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Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems

Policies

Submissions

SJIS promotes careful application of all kinds of datasets for theory development and validation. SJIS seeks to promote open and critical data sharing and triangulation across IS scholars. Authors need to recognize the following policies with regard to the use of their data sets while submitting to SJIS:

  1. All authors using empirical data sets must make them available on request for editors or reviewers after anonymizing the data.
  2. Authors need to communicate clearly during submission, preferably in the cover letter, whether the data set has been used before and specify where it has been used. All data sets collected or applied need to meet established criteria for data privacy, confidentiality, and recognition of study subjects. SJIS and AIS accept no responsibility regarding the accuracy of data provided by authors of papers they publish, nor any liability for consequences related to the publication and/or use of those data.

GenAI policy

The SJIS policy regulating the use of Generative AI (GenAI) was updated in December 2025. It aims to foster accountability, transparency, and ethical use of GenAI to improve the quality of scientific publications. Effective for all new submissions.

This policy may evolve further in dialogue with the community of the Scandinavian Association for Information Systems (IRIS) as we continue to learn more on the relation of these emerging technologies to preparing research for publication.

"GenAI tools" will hereby refer to all applications based on Large Language Models (e.g., suites of ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Grammarly, DeepSeek and other similar applications) that create and modify content.

General guidelines:

  • Authors and reviewers are ethically responsible and accountable for the texts they submit.
  • AI tools cannot be credited as authors.
  • The use of GenAI tools is permitted solely for language editing purposes (see "Guidelines for authors" for GenAI tools used as part of the research design).

Guidelines for authors of submitted papers:

  • 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 with the following structure:
    • Title: Declaration of generative AI technologies in the writing process.
    • Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] [VERSION of MODEL] 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.
  • 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 statement should include what GenAI tool and version was used.
  • Only uses of GenAI tools that go beyond the usual functions of grammar/typo detection (as available for example in Word) must be declared. Use of tools such as writing assistant software must be declared.
  • If GenAI tools have been used as part of the research design, their role and function should be accounted for clearly in the research method section (or equivalent).

Guidelines for reviewers:

Reviewers are strictly forbidden from uploading any part of a manuscript or its content to GenAI tools without explicit editorial or author consent, to maintain confidentiality.

Review process

The Editor-in-Chief does initial screening of each manuscript. Manuscripts that are found to be within the scope of the journal regarding contents and quality undergo a double-blind review process, with three reviewers assigned for each paper.

Code of Research Conduct

All prospective authors must adhere to the AIS Code of Research Conduct in their work. Authors who believe their work has been plagiarized or subjected to other scholarly misconduct are urged to consult Guidelines for a Victim. AIS Council's process for dealing with allegations of scholarly misconduct in the Association's journals and proceedings is detailed in AIS Research Conduct Committee Process Guidelines.

Copyright

Submission of an article to SJIS implies that the manuscript is not copyrighted and is not currently under review by any other journal or conference proceedings. SJIS has an open access policy. Authors may immediately self-archive their articles without an embargo period.

Access to the journal

The SJIS publishes two issues per year. Some volumes include a special issue and/or a debate forum on a theme relevant to the journal.

Current members of the IRIS Association automatically get a copy of the journal. See IRIS Association on how to become a member.

The electronic journal https://aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/ is free to all.

SJIS archive

The SJIS archive provides free access to all published articles of the journal. This means that you can view, download, copy and redistribute any article without a subscription.
The SJIS archive is available from https://aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/.