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General
The Journal
of High Energy Physics (JHEP) is a scientific journal owned by the
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA - Trieste, Italy),
written, run and distributed by electronic means. In running this
journal the objective is to capitalise on the innovative advantages
of the new media: rapidity of communication, broad diffusion and
low costs.
By introducing
an automated and electronic peer review system mediated by computer,
JHEP complements the present system of preprint distribution via
the online arXiv of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
that has so successfully replaced the conventional system.
Subject
areas
JHEP encompasses
the following areas of theoretical and experimental physics: Collider
Physics, Underground and Large Array Physics, Astroparticles, Gauge
Field Theories, General Relativity and Gravitation, Mathematical
Methods of Physics, Solvable Models, Strong Interactions, Weak Interactions,
Quantum Field Theory, Statistical Field Theories, String Theory,
Supersymmetry, Duality, Branes.
Editorial
policy
The quality
of the journal is guaranteed by the Advisory and Editorial Boards,
composed by distinguished scientists in the field. These boards
jointly establish the scientific policy of JHEP (e.g., the scientific
quality of accepted papers).
Papers must
address one or more of the subject areas of JHEP. The only criteria
for accepting papers are scientific quality, originality and relevance;
length is less important, provided that it is appropriate to the
information presented. Editors are asked to apply a strict quality
filter in selecting papers for publication.
Papers submitted
to JHEP cannot be submitted to other refereed journals.
Editors and
referees operate anonymously, but they can reveal their identity
if they so wish.
Structure
JHEP is structured
as follows:
Editors are
JHEP's most important asset. They are in charge of assigning one
or more referees to each submitted paper and of making the final
decision as to whether or not a paper is to be published. JHEP has
a large editorial board, in order to provide competent coverage
of all the areas indicated by the keywords and thus avoid generic
decisions or the inappropriate selection of referees.
The Advisory
Board is composed of distinguished scientists who periodically review
the journal and advise on its scientific policy. In the event of
a major problems the Advisory Board is consulted.
The Executive
Office is in charge of supervising the functioning of the journal
in collaboration with the Editorial Board. The Executive Office
monitors the journal daily and intervenes in the event of any problems
that may arise. Local system support is provided at each one of
the journal nodes.
How
JHEP works
The online publication
of papers is made possible by the complete automation of the editorial
work which is carried out by a software robot, thereby reducing
costs and speeding up the procedure. The software performs all the
steps in the editorial procedure: the submission of papers, their
assignment to the appropriate editors, the review by referees, the
contacts between editors, referees and the Executive Office, the
revision, proof-reading and publication of papers, and the administration
of the journal. Accepted papers are made available on the
IoPP website.
Editors, referees and authors have their personal web pages, where
they run the editorial procedure or check the status of the papers.
The JHEP software
consists of three major families of programs. The first governs
the interaction between JHEP and the scientific community, and provides
the section where papers are submitted by authors and where they
are published. The second family runs the interface among editors,
between editors and referees, and between editors and authors. The
third family controls the administration of the journal.
To assure reliability
and fast connections, JHEP is a highly fault-tolerant network of
dynamical nodes, which are not passive mirrors. Currently active
sites are:
All nodes are
equivalent and kept synchronised. All events taking place at any
of the nodes are immediately notified to the other nodes. On notification,
the nodes execute the corresponding action and are updated accordingly.
All transactions are encrypted to protect the data.
Special multimedia
facilities have been added to enhance the possibilities offered
by the web:
powerful
search engines replace the table of contents and indexes used
by paper journalspapers, published
in three different formats (PDF, PS, DVI), are hypertextual, with
links within the articles themselves and to the papers quoted
in the references.
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