About the Journal

Focus and Scope

First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 2,209 papers in 319 issues, written by 3,228 different authors. In addition, 36 special issues have appeared. The most recent special issue was entitled "Exploring societal resilience to online polarization and extremism." First Monday is indexed in Communication Abstracts, Computer & Communications Security Abstracts, DoIS, eGranary Digital Library, INSPEC, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, LISA, MLA International Bibliography, PAIS, Scopus, and other services. First Monday's ISSN is 1396-0466.

 

Section Policies

Editorial

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Letters to the Editor

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Articles

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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Op-Ed

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  • Edward Valauskas
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Interviews

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Book Reviews

Editors
  • Paolo Cordone
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Reviews

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Computers as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education by Frederick Bennett

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Intelligent Software Agents on the Internet By Björn Hermans

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Book Review

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  • Paolo Cordone
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Building Digital Communities: Web-Wise 2002

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Sustaining Digital Resources: Web-Wise 2003

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Stewardship in the Digital Age: Web-Wise 2007

Editors
  • Nancy John
  • Edward Valauskas
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Pre-Conference session - Preserving Digital Collections

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FM Podcasts

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  • Joy Austria
  • A. Hannah
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Preface

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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Public Knowledge Project: Selected papers from the Scholarly Publishing Conference, 11-13 July 2007

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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WebWise 2.0: The Power of Community: Selected papers from the Ninth Annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums

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  • Edward Valauskas
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Welcome to WebWise

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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Session 1: The Power of Discovery

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  • Edward Valauskas
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Session 2: The Power of Presentation

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Session 3: The Power of the User

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  • Edward Valauskas
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Session 4: The Power of Collaboration

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  • Edward Valauskas
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Keynote Address

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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Conference Day Two: 7 March Keynote Address

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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Pre-Conference Workshop 2: Digital Applications for the Humanities

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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User creativity, governance, and the new media

Editors
  • Edward Valauskas
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HIV/AIDS and Digital Media

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  • Marika Cifor
  • Cait McKinney
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Peer Review Process

First Monday publishes original research papers about the Internet and related technologies. Papers submitted to First Monday are examined by at least three reviewers for originality and timeliness in the context of related research. Reviews generally are completed in 30-60 days with publication in the next available monthly issue.

 

Publication Frequency

First Monday appears on the first Monday of each month. In addition, special issues may appear on the first Monday on each month or on an irregular basis.

 

Open Access Policy

First Monday is one of the first openly accessible peer review journals solely on the Internet, about the Internet. Indeed, First Monday was openly accessible well before formal definitions of open access appeared. All of First Monday's current and archival content is available freely to anyone with Internet connectivity. First Monday's content is completely available in line with notions of open access as expressed in the Budapest Open Access Initiative and related statements and declarations. Authors retain the rights to their work published in First Monday and may freely make their papers available as they see fit. Contributors to First Monday are encouraged to dedicate their work to the public domain or to select a Creative Commons license. Further details can be found at https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/about/submissions.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

