Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce an open call for submissions to the Computers and Graphics Journal (C&G) Special Section on Molecular Graphics and Visual Analysis of Molecular Data. We invite original research, system, and survey papers that summarize and expand the state of the art in visualization and computer graphics with a strong focus on applications to molecular data.

Important Dates

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Submission deadline: 31.1.2021
First decision notification: 28.2.2021
Final decision notification: 30.4.2021
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We solicit several types of submissions:

Journal paper submissions presenting original work within the scope described below.
Survey papers discussing the state-of-the-art topics relevant to MolVA Workshop (tinyurl.com/molva).
Extended and revised versions of full papers, short papers, and surveys that were accepted only for presentation at the MolVA 2021.

All submissions will be fully peer-reviewed by at least three experts according to the standards of Computers and Graphics Journal. You can find the complete author guidelines at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/computers-and-graphics/0097-8493/guide-for-authors.

The papers might be accepted either as journal publications or conference-only publications. The journal publications will be published directly in Computers and Graphics journal, while the conference-only papers will be published in EG Digital Library. The conference-only publications will be offered to submit an extended version that will undergo another fully peer-reviewed process and could be still accepted as a journal publication after the workshop. After the first round of reviews, the authors will be notified about the track that was selected for their paper based on the quality of the publication and may choose to retract the paper if they do not wish to accept it. 

Please submit your contribution via Editorial Manager (Deadline: January 31, 2021):

https://www.editorialmanager.com/CAG/default.aspx

All accepted papers will be presented at MolVA 2021 Workshop, which will be co-located with EuroVis 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland. Therefore, at least one of the authors of an accepted paper will have to register and attend (possibly virtually) the workshop. 

Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

• Molecular Graphics & Rendering

• Web-based Molecular Graphics & Visualization

• Immersive Analytics approaches using, e.g., VR/AR technologies

• Visual Analysis of Molecular Data (e.g., molecular structures, biological networks and pathways, or omics data)

• Visualization of Dynamic Molecular Data & Large Molecular Systems

• Machine-learning approaches for analysis of molecular data

• Tools papers describing new molecular visualization tools or novel features in existing tools

Best regards,

   Jan Byška, Michael Krone, Björn Sommer

   CaG Guest Editors

   MolVA 2021 Organizing Committee