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At the GOR, Uwe Matzat (Eindhoven) announced the launch of a new E-Journal on Internet Research: The International Journal of Internet Science, which is  edited by Uwe and Ulf-Dietrich Reips (Zurich). The journal is scheduled to have two issues per year, with about 5 to 7 papers each. From the journal’s mission:

The International Journal of Internet Science (IJIS) is a forum for publication of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It welcomes articles on empirical findings, methodology, and theory in the field of Internet Science. Especially welcome is theory-guided empirical research. Some topics of interest for the readership of IJIS are

• Methodological issues in Internet surveys
• Methodological issues in Internet-based experiments
• The Internet and social networks (online and/or offline)
• Problems of cooperation and trust in online interaction
• Online groups, online communities, and virtual teams
• Social and psychological impact of the Internet
• The digital divide
• The Internet and organizations
• The Internet, science, and academic communication
• Knowledge exchange and knowledge management in online settings
• E-Learning and i-learning
• E-Health and i-health
• E-Government, e-Voting, and e-Democracy
• Computer-mediated communication
• Sampling approaches with the help of the Internet