First Monday History

First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 2,209 papers in 319 issues, written by 3,228 different authors. In addition, 36 special issues have appeared. First Monday is indexed in Communication Abstracts, Computer & Communications Security Abstracts, DoIS, eGranary Digital Library, INSPEC, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, LISA, MLA International Bibliography, PAIS, Scopus, and other services. First Monday's ISSN is 1396-0466. First Monday was born in the summer of 1995 in a proposal by eventual Chief Editor Edward J. Valauskas to the Danish publisher Munksgaard, to start a new Internet-only, peer-review journal about the Internet. Munksgaard, an internationally renowned publisher of scientific and medical journals, agreed to publish the journal in September 1995. Valauskas began to organize an editorial board as well as a group of senior editors to manage the journal. Esther Dyson joined First Monday as Consulting Editor and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh joined as International Editor. The Editorial Board was formed, including Vint Cerf, Tony Durham, Bob Hettinga, Ed Krol, Bonnie Nardi, Ian Peter, and Rich Wiggins. In October 1995, Valauskas, Dyson, and Anders Geersten, then Vice President of Journals for Munksgaard, met in Copenhagen, to discuss operational and other aspects about the journal. The name of the journal was chosen, First Monday, based on its planned frequency, with issues appearing on the first Monday of every month. Harvey Macaulay, Munksgaard's graphic designer, developed the graphic design and interface for the journal, and Mondo Media in Copenhagen handled mark-up, illustrations, and other duties for each issue. Manuscripts were solicited over the next few months, by Valauskas, Dyson, and Ghosh as well as by members of the Editorial Board. A scheduled first issue on January 1996 was missed due to a lack of high-quality papers. Finally, by early spring 1996, a number of excellent papers were available, ready for publication in the first issue. It was agreed that this first issue would appear at the Fifth International World Wide Web Conference in Paris, on the first Monday in May 1996 (6 May). At the Web Conference, diskettes with the first issue were distributed, plus shirts with the distinctive First Monday logo. The server was accessible from Copenhagen at http://www.firstmonday.dk and press releases were widely distributed online. The original publication model devised by Munksgaard provided open access to First Monday for its first year, if readers registered with Munksgaard and secured a password. A password permitted access to both the current issue and all archival issues. A subscription fee of 100 Danish kroner was suggested, but not required. In 1997, on its first anniversary, open access to the entire content of First Monday was provided, without passwords or fees. In 1998, Munksgaard decided to sell First Monday. Valauskas, Dyson, and Ghosh purchased First Monday in December 1998. The server was moved from Copenhagen to Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University's Library. The technical staff of the Library agreed to provide a server and support for First Monday, and this support continues to this day. First Monday's address changed from www.firstmonday.dk to firstmonday.org, with pointers from www.firstmonday.dk to firstmonday.org to provide a smooth transition for all of First Monday's readers. The first successful First Monday conference took place in November 2001 in Maastricht, the Netherlands at the International Institute of Infonomics. To celebrate First Monday's tenth birthday in 2006, a second First Monday conference took place at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 15-17 May 2006. The theme of the conference was Openness: Code, science and content. Papers from the conference were published in the June and July 2006 issues of First Monday. First Monday's editorial group has expanded, with the welcome addition of Varol Akman, Virgilio Almeida, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Ellen Christiansen, Andreas Harsono, Ahmed Kassem, Mary Minow, Beth Simone Noveck, Andrew Odlyzko, Tony Rutkowski, Guido Sohne, Ilkka Tuomi, and Naoki Ueno. The Editors and Editorial Board welcome manuscripts on a variety of Internet issues. Over the course of its history, contributions to First Monday have arrived from over 30 countries around the world. Contributors to First Monday include Phil Agre, Virgilio Almeida, Richard A. Bartle, Nancy K. Baym, Colin Bennett, Aleksander Berentsen, John Carlo Bertot, Howard Besser, danah boyd, Sandra Braman, John Seely Brown, Axel Bruns, Edward Castronova, Steve Cisler, Paul Duguid, Esther Dyson, Simson L. Garfinkel, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Nathan Glazer, Michael H. Goldhaber, Eszter Hargittai, Andreas Harsono, Alison J. Head, Bernardo A. Huberman, Paul T. Jaeger, David R. Johnson, Brian Kahin, Ethan Katsh, Susan Landau, Jessica Litman, Clifford Lynch, Lev Manovich, Annette N. Markham, Mary Minow, Miranda Mowbray, Bonnie Nardi, Helen Nissenbaum, David F. Noble, Beth Simone Noveck, Andrew M. Odlyzko, John Palfrey, Trevor Pinch, David Post, Ilya Prigogine, Eric S. Raymond, David Ronfeldt, Pamela Samuelson, Abigail Sellen, T.L. Taylor, Mike Thelwall, Linus Torvalds, Ilkka Tuomi, Hal R. Varian, and Richard Wiggins. We look forward to your continued support and interest in this unique publication, as a reader, contributor, and friend of First Monday.