Cosmology is devoted to the advancement of Science and is open to all scientific points of view which are supported by published scientific research. In addition to scientific, theoretical, and review articles Cosmology will publish original contributions in the fields of Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrobiology, Evolution, Genetics, and Earth & Planetary Sciences, including general science articles, commentary, editorials, speculation, and book and DVD reviews.

-Commentary & Opinion: Commenting, criticizing, discussing, or offering opinion and points of view about recent developments or controversies. Maximum length: 5 pages.

-Speculation: Hypotheses and scientifically grounded speculation. Maximum length: 5 pages

-Book reviews: Yes, you may discuss your own book.

-Science Articles: Written for the educated public.

-Blogs & Columns

Articles must be well written and must be informative and interesting. Do NOT make personal attacks. Sarcasm is acceptable. Insults, profanity and negative language are not permitted.

Articles, commentary, editorials, speculation, news releases, blogs, and any other material published in Cosmology represent the opinions of the authors and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editors or the Publisher.

Cosmology will not publish announcements of meetings or general notices.

All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format.

The first edition of Cosmology will be published, online, December 2009, and will be devoted to a single topic: Origins.

Conditions & Permissions for Submission

Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work is not under review for publication elsewhere, and has not been previously published.

Submission for publication must be approved, in writing, by all of the authors.

Any person cited within the paper as a source of a personal communication, or whom is quoted directly, must approve of the citation or the quote, in writing.

Copyright

Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright for the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, will be assigned exclusively to the Publisher, Cosmology. The Copyright Transfer Agreement must be signed by all the authors.

Cosmology permits authors to resell or syndicate their work which has been published by Cosmology, with the understanding that Cosmology receives 50% of all revenue.

Review & Publication Charges

All submissions are reviewed by an editor.

There is no charge for reviewing or publishing science articles aimed at the educated public and which are interesting, thought provoking and discuss the findings and discoveries of other scientists.

There is no charge for reviewing or publishing editorials or commentary written by noted "experts" and "authorities" who have a history of achievement or who have previously published major discoveries in peer reviewed scientific journals.

Cosmology charges $100.00 to cover formatting and publication costs for Book Reviews, Speculation or Opinion where the major theme is the discoveries or views of the writer.

Cosmology will consider publishing "blogs" or regular columns which are interesting, provocative, and entertaining. Blog Charges are $150.00 per month, with a maximum of 5 blog entries per month.

Publication & Availability of Your Work at Cosmology.com

Publication in Cosmology gives you status. Authors can promote their own work as published in "Cosmology," and can instantly draw attention to their ideas, opinions, views, or their ability to write interesting articles.

Publishing in Cosmology makes your best work immediately available to a worldwide audience of scholars, researchers, policy makers, journalists, educators, and the general public.

Publishing in Cosmology, can help you promote your career and can help you earn income.

Per the request of the author, links to their websites or webpages will be established at the bottom of their articles. Further, at the bottom of your article, links to books or DVDs for sale at Amazon.com, payable to your account, are also permissible.

Titles and a short paragraph detailing the contents of published papers will be featured on the home page of Cosmology.com for 30 days. Thereafter, links to these papers, or links to general area Table of Contents pages that lists and links to these papers, will be maintained within the home page and inner pages of Cosmology.com.

Papers published by Cosmology will be available, online in their entirety, within the Cosmology.com website, for perpetuity, and can be viewed by the public and other scientists at no charge.

Citing & Referencing Papers Published by Cosmology.com

Citation information for all papers published in Cosmology will be provided in the bottom of the title page, e.g. Hogge, R. E., "Particle Physics & the Plasma Universe," Cosmology, 2010, Vol 1, pages 44-87.

Manuscript Preparation

All manuscripts must be printed or typed with wide margins and double-spaced throughout, including references and footnotes. Number each page of the manuscript.

Page 1: Include on the first page the title of the paper and the names(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), including mailing address(es) and email address(es). In the middle of the first page note the number of manuscript pages, figures, and tables. At the bottom of the first page propose a running head of not more than 55 characters, and the name and email address to which editorial correspondence and proofs should be directed.

Page 2: The second page may contain an abstract or short summary. At least five key words must be listed immediately after the abstract/summary.

Page 3: The text begins on page 3, and must include the title. Subsection titles should be capitalized and numbered consecutively. Capitalize the first letter of each word of major subheadings.

Articles reporting original research must include Methods, Results and Discussion sections.

