How to Submit Your Manuscript to
Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management
Authors submit their manuscripts electronically using the submission and review system.
All manuscripts must be the authors' original, unpublished work. The manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Tips for Organizing a Paper
Commonly papers consist of the following sections: an abstract or executive summary, an introduction, a background or literature review, presentation of the main contribution of this paper, methodology, findings, discussion, limitations, and conclusions.
See below for more detail:
Abstract
The abstract is a brief (150-200 words), comprehensive summary of the paper. It should provide enough information to give the reader a clear idea of the topics the paper covers, typically including the following: purpose or problem being investigated, design / methodology / approach, findings, practical implications, and contributions of the paper.
Begin the abstract with the most important information and highlight the four or five most important points of the paper.
Keywords
To enable searches in databases, include all the keywords of your research here, as well as in the list of keywords.
Introduction
Papers begin with an introduction that lays the groundwork for why the paper that follows is important. The introduction section introduces the research by presenting its context or background and explaining the purpose of this paper. This section often includes the definition of relevant terms, a literature review, any hypotheses, and how this paper differs from other studies or papers on this topic.
Body of the paper
The body of the paper often includes the following:
- Design/methodology/approach
- Findings/Results
- Practical implications
Include any limitations of the paper here.
Conclusions
Include how the paper advances research in this area. What is unique about it? End with a statement that sums up the conclusion of the paper.
Papers are to follow the APA style for formatting references. A summary of these guidelines can be found here. All works cited within the paper must be included in the References list at the end of the paper, and all works in the References list must be cited in the paper.
Format for Original Submission
Submissions are to be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Since all submitted manuscripts are subject to blind review (authors don't know the reviewers and reviewers don't know the authors), you must remove any identifying information (name, affiliation, etc.) from the paper prior to submission. Information regarding authors is collected by the system on the manuscript submission form.
If you use Microsoft Word, take off your identifying information from the file properties by clicking: File, Properties and deleting all identifying information.
While there are no strict format guidelines for original submissions, it is helpful to look at the format for accepted papers when preparing your paper for submission. All papers are to be written in English. While US spelling is preferable, other versions of English are acceptable.
There are no regulations on length; however will be exceptional for an article to exceed 20,000 words. The system will not accept submissions larger than 2 Megabytes. If it is larger, reduce the resolution of photos and screen images to 96 dpi.
The submission system will assign an ID number to your paper and you will create a password. You need to remember these as you will need them to upload revisions of your paper.
Click here to submit your blinded manuscript
Process for Review and Revisions
After an Editor or Associate Editor (AE) determines that the topic of the manuscript fits within the journal's purview, the AE will conduct a blind review of the paper using three or more reviewers selected from the journal's Board of Reviewers. Commonly, these reviewers are selected so as to assure variety of opinions from around the globe.
After the reviewers have submitted their comments you will be contacted by an editor or AE regarding acceptance, provisional acceptance, or rejection of a manuscript. Almost all accepted papers require one or more rounds of revision. You will upload your revised papers using the same Paper ID number and password as for your original submission but selecting "Re-upload."
Click here to submit your REVISED manuscript
Format for Accepted Papers
When your paper is accepted for publication, you will be required to re-submit the final, formatted copy of your paper. The formatting guidelines for accepted papers can be found here. Since this document is a MS Word template, if you save it to your computer as a template and attach it to your paper (using Tools, Templates and Add-ins) you will have the correct formatting for the paragraphs. If you do not use MS Word, just print the document and follow its instructions.
Because the contents of a paper may shift during formatting, make figures so they can be moved and/or resized easily. As explained in the detailed guidelines, this can best be done by placing figures with multiple parts within a text box.
In addition to adding the name, affiliation, city, and country for each author at the beginning of the paper, end the paper with a Biography section that contains a brief paragraph or two about each author. Please insert a head-and-shoulders photo of the author beside the biographical information.
Formatted, accepted papers will be sent to the Informing Science publisher who will do the final formatting and quality control.
Articles appear on-line as soon as the final formatting is completed and in print annually.
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