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Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems

Aims & Scope

Information for Authors

Manuscript Category

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) publishes two issues per year, comprising regular research papers, special issues, and reflection notes.

Research papers

This is the general type for manuscripts. We welcome empirical papers in different genres, including qualitative and quantitative studies, design science and modeling that seek to contribute to IS literature. SJIS also endorses conceptual, literature and theory articles that seek to advance the understanding in IS and digitalization phenomena. This includes articles that seek to develop a new theory or utilize theory to synthesize prior knowledge and uncover new directions for research.

Reflection notes

Reflection notes consist of multiple types of contributions. For instance, SJIS endorses

  1. invited debate essays authored by one or more senior scholars, and a number of invited response papers from key researchers within the focused area. As an example, the debate forum in issue 19(2) focused on the relationship between IS research and design science.
  2. reflections based on workshops and keynotes of IS conferences. As an example, issue 35(2) includes a reflection of Andrew Burton-Jones based on his keynote presentation on the IS tradition in Scandinavia, presented at the 14th Scandinavian Conference of Information Systems in Porvoo, 2023.

Author Information

Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts directly at SJIS . More information can be found at Policies .

Once a paper is submitted, one of the four members of the editorial board will be assigned by the coordinating editor to act as the editor of the manuscript. The reviewing process is double-blind in the sense that the authors and reviewers are anonymous to each other. Two to three reviewers will be assigned for each paper. The SJIS reviewers are committed to producing high-quality review reports that serve two purposes. First, it provides a means for evaluating manuscripts with respect to their publication in the journal. Second, it provides substantive feedback to authors to assist them in improving their work.

After the review, the assigned editor and the coordinating editor will arrive at a decision whether to publish the manuscript or not, or under which conditions the manuscript may later be published. The policy of the journal is that the reviewing process should take no longer than ten weeks from the date of submission.

Manuscript Length

Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts in MS Word format, double spaced. Regular research papers should not exceed 10.000 words, including abstracts, references, and appendices. Reflection notes are typically shorter, approx. 3-5 pages. Please contact the editors before submitting a reflection note to agree on the topic and length.

Formatting Instructions

A Template for SJIS including formatting instructions is used to prepare the final version of the paper. Authors will receive instructions from the production editor upon acceptance of the manuscript. Endnote style for references and bibliography is available from the production editor upon request.

References should be complete with all necessary bibliographic data. In-line citations should be in author-year format (Author Year). SJIS uses APA 7th for references and bibliographies. All references listed must be cited, and all cited references must be included in the list of references. References must be complete, i.e., include, as appropriate, volume, number, month, publisher, city and state, editors, last name & initials of all authors, page numbers, etc. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references. References should be collected at the end of the paper under the unnumbered section “References”.

In-line citations should be of the format (Jones et al., 1995; Smith, 1996), i.e., last names of authors followed by the year. Citations are separated by semicolons. Use the abbreviation “et al.” when there are three authors or more. Citations should be sorted in the same order as in the reference list.

References to journal article. The required fields are: Author, title, journal, volume, issue, year, pages. For authors, last names are given first, even for multiple authors. For multiple authors, the last author is prefixed by “&”.

References to papers in proceedings. The required fields are: Author’s name and title of paper, editor conference name, city, pages. For editors, last names are last. Optional fields are: publisher.

References to books. The required fields are: Author's name, title, publisher, city, year.

A few examples:

Ciriello, R. F., Richter, A., & Schwabe, G. (2019). The paradoxical effects of digital artefacts on innovation practices. European Journal of Information Systems, 28(2), 149-172.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2018.1524418

Mathiassen, L., Munk-Madsen, A., Nielsen, P. A., & Stage, J. (2000). Object Oriented Analysis and Design. Marko.

Mathiassen, L., Nielsen, P. A., & Pries-Heje, J. (2002). Learning SPI in Practice. In L. Mathiassen, J. Pries-Heje, & O. Ngwenyama (Eds.), Improving Software Organizations. From Principles to Practice (pp. 3-21). Addison-Wesley.

Mathiassen, L., Pries-Heje, J., & Ngwenyama, O. (Eds.). (2002). Improving Software Organizations. From Principles to Practice. Addison-Wesley.

Schalow, P. S. R., Winkler, T. J., Repschlaeger, J., & Zarnekow, R. (2013). The Blurring Boundaries of Work-Related and Personal Media Use: A Grounded Theory Study on The Employee’s Perspective European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS 2013).

Submitting a Cover Letter

Authors must submit a cover letter with their submission. The cover letter should contain the following information:

  1. The manuscript type of submission (Regular submission, Reflection note, Special issue contribution)
  2. The manuscript's word count, including references and appendices
  3. The contribution and/or originality of the paper
  4. Short explanation why the paper is a good fit for SJIS

Generative AI declaration

Authors must state if they have used generative AI for their submission. Such statement should be added as a new Section before the References of the submission. This statement will be visible to the editors and reviewers of the article, which is why it needs to be included upon submission of the paper. The declaration will be part of the published article. The following guidelines refer specifically to the writing process and exclude potential use of AI, e.g., in the analysis of the data. Generative AI should only be utilized for improving the readability and language of the manuscript. Generative AI should be only used with human oversight and control.

Please include the following information in the statement section of the use of generative AI upon the submission of the article:

  • Title of the new section: Declaration of generative AI technologies in the writing process.
  • Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the published article.

      • The declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools, such as tools used to check grammar, spelling and references. If you have nothing to disclose, you do not need to add a statement.