Application for funding for the establishment of an OJS1 publication platform to operate the online open access journal Colour Turn

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Robert Horres; Professorin Dr. Susanne Nicole Marschall
• Subject Area: African, American and Oceania Studies ; General Education and History of Education ; General and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies ; Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology ; Asian Studies ; Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing ; Sensory and Behavioural Biology ; Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience ; Developmental Neurobiology ; Greek and Latin Philology ; Art History ; Modern and Contemporary History ; Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation ; Theatre and Media Studies ; Prehistory and World Archaeology ; History of Science
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 462866817

The phenomenon of colour poses enormous challenges for both the protagonists of basic research and those of application-oriented research. On the one hand, advanced colour research is not meaningful without interdisciplinary cooperation. On the other hand, there are so many different actors and approaches internationally that it becomes difficult to gain a representative insight. Despite a lot of research efforts and findings, there are many research gaps and open questions; starting with colour perception and signal processing in the brain, and extending to cultural contexts and individual colour preferences. Colour Turn, an open access journal founded in August of 2019, opens up the possibility to address new research topics and approaches on an editorially processed publication platform.Colour Turn is at the end of a one-and-a-half-year conception and testing phase. We are applying for funding of a two-year piloting phase, starting in October 2020, which is intended to systematically develop and expand the journal and establish it in the colour research landscape. This includes the optimization of editorial processes and the implementation of new software. The following tasks are planned to be completed during the funding phase:- Establishment of the journal as an open access format for interdisciplinary colour research- Further development of the standardised, transparent evaluation procedure for contributions according to the rules of good scientific practice- International visibility through articles in English in combination with multilingual abstracts and keyword lists- Simplified access to scientific publication opportunities for young researchers- Promotion of science communication- Free access to research results for all interested readers

• DFG Programme: Science Communication, Research Data, eResearch (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigator: Professor Axel Buether