Forwarded message from [spalvia@LIU.EDU (Dr. Shailendra Palvia)] sent originally on Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:56:18 -0700: : Dear ISWORLD members: : : The following sumamrizes the Mission, Scope, Coverage, and Review Process : for manuscripts submitted for publication in JITCA. : : Please submit ELECTRONICALLY your manuscript for publication consideration : as Research article or Teaching case article. : : The entire process from manuscript submission from authors to sending : article to reviewers to receiving reviewed articles back from reviewers to : getting final recommendation from an associate editor to final notification : to the author(s) from the editor-in-chief is accomplished electronically -- : thus substantially reducing the time from original submission to final : decision. The average time so far has been around 6 months. : : Sincerely : : Shailendra Palvia : ****************************************************************** : : Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications (JITCA) : www.liu.edu/jitca : Editor-in-Chief: Shailendra C. Jain Palvia, College of Management : Long Island University/ C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY 11548. USA. : Tel: 516-299-2302 Fax: 516-299-3131 : spalvia@liu.edu : : Mission: In this era of uncontrollable explosion of information technology : (IT) and its applications, : the gap between theory and practice, frameworks and applications keeps : widening. This novel journal will focus on cases and applications that : explain existing theories and concepts or that help in building new : theories and frameworks. This journal should be of great value to : professors and students as well as researchers and practitioners of IT. It : is a refereed international quarterly journal that is supported : by IT scholars from all over the world. Finally, the journal is : international in all respects: content, article authorship, readership, and : the editorial board. : : Scope and Coverage: JITCA will publish articles about cases and : applications studies focusing on any : size of organization: start-up, small, medium, large, or multinational : company. These cases and : applications can originate from any country in the world: advanced, newly : industrialized, developing, or under-developed. Furthermore, the primary : thrust of a case or application may include artificial intelligence, : business process reengineering, cross-cultural issues, cybernetics, : decision support systems, electronic commerce, firewalls and internet, : groupware, human side of IT, information infrastructures, : joint application development, knowledge based systems, local area : networks, management information systems, neural networks, office : automation, prototyping, query languages, robotics, systems analysis, : telemedicine, ubiquitous computing, video-conferencing, webonomics, and so : on. : : Generally, there will be two research articles and one teaching case : article. Research articles will be based on actual case studies and/or : applications studies utilizing case study, field study, and/or field : experiment research methodology (JITCA, volume 1, number 4, editorial : preface). Each teaching case submission to JITCA will include three : components: the case itself, a summary research note, and a : detailed teaching note. These three components will be reviewed as a : package; the journal's decision to publish the case will be determined by : the quality of the case itself and the accompanying research and teaching : notes. The most important contribution of this journal will be to : disseminate current and : relevant IT cases and applications to educators, managers, practitioners, : and researchers all over the : world. : : Call for Manuscripts: The journal encourages manuscript submissions from : authors all over the world, : from academia, government, and industry. The journal will also include : reviews of cutting edge IT books : that have bearing on the journal's mission. Practitioner input will be : regularly solicited from : time-to-time through the industry editor(s) of JITCA. To utilize cutting : edge IT, authors are strongly encouraged to make their submissions : electronically to the editor-in-chief by attaching file(s) in appropriate : format. : : Review Process: Each suitable article is double blind-reviewed by three : members of the editorial review board. A final recommendation is made by : the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with an Associate Editor. If a revision : is recommended, the revised paper is sent for a final approval to one of : the Associate Editors. : : Style: Submitted manuscripts must be written in the APA (American : Psychological Association) editorial style. Footnotes are not allowed. : Endnotes should be kept to a minimum; instead the material should be : incorporated in the body of the paper. References should be listed in : alphabetical order. The suggested length is about 20 pages not counting : references, tables, and figures. 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