Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The International Journal Management & Information Systems (IJMIS) welcomes articles that impact on international management and information systems. This journal publishes papers that significantly contribute to the understanding of any aspect of international management and especially as to how it is impacted by information systems and related fields. Using a wide range of research methods including statistical analysis, analytical work, case studies, field research and historical analysis, articles examine significant research questions from a broad range of perspectives. The purpose of IJMIS is to publish papers that significantly contribute to the field of international business and information systems.

 

IJMIS is a widely cited, completely open access journal that is important reading for management and information systems academic researchers and international business and information systems professionals. Articles may include but are not limited to any area that impacts on the conduct of international business management as it is impacted by management information systems and allied fields.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Articles submitted to the Clute Institute for possible journal publication are subjected to a double-blind, peer review process.

 

After acknowledging receipt, articles are initially reviewed by the editor to ensure suitability for review. Articles deemed ready for review are then forwarded to two outside reviewers. Articles deemed not suitable for further review or inappropriate are rejected.

 

The review process is completed within three weeks for expedited reviews and within six weeks for standard reviews. Authors have up to one year to comply with editor and reviewer concerns. Accepted articles are typically published within two to three months.

 

Publication Frequency

The International Journal of Management & Information Systems is published quarterly. Months of Distribution are: January, April, July, and October.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, remix, tweak, build upon, print, search, or link the full texts of the articles in this journal provided that appropriate credit is given.


 

Abstracting/Indexing/Directories

  • ABI Inform
  • Cabell’s Directory
  • EBSCO Discovery
  • Google Scholar
  • J-Gate
  • ProQuest
  • Ulrich’s Periodicals

 

Copernicus Journal Master List impact rating for 2011: 5.43

 

Acceptance Rate

The overall acceptance rate for the International Journal of Management & Informations Systems is 21% to 30%.

 

Code of Publication Ethics

The Clute Institute is committed to upholding the highest standards of journal publication and conference presentation ethics. The Clute Institute and its editors are committed to objective and fair double-blind peer-review of submitted manuscripts for journal publication and conference presentation and will evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. Authors submitting their manuscripts must attest that it is their original work and has not been plagiarized. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable. Reviewers must comply with the Clute Institute Code of Ethics in all respects.