Prospective Authors

Submission Guidelines

Solicited Articles:
Each issue of I/S will include a themed research section, featuring articles specially commissioned for I/S.

Unsolicited articles:
I/S will publish unsolicited full-length articles and commentaries (typically shorter and in a less formal style), addressing cutting-edge policy topics related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and society, as well as book-reviews and student research papers. Submissions in each of the non-article categories should not exceed 5000 words.

Review Process

Solicited Articles:
Solicited articles under go a review by a member of the I/S Board of Experts

Unsolicited articles:
Unsolicited articles under go a two-tiered review process.

1. An unsolicited article is read and reviewed by members of the I/S Student Editorial Board
2. If the I/S Student Editorial Board approves the article it will under go a review by a member of the I/S Board of Experts

Should there be a difference in opinion between the I/S Student Editorial Board and the member of the I/S Board of Experts, the article will be reviewed by either the I/S Managing Editor of an I/S Faculty Editor who will make the final determination.

Editorial Process

Once accepted, the I/S editorial process gives the Author additional opportunities to make both substantive and cosmetic changes to their Article.

Ownership & Copyright

1. The Author retains the Article's copyright.
2. Authors grant I/S the right and license to publish the Article and the right to reprint the Article either in part or in its entirety and to publish and sell or otherwise distribute individual offprints of the Article.
3. Authors grant to I/S the nonexclusive right to authorize the publication, reproduction, and distribution of the Article in electronic media, computerized retrieval systems, qualified outlets, and similar forms.
4. Authors agree not to publish the Article in any other publication in the United States or Canada prior to its date of publication in I/S.
5. The assignment of any rights to I/S does not diminish the Author’s own rights to publish and distribute offprints of the Article, or to publish the Article elsewhere, subsequent to its publication in I/S, provided that the Author agrees to conspicuously credit I/S with first publication.
6. I/S agrees to obtain the Author's approval before authorizing other interested parties to reprint the Article either in part or in its entirety.