Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.-
The submission has not been previously published, nor under evaluation at an other journal.
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All authors of the article submitted have significantly contributed to the research
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All authors of the article submitted commit themselves to participating in the peer review process of at least three other works submitted by other authors.
- The article respects the copyrights of the sources used en cited (e.g. figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, trade literature and data) respect copyrights.
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All authors commit themselves to provide retractions or correction of mistakes
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Any submission in English by non-native English speakers will have to be professionally copy-edited at authors’ cost before final acceptance. No other fee or charge will be required from authors for manuscript processing and/or publishing.
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Any financial support will have to be notified.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- All submitted files are in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
- All submitted files are anonymous (no name of the authors in the article nor in the file properties).
Empirical research
In the "Research Article" section, articles should be built on solid theoretical frameworks and methodological foundations (literature review, justification and description of the method...) to propose original and significant contributions to information systems management. As the main section of the journal, articles can be of different types: theoretical articles for the development of a theory, articles that empirically test or illustrate a theoretical framework, literature reviews that offer new research perspectives.
Teaching case studies and experiences
The "Teaching case studies and experiences" section aims to publish teaching cases studies and experiences from companies illustrating, for pedagogical purposes, the IS design, the use of IS and the management of the IT department. The emphasis is essentially on the relevance and originality of the empirical contributions that enable students to develop their scientific knowledge of information systems management by referring to a theoretical or conceptual framework.
Opinions
The "opinion" section aims to present an opinion, discuss a paradox or forecast issues likely to be of interest to our community. Articles in this section should either initiate reflection, or even debate, within our community, or open up new fields of research. These opinions must be clearly argued and rigorously constructed, and will be subject to the usual evaluation process. The evaluators and the editorial board will be careful to maintain a high standard for these articles, which will be expected to present the proposed issue clearly, give a rigorous conceptual framework, develop the chosen argumentation, describe the implications and any empirical evidence.
Methodology research
The "methodological research" section welcomes articles that make significant methodological contributions to information systems research. Articles submitted under this section should discuss the conditions of application, limitations and opportunities of tried-and-tested methodologies, or propose innovative methodologies. Particular attention will be paid to the logical and documented articulation of arguments to extract a methodological contribution in order to help researchers mobilize the methodology discussed to conduct their own research.
Nicolas PRAT <prat@essec.edu> is the first contact editor for this section.
Theory development
This section is for conceptual articles that develop novel theories and generate theoretical insights that advance the study and practice of IS design, use and management. This section includes also Theory-Generative Research Synthesis, such as literature reviews.
OLOGEANU-TADDEI Roxana <r.ologeanu-taddei@tbs-education.fr> is the first contact editor for this section.
Registered Reports
Registered Reports emphasize the importance of the research question and the quality of methodology by conducting peer review prior to data collection. High quality protocols are then provisionally accepted for publication if the authors follow through with the registered methodology. For more information on registered reports and a checklist to help you craft an effective submission see https://cos.io/rr/.
Special Issues
Editorial policies for special issues (usually one per year) are delegated to guest editors. Each special issue proposal is presented to and approved by the SIM editorial board.
Copyright Notice
The author bears the responsibility for checking whether material submitted is subject to copyright or ownership rights (e.g. figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, trade literature and data). The author will need to obtain permission to reproduce any such items, and include these permissions with their final submission.
It is our policy to ask all contributors to transfer for free the copyright in their contribution to the journal owner. There are two broad reasons for this:
- ownership of copyright by the journal owner facilitates international protection against infringement of copyright, libel or plagiarism;
- it also ensures that requests by third parties to reprint or reproduce a contribution, or part of it, in either print or electronic form, are handled efficiently in accordance with our general policy which encourages dissemination of knowledge within the framework of copyright.
In conformity with the French law, the author keeps the 'moral rights' related to the article:
- The 'authorship right': It is the author's right to have his name associated with each publication and exploitation of the article.
- The 'integrity right': It can be claimed by the author if he finds that during an exploitation, his work has been distorted (cutting, reassembly...).