripts published within one of the
following publishing windows:
1. Vol 1 Iss 1 between January 1 and May 31, 2024
2. Vol 1 Iss 2 between June 1 and December 31, 2024
*Peer Review*
Articles will undergo thorough peer review and we endorse COPE guidelines
<https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers>
for
reviewers. In accordance with COPE recommendations on ethical editing for
new Editors <https://publicationethics.org/node/19871>, Editors will assign
any submissions they cannot handle (e.g. if they are the author of an
article submitted to their own journal) to a member of the Editorial Board
or a guest editor.
1. Student Researcher Study Reports and Contextualised prototypes:
*single-anonymous
peer review* (also called ‘single-blind peer review’)
2. Research Articles: *double-anonymous peer review* (also called
‘double-blind peer review’)
*Please visit:*
*https://mrujs.mtroyal.ca/index.php/pad/index*
<https://mrujs.mtroyal.ca/index.php/pad/index>
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*I acknowledge my working hours may not coincide with yours. Please respond
when it is convenient and appropriate for your schedule.*
*Dr. Milena Radzikowska*
Professor of Information Design
Faculty of Business and Communication Studies
Mount Royal University
She/Her
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer for the Mount Royal Faculty
Association (MRFA)
www.milenaradzikowska.com
@DrRadzikowska
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