Journal of Information
Systems Education

The Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE)is seeking original articles on current topics of special interest to IS Educators and Trainers. Research or application oriented articles that describe curriculum, pedagogy, professional development or educational facilities issues will be considered for publication in the journal. Possible topics include: course projects/cases, lecture materials, curriculum design and/or implementation, workshops, faculty/student internal/external programs, hardware/software selection, industry relations, etc. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed by a rigorous evaluation process involving at least two blind reviews by qualified academic, industrial, or governmental computing professionals. Submissions will be judged not only on the suitability of the content, but also on the readability and clarity of the prose.

The Journal of Information Systems Education solicits only original contributions that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for review/publication. Papers awaiting presentation or already presented at conferences must be revised (ideally, taking advantage of feedback received at the conference) and have a slightly modified title to receive consideration. In an effort to reduce the reviewing cycle time, JISE only accepts electronic submissions of manuscripts. To submit electronically, please include a Word file of your submission as an e-mail attachment addressed to editor@jise.org. In the body of your e-mail message include the author(s) name(s), contact information for the corresponding author, and the title of your submission. Your submission will be acknowledged promptly via return e-mail. All contributions must be submitted in English and will be printed without charge. See the Initial Submission Instructions for the format and requirements of your initial submission to JISE.

All manuscripts selected for publication must maintain a high standard of content, style and value to the readership. An important criterion for acceptance of a manuscript for publication is the relevance of the work to the educational/training environment and its potential usefulness for advancing the quality of IS education or training.

General Submission Format
The initial manuscript should be double-spaced, contain a single column, utilize 12 point New Times Roman font, and contain 1" margins on all sides. The title should be centered across the top of the first and second pages, be of 18 point Times New Roman font, and have only the initial letters capitalized. Major headings are to be column centered, numbered (e.g. 1.), in a capitalized bold font. First level sub-headings are to be numbered (e.g. 1.1), in a bold font and left justified. No blank line is to appear between the first level sub-heading and the text. Tables and figures should be included in the text and should appear in the text right after the paragraph in which they were referenced. Manuscripts should be edited for spelling and grammar.

Teaching Tips
JISE solicits teaching tips for a regular column on “Teaching Tips.” Contributors will be acknowledged by having an edited version of their tips with their name and affiliation published in the Journal. Tips should be from two to six pages long and should address the contributor’s experience using the tip (both what works and what didn’t work).

Teaching Cases
JISE solicits teaching cases for publication and use by readers in their curriculums. Case study approaches to teaching information systems concepts are recognized as the important and valuable techniques.. Cases promote active learning-by doing, rather than the more traditional lecture-based approach, and thus encourage the development of those higher-level skills (such as creative problem-solving, interpersonal communication and group/teamwork) that employers increasingly demand of new graduates and prospective employees. We invite the submission of original, high quality cases. Accepted cases will available to IS educators worldwide. Cases submitted should:

• Address a recognizable IS subject matter
• Have a clear sense of purpose
• Provide a sense of worldly realism
• Be reasonably objective in presentation and tone
• Address a timely topic

Teaching notes should accompany the case submission. Teaching notes will not be published in JISE, but will be made available to JISE subscribers through the JISE web site. More information on submitting a teaching case with notes. For more information on writing IS teaching cases, see the paper “Writing IS Teaching Cases: Guidelines for JISE Submission” in the Volume 13(4) issue to JISE or access the paper at: http://jise.org/Writing_Teaching_Cases.pdf.

Page 1 of the Initial Submission
Page 1 of your submission should contain the title of the paper and should identify all authors, including authors' names, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses. Authors' names should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript, except possibly as part of the reference list.  If you are citing your own work, it must be blind; for example, "in our previous research (2008)", you must rephrase it as "previous research suggests...”(Doe, 2011) or other appropriate variation.

Page 2 of the Initial Submission
Page 2 of your submission should contain the title of the paper, followed by an Abstract that does not exceed about 250 words. The Abstract is followed by the text of the paper.

Reference Citations
Reference citation ordering and format should follow published JISE articles. Reference 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. Any reference contained in the text must be included in the Reference section and vice versa. References in the text should be of the format: (Harris et al., 2005; Johnson, 2006). Quotes from a source must include the page number (Johnson, 2006, pp. 223). References must be complete. For authors, last names are given first, even for multiple authors. References to periodicals should include: Author, title, journal, volume, number, month, year, pages. References to books should include: Author's name (same style as above), title, publisher, city, state/country, and year. Page(s), or chapter(s) should be cited where an idea or concept was taken from a portion of the book. References to reports or proceedings: Author's name and title of report or proceedings (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. In the References section of the paper, all author names must be listed; under no circumstances may you use "et al." in the References section of the paper. Following are four examples. They include a journal article, a book, a report/proceeding, and a web page.

Chappel, J. J. and Schwager, P. H. (2002) "Writing IS Teaching Cases: Guidelines for JISE Submission," Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 287-293.

Applegate, L. M., Austin, R. D., and McFarlan, F. W. (2003) Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 137.

Kruck, S. E. (2010) "Social Engineering," in Lexicon of Online and Distance Learning by Lawrence A. Tomei, (Ed.). Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 567-568.

Initial Submission of Manuscripts, Teaching Tips, and Teaching Cases for the Review Process (2010), Retrieved May 1, 2010, from http://jise.org/Initial.htm

Paper Length
The paper should not normally exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including all sections, figures, tables, etc. However, the Editor reserves the right to consider longer articles of major importance to the IS Education field.

Other Information
For the review process, authors should not include any biography or picture. These will only be required if the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Electronic submissions should be sent to editor@jise.org.

This page last updated 01 February 2011

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