期刊名称：INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
 Information Technology and Management has been accepted for Social Sciences Citation Index and Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences and will first appear with an Impact Factor in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published in June 2010.
Changes in the hardware, software and telecommunication technologies play a major role in the way our society is evolving. During the last decade, the rate of change in information technology has increased. Indeed it is clear that we are now entering an era where explosive change in telecommunication technology combined with ever increasing computing power will lead to profound changes in information systems that support our organizations. These changes will affect the way our organizations function, will lead to new business opportunities and will create a need for new non-profit organizations. Governments and international organizations do and will have to scramble to create policies and laws for control of public goods and services such as airwaves and public networks. Educational institutions will continue to change the content of educational materials they deliver to include new knowledge and skills. In addition these institutions will change the delivery mechanisms for disseminating these materials.
By definition, information technology is very wide. There are a number of journals that address different technologies such as databases, knowledge bases, multimedia, group-ware, telecommunications, etc. This current trend is understandable because these technologies are indeed complex and often have a multitude of technical issues requiring in-depth study. On the other hand, business solutions almost always require integration of a number of these technologies. Therefore it is important to have a journal where the readers will be exposed not only to different technologies but also to their impact on information system design, functionality, operations and management. It should be emphasized that information systems include not only machines but also humans; therefore, the journal will be an outlet for studies dealing with man/machine interface, human factors and organizational issues. Furthermore, managerial issues arising from and dealing with management of information technology and systems including strategic issues are included in the domain of coverage. The topics of coverage will include but will not be limited to the following list:
Managing with Information Technology;
Management of Information Technology and Systems;
Introduction and Diffusion of IT;
Strategic Impact of IT;
Economics of IS and IT;
New Information Technologies and Their Impact on Organizations;
Human Factors in Information Systems;
Man/Machine Interface, GUI;
IS and Organizational Research Issues;
Graphical Problem Solving;
Multimedia Applications;
Knowledge Acquisition and Representation;
Knowledge Bases;
Data Modeling;
Database Management Systems;
Data Mining;
Model Management Systems;
Systems Analysis, Design and Development;
Case Technologies;
Object Oriented Design Methodologies;
System Design Methodologies;
System Development Environments;
Performance Modeling and Analysis;
Software Engineering;
Artificial Intelligence Applications to Organizational/Business Problems;
Expert Systems;
Decision Support Systems;
Machine Learning;
Neural Network Applications;
Meta-Heuristics and Business Problem Solving;
Distributed Computer Systems, Legacy Systems, Client - Server Computing;
End User Computing;
Information Systems for Virtual Organizations;
IS and IT for Business Process Re-engineering;
IS for Total Quality Control;
IS for Supporting Team Work;
Negotiation Support Systems;
Group Decision Support Systems;
EDI;
Internet/WWW Applications;
Telecommunication Networks;
IT and International Information Systems;
Security in Networks and Systems;
Public Policy Issues dealing with Telecommunication;
Networks and Airways;
IS and IT Training;
GIS;
IS and IT Applications, e.g., in logistics, marketing, accounting, finance and operations.
Officially cited as: Inf Technol Manag
Abstracted/Indexed in:
ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, British Education Index, Cengage, CompuScience, Computer Science Index, CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences, Google Scholar, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, OCLC, SCOPUS, Social Science Citation Index, Social SciSearch, Summon by Serial Solutions, TOC Premier, VINITY - Russian Academy of Science
Instructions to Authors
Editorial procedure
Procedures to be Followed by Guest Editors
After the signing of an agreement with the Editor–in Chief, the Guest Editor(s) will prepare a Call for Papers and send out invitations to prominent researchers. Two types of invitations will be made:
Prominent researchers will be invited to develop state-of-the-art survey, tutorial, and research papers. Since all papers must be refereed, these papers will also undergo a rigorous refereeing process. However, the refereeing will be conducted to give feedback to the invited authors so as to improve the quality of their papers. Nevertheless, at least two positive referee reports will be required for acceptance.
Other researchers and practitioners will be invited to submit papers. These papers will go through the regular refereeing process.
When soliciting papers, a deadline has to be communicated to the authors. This deadline should leave enough time to those authors whose most recent research has to be finalized, but should be close enough to allow an efficient procedure. Usually, a deadline of six months from the date of solicitation seems reasonable. Also, authors declining the invitation should be urged to communicate their decision promptly so that other contributors may be contacted.
Manuscripts should be sent out for refereeing as soon as they arrive. Each manuscript should be sent to at least two referees who will be asked to report within eight weeks. A month after the letter of request, the referees should be reminded that their evaluation is expected by the end of the following month. Every effort should be made to secure the reports in a reasonable time.
The refereeing procedure of the Guest Editors’ own submission(s) will be handled by the Editor–in–Chief.
