Call For Papers: Earthquake Spectra's Special Issue on NGA
The journal Earthquake Spectra will be publishing a special issue on results obtained from the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) project. Papers are invited on the ground motion prediction equations developed through the NGA project, the characteristics of the database developed during the project, the simulation exercises conducted to support the development of the prediction models, and other related subjects. All papers should be submitted through the Earthquake Spectra manuscript submission web page at http://eqs.peerx-press.org/cgi-bin/main.plex. When the manuscript is uploaded, authors must select "Special Issue on NGA" from the drop down list for special issues.
The cover letter accompanying your manuscript should clearly indicate that the paper is being submitted for review and possible publication in the NGA special issue of Earthquake Spectra. All papers to be reviewed for the special volume must be received by July 1, 2007. We expect to have preliminary review decisions by September 2007 and final decisions on revised papers by December 2007. The special volume should appear in print in March 2008. Papers without a clear link to the NGA project will not be reviewed for this special issue. Questions regarding paper content or submission procedures should be directed to the Guest Editors for the special volume, Jonathan Stewart (jstewart@seas.ucla.edu), Ralph Archuleta (ralph@crustal.ucsb.edu), or Maurice Power (mpower@geomatrix.com). Prospective authors are encouraged to send abstracts of their articles by email to the guest editors prior to formal manuscript submission so that the suitability of the paper topic to the special issue can be evaluated.