Submission Guidelines
Submission of Manuscript- All submissions to JIKM are handled electronically. Manuscripts must be submitted online via Editorial Manager (EM), a fully web-based submission, peer-review, and tracking system. Upon submission authors should specify to which section the paper belongs.
- New Authors: If you are submitting via this new system for the first time, you will first be required to register From the account you create, you will be able to monitor your submission and make subsequent submissions.
The Journal of information & Knowledge Management publishes original works in various forms to cater to the diverse needs of its readership. Submitted work must not have been published before or submitted for review or consideration at other venues such as journals, books, and conferences. Submission of papers previously published in conference proceedings is only considered if the work is substantially expanded and improved. If any part of the submitted work was published before, the author must inform the editor in writing and clearly highlight these parts in the submitted manuscript. The following categories of submissions are considered:
- Research-oriented papers may describe completed research efforts with results, analyses and implications to practitioners, and should not exceed 50 pages in length.
- Practice-oriented papers may describe new industry practices, tools and methodologies, with emphases on practical issues, problems and solutions, and should not exceed 25 pages in length. Papers may also discuss the relevance of theory to practice and applications.
- Position and opinion papers will reflect new or current trends, thinking, perspectives and opinions in research and practice, and should not exceed 12 pages in length.
- Review papers should give a critical and analytical perspective of related books, publications, methodologies, practices, tools or systems, and should not exceed 6 pages in length.
To enable a blind refereeing process, the main author is required to supply a cover page that includes the title of the paper, the names and affiliations of all authors, and up to 6 keywords. The Authors names and affiliations should not be included on the original manuscript.
The Reviewing Process
Submitted papers will be sent out to referees who are familiar with the work. The reviewing process is important in ensuring good contributions and quality information. Authors will be notified of the referee's decisions and may need to modify their paper according to the referee's comments.
Final Submission of Accepted Papers
The final version of the accepted papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format labelled with author name(s); title of article; journal title; file name. Figures, embedded in the text, should be black and white (or half-tone) and of a good resolution and sharpness. In the case of MS-Word files, figures may be embedded; otherwise, they should be supplied separately. Compressed formats, such as JPEG, should not use heavy compression, which introduces undesirable artifacts. Bitmap figures, such as photographs or half-tone images, should be at least 300dpi (TIFF, BMP, or JPEG). Vector (line-art) figures, such as charts and technical drawings, should be 600-1200dpi (EPS, PS, PDF).
Copyright
Research papers and articles submitted to JIKM should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. The contributors warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the society and World Scientific of any breach of such warranty. The work submitted by the contributor and published by the journal will become the legal copyright of the society and World Scientific unless otherwise specified.
References
All citations and references in the papers submitted to JIKM should be completed in the APA format. The majority of the references should be composed of research publications cited and published in scholarly journals.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
World Scientific Publishing will only issue an official invoice for the payment of an Article-Processing Charge if you opt for Gold Open Access, and after your paper has been accepted. Before responding to any payment request, we advise you to check on your submission's status at Editorial Manager website, or contact the Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor, to ensure your submission has officially been "Accepted" for publication. Please disregard any payment request if otherwise. When in doubt, contact us at World Scientific (editor@wspc.com).