Aims & Scope
Mission
To be the outlet of
choice for articles from the most interesting and important IS research efforts.
Critical Success Factors
·
Publish
with short publication cycle times.
·
Attract
a portfolio of very exciting, very high quality research contributions.
·
Maintain
the highest quality standards.
What JITTA will publish
To accomplish its objectives, JITTA encourages
the submission of manuscritps in the areas of research papers, essays, and application papers. Suitable submissions in these categories include:
Research papers
1. Research agenda paper. The
authors review literature, develop new theory, develop research questions and
objectives, and set agenda for research, their own and/or others, to accomplish these objectives.
2. Interpretive or
exploratory paper. The author uses qualitative or interpretive research
methods, such as case studies, ethnographic studies, or focused group
interviews, to develop or test theory or to draw qualitative or tentative
empirical inferences.
3. Speculative research. The
author uses methods such as metaphor, history, mathematics, graphics, or
thought experiments to develop new concepts.
4. State-of-research review. In
this type of paper an author reviews several new papers in a research stream
that contain new theory, research results or make other contributions that
should be made available to the IS research community quickly. Typically, such
a review might result from the confluence of several papers presented in a
conference or workshop, the output of a substantial research project, or the
confluence of papers around a theme or problem written by several researchers.
The paper should describe the research in sufficient detail so that readers can
understand the research objectives and contribution of each paper reviewed, its
methodology, and its results well enough to refer to them in subsequent
research, as reported in the review paper. The paper may draw inferences across
the group of papers and suggest new research lines or extensions. Authorship
may or may not be by one or more of the reviewed papers.
5. Full research papers. Traditional
full research papers of any length are welcomed; the journal is open to all suitable research paradigms, including, but not limited to positivist and interpretivist research, quantiative and qualitative methods, action research, design science, etc.
Essays
6. Research essays. Papers
about the nature of IS research, research methods, the IS discipline or other
matters of interest and importance to the research community. Such papers
should be of particular interest because they contain novel and important ideas
or arguments.
Application papers
JITTA is very
interested in publishing the best application articles in information systems.
Application articles published in JITTA must create new knowledge.
Papers that are inappropriate for JITTA include those that describe the
use of IT in an industry, papers that report on exciting new features
(developed by someone else) of a technology and discuss how they might be used
in business at a functional level, tutorials and primers, and papers that
summarize a technology for the managers.
7. Normative papers. The
authors provide managers with models, methods, procedures, or advice about
practical, successful IS practices, based on theory, experience, and/or empirical study.
8. Case studies. Studies
in which there are novel application, events, or behavior involving IS from
which the authors draw inferences about IS practice or management.
Contribution
Research, essay, and application articles must be:
1. Substantial and interesting. The paper’s
contribution to research, management, or practice should be clear and
substantial. It should be of considerable importance and interest to
researchers and or managers.
2. Novel. An acceptable paper creates new knowledge,
rather than simply repeating knowledge available in other sources. This new
knowledge may be created through integration or interpretation of research
theory, experience, empirical study, grounded research, or other means.
Quality
Submissions will be evaluated on their contribution and in
terms of
1. Audience. Papers should be of high interest to a
defined audience, whether broad or narrow.
2. Presentation. Papers must be well presented in
English.
3. Credibility. The paper should present adequate
evidence and appropriate reasoning to support any recommendations and
conclusions.
4. Integrity. Authors of application papers are
expected to observe the high standards for citing other’s work and obtaining
permission to use other’s work where appropriate.
5. Methodology. The
research methods must be appropriate to accomplish the paper’s objectives.
6. Execution. The paper should be properly developed to meet its objectives.