After receipt of the referees’ reports, those authors who have to revise their manuscripts should be notified immediately. Rejection letters should also be sent promptly. At the same time, a fixed deadline for returning the revised manuscripts should be set.
Revised manuscripts should be sent out for a second round of refereeing whenever it seems necessary. At this time, at least two referees should be used for each manuscript and six weeks should be given to the referees to send back their reports. Following the receipt of these reports, the authors of the rejected papers should be notified and the authors of papers requiring minor revisions asked to return them promptly.
Acceptance of manuscripts has to be agreed upon by both the Guest Editor(s) and the Editor–in–Chief. For this purpose, manuscripts recommended by the Guest Editor(s) for acceptance should be sent to the Editor–in–Chief along with at least two positive referee reports, their cover letters on both the initial and the revised versions, as well as all relevant correspondence. After the Editor–in–Chief’s agreement, the Guest Editor(s) will notify the authors of the acceptance of their papers.
The final version of the manuscript must be prepared according to the Instructions to Authors and should be sent to the Editor–in–Chief at the below address together with all of the items requested in the Instructions to Authors.
Professor Hasan Pirkul
The Journal of Information Technology & Management
School of Management
P.O. Box 830688
University of Texas at Dallas, J052
Richardson, TX 75083, U.S.A.
Email: hpirkul@utdallas.edu
The Editor–in–Chief will send the accepted manuscripts to the Publisher without waiting for the completion of the volume. The Publisher takes care of all technical matters thereafter. These include the technical editing for the typesetters and the mailing of the proofs to the authors for proofreading. The authors are requested to return their corrected proofs to the technical editor for finalization. Author index and table of contents are prepared by the Publisher following the instructions given by the Guest Editor(s). Section headings, the sequence of articles, as well as the preface or introduction are arranged by the Guest Editor(s).
Manuscript submission
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- Journal article
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of information systems. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
- Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Mathematical theory of communication. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
- Book
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of scheduling strategies. Blackwell, London
- Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) Experimental economics. In: Smith J (ed) Data decisions, 3rd edn. Springer, New York
- Online document
Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The handbook of data mining. Royal Society of Economics. Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 1999
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
H. Pirkul
School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Varghese S. Jacob
School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Advisory Board:
Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University; Rajiv Banker, Temple University; Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia; Prabuddha De, Purdue University; Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel Aviv University; Bezalel Gavish, Southern Methodist University; Blake Ives, University of Houston; Wong Poh Kam, National University of Singapore; Ronald M. Lee, Florida International University; Salvatore March, Vanderbilt University; Haim Mendelson, Stanford University; Daniel Robey, Georgia State University; Vallabh Sambamurthy, Michigan State University; Dong-Wan Tcha, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology; Andrew B. Whinston, University of Texas at Austin; Robert W. Zmud, University of Oklahoma
Editorial Board:
Nabil R. Adam, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Anurag Agarwal, University of Florida; Ritu Agarwal, University of Maryland; Kemal Altinkemer, Purdue University; Ali Amiri, Oklahoma State University; Amit Basu, Southern Methodist University; Janis Bubenko Jr., Dept. of Computer and Systems Science KTH and SU, Sweden; Vasant Dhar, New York University; Amitava Dutta, George Mason University; Robert C. Goldstein, University of British Columbia; Alan R. Hevner, University of South Florida; Clyde W. Holsapple, University of Kentucky; Hemant K. Jain, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen; Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa, University of Texas at Austin; Joakim Kalvenes, The University of Texas at Dallas; Robert J. Kauffman, Arizona State University; Gary J. Koehler, University of Florida; Ramayya Krishnan, Carnegie Mellon University; Akhil Kumar, Penn State University; Albert L. Lederer, University of Kentucky; Arvind Malhotra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Michael V. Mannino, University of Colorado, Denver; James R. Marsden, University of Connecticut; Nirup M. Menon, George Mason University; Vijay Mookerjee, University of Texas at Dallas; Waleed A. Muhanna, Ohio State University; Sridhar Narasimhan, George Institute of Technology; Shamkant B. Navathe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel E. O'Leary, University of Southern California; Levent Orman, Cornell University; M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo; Prashant C. Palvia, University of Memphis; June S. Park, Samsung SDS Co., Korea; Sudha Ram, University of Arizona; Erik Rolland, University of California, Riverside; Young Ryu, University of Texas at Dallas; Sumit Sarkar, University of Texas at Dallas; Arie Segev, University of California, Berkeley; Abraham Seidmann, University of Rochester; Michael J. Shaw, University of Illinois at U-C; Olivia R. Sheng, University of Utah; Giri K. Tayi, State University of New York, Albany; Vijay Vaishnavi, Georgia State University
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