Author Instructions

Author Instructions

Manuscripts should be submitted through the JISSec peer review management system in Word, RTF or PDF format.
In special circumstances papers will be accepted in paper format, but this may considerably delay the review process (N.B. authors are advised to contact the Editor before submitting hardcopy).

Copyright

The copyright of all material published in JISSec is held by the Information Institute. The author must complete and return the copyright agreement before publication.
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Copy

All manuscripts should be word-processed (letter or correspondence-quality font).
Funding sources should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section.

If the paper has been presented previously at a conference or other professional meeting, this fact, the date, and the sponsoring organization should be given in a footnote on the first page.
Papers awaiting presentation or already presented at conferences must be revised (ideally, taking advantage of feedback received at the conference) in order to receive consideration.
Articles published in or under consideration for other journals should not be submitted.
Enhanced versions of book chapters can be considered. Authors need to seek permission from the book publishers for such publications.

The following information should also be included in the final version of the manuscript not the version submitted for review. Please follow review submission system guidelines.

Page 1

• Paper Title (6-12 words)
• Author Name(s): Do not include author(s) name(s) anywhere else in paper except in bio or reference list as appropriate
• Address(es)
• Phone numbers
• Fax numbers
• Email addresses 

Page 2

• Paper title
• Acknowledgements
• Author biographies: 60 to 100 words in paragraph form. These may include present position, titles, degrees, experience, major publications or presentations, research interests, areas of professional expertise, etc.

Page 3

• Paper title
• Abstract
• Keywords: Select 5-10 words or phrases to be used for indexing, in consultation with a technical thesaurus, if helpful. These might include important terms from the title, their synonyms, or related words. Do not use prepositions.
• Do not use hyphens unless the hyphenated parts are always treated as a unit. Use terms that are as specific as possible and whose meaning is generally known.

Page 4

• Paper title
• Beginning of paper

If an article is accepted, author(s) must provide a machine-readable (Word or Word Perfect) version and graphics (figures) in GIF, PNG, TIFF, or PowerPoint (preferred) format. Permissions for reprinted material are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and must be obtained in writing prior to publication.

Headings

Headings should be clearly delineated. To reduce the possibilities for misinterpretation, degrees of importance of headings should be shown as follows:

MAJOR HEAD

Separate line centered over text; bold; all caps

First Subhead

Separate line centered over text; bold; upper/lower case

Second Subhead

Separate line, flush left; bold; upper/lower case

Third Subhead

On the same line as beginning of text, flush left; bold; upper/lower case; followed by a colon :

References

Entries should be ordered alphabetically (in text and Reference section) according to authors' or editors' last names, or the title of the work for items with no author or editor listed. References in text must be included in Reference section and vice versa. References in text should be of the format: (Jones et al. 1995; Smith 1996).

References to items in periodicals: Author, year, title, journal, volume, number, month, pages. For authors, last names are given first, even for multiple authors.

References to reports or proceedings: Author's name, year, title of report (same style as above), report number, source, editor and/or publisher as appropriate, city and state/country of publisher or conference as appropriate, including date and pages.

References to books: Author's name (same style as above), year, title, publisher, city, state/country, page, or chapter.

JISSec References Style Sheet

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Book

Angell, I.O. (2000), The New Barbarian Manifesto, Kogan Page, London.

Chapter in Book

Coase, R.H. (1991), ‘The Nature of the Firm’, in The Nature of the Firm: origins, evolution and development, eds. O.E.Williamson and S.G.Winter, Oxford University Press.

Journal

Brynjolfsson, E. and Hitt, L. (1996), "Paradox Lost? Firm-Level Evidence on the Returns to Information Systems," Management Science, 42 (4): 541-558.

Newspaper Article

Boggan, Steve (2004), ‘Bluesnarfing puts mobile security at risk’, The Times, 14 April 2004.

Website

CBS (2004), ‘Feds Throw Book at Ex-Enron CEO’, CBSnews.com, 7 April 2004.

Conference Proceedings

Bloke, A. and Dowe, B. (2003). 'Title of the article'. Name of the conference. Dec 1-3. New Orleans, LA.

Thesis

Bloke, G. (1995). 'Title of the thesis'. Department. Name of the school, Name of the University. City, Unpublished PhD Thesis.

Bios

A short one paragraph bio of 50-75 words should be added at the very end of the paper, after the References and Appendices, for each author of the paper.