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Dear Satoshi -- and All! -- The Design Research Society publishes a hybrid member newsletter and journal titled Design Research Quarterly. In addition to member news, the journal section publishes articles focused on research methods, researtch skills, research training, and research education. The articles are peer reviewed by an editorial advisory board of renowned scholars such as Donald Norman, Sharon Poggenpohl, Clive Dilnot, and Kun-Pyo Lee. The journal is available to members only for six months, and membership includes a subscription to current issues. After the six-month members-only embargo, the journal is available as an open-access. DRQ has a track record of strong articles by such leading scholars as Liz Sanders, Nigel Cross, Linda Drew, Chuck Owen, David Sless, Kristina Niedderer, and Jeffrey Williams. One series launched by editor Peter Storkerson is perfectly suited to current research by doctoral students and ECRs as well as work by experienced research. This is the call for Case Studies in Research: Knowledge and Inquiry. Satoshi's post reminded of DRQ -- then I began to wonder why anyone is complaining about the lack of good venues for doctoral students and ECRs when one good venue is begging for articles that are beautifully suited to premilinary reports and serious inquiries that emerge from the incomplete but potentially significant results of early career research. This is a real opportunity. It's a young journal, but serious, respected and peer reviewed -- it certainly counts in the Scandinavian metric system, and as a peer reviewed journal, articles should count for anyone. Yours, Ken -- To see (and read) the journal, go to the DRS web site: http://www.designresearchsociety.org/joomla/index.php Click on "publications," and then click on "Design Research Quarterly." Use the free registration process to access open access back issues. -- On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:24:02 +0900, Satoshi Kose <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >In one of professional societies that I belong, we started a >discussion of increasing the membership fee. A substantial portion of >the budget is spent on printing and sending them to the members, and >I put forth an idea of issuing the journal electronically only, with >password protection for a limited time period (one year?).