Copyright
Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed.
For details of Emerald's editorial policy on plagiarism, please see ourplagarism in depth information.
Submissions should be sent to:
Editor
Dr. David G.Schwartz Information Systems Division Head Graduate School of Business Adminstration Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900 Israel Tel: + 972 54 890 060 Fax: +972 3 535 3182 E-mail: dschwar@mail.biu.ac.il
(Articles created in Microsoft or compatible format may be submitted by e-mail attachment.)
Editorial objectives Internet Research, established in 1991, was the first scholarly journal to devote itself to collecting serious research about the Internet and its applications and uses, specifically organizational.
The journal aims to discuss, assess and foster understanding of the role of wide-area multipurpose computer networks, specifically the Internet.
Editorial scope The primary focus is business and organizational applications of the Internet, such as marketing, promotion, data collection, research, customer service, publishing, educational, legal and security issues.
The Editor encourages a wide range of submissions and contributions, including research findings, critical essays, trend analyses, anecdotal experiences, product and service reviews and commentaries, book and other publication reviews, and other areas of interest.
Subscribers to the journal include executives, educators and researchers in commercial, academic, government and library organizations.
The reviewing process Papers are normally reviewed by two or more members of the journal's review board. Where possible, submissions will be blind-reviewed using electronic network technology.
For this reason, all manuscripts should be accompanied by a copy of the article on disk or should also be submitted by e-mail.
Emerald Literati Editing Service The Literati Club can recommend the services of a number of freelance copy editors, all themselves experienced authors, to contributors who wish to improve the standard of English in their paper before submission. This is particularly useful for those whose first language is not English. www.emeraldinsight.com/editingservice
Manuscript requirements The manuscript should be submitted as a Word or rtf document, formatted with double spacing and wide margins. All authors should be shown and author's details must be printed on a separate sheet and the author should not be identified anywhere else in the article.
As a guide, articles should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words in length. A title of not more than eight words should be provided. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including full name, affiliation, e-mail address and full international contact details.Authors must supply a structured abstract set out under 4-6 sub-headings: Purpose; Methodology/Approach; Findings; Research limitations/implications (if applicable); Practical implications (if applicable); and, the Originality/value of paper. Maximum is 250 words in total. In addition provide up to six keywords which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper and categorise your paper under one of these classifications: Research paper, Viewpoint, Technical paper, Conceptual paper, Case study, Literature review or General review. For more information and guidance on structured abstracts visit: www.emeraldinsight.com/structuredabstracts
Where there is a methodology, it should be clearly described under a separate heading. Headings must be short, clearly defined and not numbered. Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.
Figures, charts and diagrams should be kept to a minimum. They should be provided both electronically and as good quality originals. They must be black and white with minimum shading and numbered consecutively using arabic numerals.
Artwork should be either copied or pasted from the origination software into a blank Microsoft Word document, or saved and imported into a blank Microsoft Word document. Artwork created in MS Powerpoint is also acceptable. Artwork may be submitted in the following standard image formats: .eps - Postscript, .pdf - Adobe Acrobat portable document, .ai - Adobe Acrobat portable document, .wmf - Windows Metafile. If it is not possible to supply graphics in the formats listed above, authors should ensure that figures supplied as .tif, .gif, .jpeg, .bmp, .pcx, .pic, .pct are supplied as files of at least 300 dpi and at least 10cm wide.
In the text the position of a figure should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Figure 2". Authors should supply succinct captions.
For photographic images good quality original photographs should be submitted. If submitted electronically they should be saved as tif files of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Their position in the text should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Plate 2".
Tables should be kept to a minimum. They must be numbered consecutively with roman numerals and a brief title. In the text, the position of the table should be shown by typing on a separate line the words "take in Table IV".
Photos and illustrations must be supplied as good quality black and white original half tones with captions. Their position should be shown in the text by typing on a separate line the words "take in Plate 2".
References to other publications should be complete and in Harvard style.They should contain full bibliographical details and journal titles shouldnot be abbreviated. For multiple citations in the same year use a, b, cimmediately following the year of publication. References should be shownwithin the text by giving the author's last name followed by a comma andyear of publication all in round brackets, e.g. (Fox, 1994). At the end ofthe article should be a reference list in alphabetical order as follows
(a) for books surname, initials and year of publication, title, publisher, place ofpublication, e.g.Casson, M. (1979), Alternatives to the MultinationalEnterprise, Macmillan, London.
(b) for chapter in edited book surname, initials and year, "title", editor's surname, initials, title,publisher, place, pages, e.g.Bessley, M. and Wilson, P. (1984), "Publicpolicy and small firms in Britain", in Levicki, C. (Ed.), Small BusinessTheory and Policy, Croom Helm, London, pp.111-26. Please note that thechapter title must be underlined.
(c) for articles surname, initials, year "title", journal, volume, number, pages, e.g.Fox, S.(1994) "Empowerment as a catalyst for change: an example from the foodindustry", Supply Chain Management, Vol 2 No 3, pp. 29-33
If there is more than one author list surnames followed by initials. Allauthors should be shown.
Electronic sources should include the URL of the electronic site at whichthey may be found, as follows: Neuman, B.C.(1995), "Security, payment, and privacy for network commerce",IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 13 No.8, October,pp.1523-31. Available (IEEE SEPTEMBER) http://www.research.att.com/jsac/
Notes/Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary. They should,however, always be used for citing Web sites. They should be identified inthe text by consecutive numbers enclosed in square brackets and listed atthe end of the article. Please then provide full Web site addresses in the end list.
Final submission of the article Once accepted for publication, the final version of the manuscript must be provided, accompanied by a 3.5" disk, Zip disk or CD-ROM of the same version labelled with: disk format (Macintosh or PC); author name(s); title of article; journal title; file name.
Each article must be accompanied by a completed and signed Journal Article Record Form available from the Editor or on www.emeraldinsight.com/jarform. Authors should note that proofs are not supplied prior to publication.
The manuscript will be considered to be the definitive version of the article. The author must ensure that it is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. In preparing the disk, please use one of the following preferred formats: Word, Word Perfect, Rich text format or TeX/LaTeX.
Technical assistance is available by contacting Mike Massey at Emerald, e-mail mmassey@emeraldinsight.com.
A summary of submission requirements:
- Good quality hard copy manuscript
- A labelled disk
- A brief professional biography of each author
- An abstract and keywords
- Figures, photos and graphics electronically and as good quality originals
- Harvard style references where appropriate
- A completed Journal Article Record form
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