Following the last page of the main text, give appendixes, acknowledgments, references, tables, figure captions, and figures, in that order. Places where figures and tables are to appear in the published paper should be marked within the body of the manuscript, i.e. [Insert Figure 1 Here].

Please write with attention to readability, organization, style, clarity, so that your paper can be understood and enjoyed by a wide range of individuals of varying ages and diverse backgrounds. Your paper MUST be interesting. Do not bore the reader. Vary your use of terms and language. Use a thesaurus. Short papers are more likely to be read that long papers. Include colorful images and graphics (make sure you own the rights). Present topics and subtopics logically, with order directed by the needs of the general science reader. Assume they know very little about the subject. Take special care in composing the title since the title will draw the most attention to your paper. In the title, specific words are preferable to general ones. You need not include an Abstract. The abstract should summarize the main arguments and conclusions of the author(s).

After the paper has been accepted, and upon the request of the author(s) and payment of additional fees, Cosmology will employ a professional science writer to stylistically enhance the readability of the article.

Table & Figures When described in the body of the text, a table should be referred to as Table X, an equation as Eq. Y, and a figure as Fig. Z (use these abbreviations everywhere except at the beginning of a sentence).

Tables are numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of their citation in the text. Each table should be typed, single-spaced, on a separate sheet with due regard to the proportions of the printed page. All tables should bear appropriate headings. Unusually elaborate or long tables should be prepared as camera-ready copy.

Figures & Illustrations. At the time of submission of the manuscript, a high quality copy of each figure suitable for reproduction in the published paper must be supplied in jpg, tiff. or .gif formats. Lettering on the figures should be of professional quality and should be large enough to be legible after reduction to fit the Journal page. Each figure should be named and identified with the author’s name and figure number, e.g. RBeckerFigure1.jpg. All figures, whether line designs or halftones, should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, in order of their citation in the text. Figure captions should be typewritten on a separate sheet, following the text.  

Citation of References

Articles must cite sources, journal articles, etc. Careful compliance with the instructions for preparing the list of references is required; manuscripts with incomplete references may be returned to the author for correction before being considered for publication.

Reference citations in the text should be in one of the following forms: Gallagher and Becker (2009) or (Gallagher & Becker, 2009); Jackson et al. (2003) or (Jackson et al. 2003); Hoppe et al. (2003, p. 299) or (Hoppe et al. 2003, p. 299). To distinguish two or more works by the same same first author in the same year, use suffices a, b, etc., following the year (e.g., Lorenz et al. 2006a,b).

References to personal communications are not included in the reference list.

Literature citations in the bibliography should be listed alphabetically (and then chronologically) according to the surname of the (first) author. The listings of authors having multiple entries should first list all papers by the author alone chronologically, then two author papers, alphabetically and then chronologically, and finally all multiple author papers. This latter group should be listed alphabetically according to the surname of the (first) author and then chronologically.

Journal references should contain the names and initials of all authors, the year, the title of the article, and the standard abbreviation of the journal, the volume number, and the first and last pages. As an exception to this rule, any article with more than 10 co-authors may be listed using a style like "Johanson, R. E., and 10 colleagues, … ." Shown below are examples of the proper reference forms for a book, a journal article, and a book chapter, respectively.

Brandt, A. W. (2007). Plasma Physics. Harvard University Press, Boston, US.

Casagrande, V. W., Green, P., Smith, V.A. (2008). The big bang vs steady state. Proceedings of the Academy of Science, 105, 221-230.

Williams, B. A., George, J. A., Gruber, P. (2009) Life on Mars. In: Gallagher, R. E., Smith, Q., Randals, P. P. (Eds.), Astrobiology, University of California Press, San Francisco, pp. 221-300.

Manuscript Transmission/Submission

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the publisher requires an editable electronic copy. Authors may ftp, e-mail, or submit a disk of their electronic manuscript and/or artwork. The publisher will not accept .ps or .pdf files. Figures will be accepted in .tif or .eps formats only at 300 dpi for halftones and 1200 dpi for line art.

Proofs & Corrections

An internet link to the proofs of the article will be sent to the corresponding author. The author is encouraged to carefully review the manuscript as it appears online, for this is the form it will take and which will be viewed by the readers of Cosmology and other interested scientists and scholars.

Corrections only. Authors will be charged for alterations or additions in proof, other than the correction of errors. All of your corrections must be sent back to us via email. Each paragraph containing the corrections must be included in the body of the email. Include only the corrected paragraph(s). Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete.