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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • All authors use their institutional credentials to lodge a submission or provide an explanation as to why that is not possible
  • The submission document(s) are anonymised, including author preferences metadata.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word (or equivalent) or PDF file format.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the prescribed length. Failure to comply will lead to an automatic decline.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, references must include DOI or URL links.

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Format

Final presentation will be done by the editorial team, so your keep your submission format as simple as possible.

Text should be

  • Prepared according to the Submission Preparation Checklist above,
  • Double spaced, 
  • Left justified, 
  • Without paragraph indenting, 
  • Times Roman 12 point font. 
  • Margins are 2.5cm top, bottom, left, and right, 
  • Page size A4, 
  • Headings numbered,
  • Pages numbered,
  • Diagrams and images placed appropriately within the text,
  • Abstract should be a single paragraph of 150 - 200 words,
  • Length as specified below, excluding references and appendices when formatted as above.

Please be aware that in case text and/or materials of your submission have been published at a conference previously you need to make sure that your submitted manuscript differs at least 30%, preferably 40% from any published conference paper version.

Only include as authors those who have made a substantive contribution; those who have made marginal contributions (for example, colleagues or supervisors who have reviewed a draft of the work prior to submission) should be named in an Acknowledgments paragraph after the conclusions.

References must be formatted using the American Psychological Association style, preferably the "APA 7th" style as described in the APA style reference guide. If you are using the EndNote application, use the "APA 6th" style. DOI URLs are preferred over generic URLs. More useful information about citations and referencing can be found here.

The length of the manuscript should be commensurate with content, and on the close order of 30 A4 pages* (double spaced, including tables and diagrams, but not including abstract and references). Where manuscripts significantly vary from 30 pages justification needs to be made to the editor.

Guidelines on using this system.

Resubmission of Revisions 

Authors who have been requested to revise their manuscripts are expected to resubmit their amended manuscript within a 12 week period. Authors should contact the AJIS if they are unable to fulfil this requirement. In the case of no contact and no resubmission in the preferred period the journal will decline the submission and exclude it from any further review process.

Research Articles

Research Articles
This section is for full papers other than those solicited for special sections.
All research articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process

Research on Indigenous use of Information and Communication Technologies

Research on Indigenous use of Information and Communication Technologies
All articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process.

Selected Papers from the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)

Selected Papers from the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)
The section on Selected Papers from the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) is restricted to papers approved for submission by the Section Editors. All articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process.

Research on Applied Ethics

Research on Applied Ethics
This Section is not currently accepting submissions.

Research on Information Systems Design

Research on Information Systems Design
This section is not accepting submissions

Research on Information Systems Development

Research on Information Systems Development
This section is no longer accepting submissions.

Research Notes

Research Notes

This section is currently not accepting any submissions.

A Research Note is an article giving a brief description of an exciting, innovative, new and groundbreaking IS topic or idea, including the modification of a methodology, method or associated tool. It should be timely and relevant to AJIS’s primary readership: the international Information Systems academic and professional community. Research notes provide an outlet for publication of information that is relevant and important, but may lack spatial or temporal replication. It should clearly state (& justify) the nature of any proposed contributions in terms of developing the IS community It should be no more than 2,500 words, and can include two figures or tables. It should have at least eight references. Research notes will be sent for limited peer review. Research notes are not designed to serve as an outlet for publication of research that lacks appropriate scope or is better suited for other outlets.

 

Post-Publication Reviews

Post-Publication Reviews

This section is currently not accepting any submissions.


The information systems discipline is dynamic, with developments which often outpace the normal publishing programme of a journal. AJIS is interested in developing the discipline and encouraging constructive discussion leading to the strengthening of ideas and argument through Post Publication Reviews. Accordingly, AJIS invites short reviews (no more than 1,000 words) of papers it has published, subject to the following guidelines:

  1. All reviews must be signed and will be attributed 
  2. All reviews should address a substantive issue on a recently published paper 
  3. All reviews should be be written in a positive tone, not as a listing of negative comments 
  4. A submitted review will be sent to the corresponding author of that paper for a response to the review, which will be published simultaneously 
  5. If the corresponding author declines to respond, a note to that effect will appear with the review

The AJIS Editor-in-Chief has the final decision on whether a Post-Publication Review will be accepted. 

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