Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) is developing a new
scholarly journal, Advances in Research on Information and Technology. Conceived
by professors Paul Gandel and Jeff Stanton, the journal seeks to inform professionals
who manage information in companies, libraries, government, education or nonprofit
organizations on the rapid development of technology in their field. Associate
professor of information studies Jian Qin was appointed the senior editor for a two-
year term. The journal is set to launch this summer.
"ARIT will provide a concentrated dose of critical updates for busy professionals who
must access the latest and most important findings in the information field," says
Stanton, associate dean for research and doctoral programs.
The journal will be published internationally in electronic and paper formats by the
Academy of Asian Scholars. The publisher is exploring a unique sale royalty model,
in which authors will be paid for each published paper, based on print circulation,
library and institutional subscriptions, and individual electronic article downloads.
Advances in Research on Information and Technology will deliver content to laptops,
mobile devices and book readers in multiple languages, almost immediately after the
manuscript is finalized. The publication will also be available in paper and electronic
form by subscription to libraries, institutions and other organizations.
"We hope the new model of compensation for contributors, coupled with the new
delivery platform in multi-languages, will be two incentives for authors to contribute
manuscripts to ARIT," Qin says.
The journal offers a new publication venue dedicated solely to work reflecting the
concept of integration. Papers published in Advances in Research on Information and
Technology will assemble, analyze and synthesize primary research papers across the
information disciplines, including library and information science, information
systems, information policy and related, newly emerging areas.
The journal targets readers who are advanced information professionals, as well as
the scholarly community, and seeks to keep readers current with the most timely and
resonant themes in information and technology research.
The standard issue will cover a range of topics targeted toward the advanced
information professional. Some special volumes will be themed. Contributors may
also propose to guest-edit a themed volume, thoroughly defining the theme proposed,
and providing a list of relevant authors and individual article topics, to broadly reflect
the given theme.
Currently, the journal is soliciting submissions for the ongoing series, scheduled to
launch with its inaugural issue in July 2009. The deadline for manuscript submission
for the inaugural paper series is Feb. 28. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing
basis, and should be made in electronic format. Contributors should provide the full
article and include an abstract of about 500 words.
For further instructions regarding format and submissions, visit
http://arit.syr.edu/ojs/index.php?journal=arit&page=about&op=submissions.
To submit an article online, register here.
For questions and inquiries about manuscript topics and submission, or to propose a
themed issue, contact Rebecca Reynolds at arit@syr.edu.
