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South African Journal of Information Management
Instructions to authors..../ Instructions aux auteurs....
The South African Journal of Information Management is
written for an international readership of researchers,
developers and Internet users in educational, business and
professional environments. The Journal publishes articles that
are well written, timely and insightful in the areas of research
and development as they relate to Information Management theory,
technologies, applications and services.
The purpose of the Journal is to publish, in digital format
only, high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in numbered issues,
four times a year, to reach academic staff, researchers,
practitioners and students in the fields of, inter alia,
knowledge management, record management, strategic management,
information economy, data mining, data warehousing and any
IT-related issues.
For responses to specific articles, please use the
Correspondence facility. Articles are archived and made available
on a permanent basis via the World-Wide Web.
Submission methods
1. URL submission: URL submissions must be in text or HTML
format. Files must be viewable online and must not be compressed
or encoded. Do not e-mail your URL; indicate in an e-mail the
exact URL where your paper is located.
2. E-mailed file submissions: E-mailed submissions must be in
MS Word, RTF, or Text/ASCII format. All files submitted must be
uncompressed. No ZIP, SIT, etc. files will be accepted. Attach
all related files to a single e-mail message.
E-mail address for submission:
Please provide the following information:
- Author's name
- Name(s) of co-author(s) (if applicable)
- Country of residence
- Affiliation
- Telephone and facsimile number
- E-mail address or personal URL
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
General guidelines
The peer-reviewed articles submitted for publication should
present original research (i.e. not previously published), novel
synthesis, or judicious review of current theory, method, policy,
or practice in the fields of, inter alia, information
systems management, information economy, strategic management,
records management, information management, knowledge management
and Web management.
All papers must be in English. Write with precision, clarity
and economy. Use the active voice whenever appropriate. Use
British spelling, for example behaviour, nor behavior.
Originality
All manuscripts must be original. No manuscript will be
considered which has already been published or is being
considered by another journal. When work described in conference
proceedings is substantially revised and extended, it will
however be considered for publication. By submitting a
manuscript, the author certifies that the article is not being
considered for publication nor has it been published elsewhere.
Handling of manuscripts
All manuscripts are acknowledged upon receipt. Review is
carried out as promptly as possible. The manuscript will be
reviewed by at least two anonymous experts. When a decision for
publication or rejection is made, the first author or author
designated to receive correspondence is notified.
Abstract
Each article should include an informative, comprehensive
abstract of 75 to 200 words. This abstract should succinctly
summarise the major points of the article.
Keywords and key phrases
Four to five keywords or key phrases may be furnished.
Mechanical requirements
The length of an article should not exceed 7000 words. Use as
little formatting as possible in the manuscript. Do not use a
word processor's 'style sheets'.
Artwork (screenshots, charts, graphs, tables, printouts,
illustrations, photographs)
All artwork must be submitted as JPEG, GIF or TIFF files. The
location of all artwork must be indicated in the text. All
artwork must be cited in the text, be numbered, and have
self-explanatory captions. Use the Table feature of your word
processor for charts and tables.
References
Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy of all
references and that all references cited in the text also appear
in the Reference section. All references should be in
alphabetical order by author.
Citation example for books:
Rosen, A. 1997. Looking into Intranets and the Internet: advice
for managers. New York: American Management Association.
Citation example for journals:
Raybould, B. 1995. Performance support engineering: an emerging
development methodology for enabling organisational learning.
Performance Improvement Quarterly, 8(1):7-22.
Citation example for conferences:
Cullen, R. 1998. Does performance measurement improve
organisational effectiveness? A post-modern analysis. In
Proceedings of the 2nd Northumbria International Conference on
Performance Measurement, September 1997. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Citation example for URLs:
Emtage, A., Heelan, B., and Rodgers, R.P.C. 1999. Publishing a
multimedia journal via the Web. [Online]. Available WWW: .
Jefferson, T. 1989. The declaration of independence. [Online].
Available FTP: quake.think.com.
All contributions are welcome but the Scientific Editor
reserves the right to decide on the publication of all
contributions.
The peer-reviewed articles submitted for publication should
present original research (i.e. not previously published), novel
synthesis, or judicious review of current theory, method, policy,
or practice in the fields of, inter alia, information systems
management, information economy, strategic management, records
management, information management, knowledge management and
World-Wide Web management.
Article submission, review, and publication are accomplished
entirely electronically. Subscribers will be notified by e-mail
when a new issue has been published.
Published since June 1999, it is circulated to scientists and
practitioners worldwide. The management will maintain the
standard required for international indexing services.
Articles are citable. Peer-reviewed articles are archived for
permanency.
Contact information
Should you require more information on submitting articles and
preparing materials for publication, contact:
Editor: SA Journal of Information Management
c/o Department of Information Studies
Rand Afrikaans University
PO Box 524
Auckland Park 2006
South Africa
E-mail:
Tel: +27 11 489-2899
Fax: +27 11 489-2822
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