1. Publishing in Journals: Some Tips Dr Felix B Tan Professor and Head Business Information Systems Faculty of Business & Law Auckland U of Technology, New Zealand

2. Introduction Where should I publish? o Suitability of submission o Target your journal(s) How do I prepare a manuscript for journal submission? o Anatomy of a scholarly article o Key aspects within each section General strategies

3. Where should I publish? Suitability of Submission o Check out mission and scope o Initial screening Target appropriate journals o What kinds of work does it publish? o Qualitative vs quantitative o Who is publishing there? o Find a familiar name o When ready, ask this person about your article

4. Anatomy of a Scholarly Article Issues and Concepts Theory Research Design Interpretations/Points of view Rhetoric

5. Why Papers Get Rejected  Issues and Concepts are unclear  Lacking theory  Improper choice and application of methods and techniques  Interpretations biased and lack believability  Poor rhetorical style and stance

6. Preparing a Journal Submission Motivation/Contributions o Not sufficient to state research objectives and questions o “Great piece of research, but so what?” o Need to carefully position your study Literature Review o Theoretical foundation / Research framework o Synthesize not summarise (Webster & Watson, 2002) o Theoretical and methodological developments o Funnelling technique

7. Preparing a Journal Submission Research Questions & Method o Articulate the research question(s) clearly o Carefully justify propositions o State clearly how the method provide the data to answer questions o Present details esp. qualitative research (eg. interview protocol, coding techniques) o Justify every decision taken (cite relevant literature to support decision) o Do not forget to discuss how data is to be analysed

8. Preparing a Journal Submission Discussion/Conclusions o Supported by data/findings? o Theoretical reflection? o Implications for practice and research? o Limitations?

9. General Strategies How do you know you are ready? o Plan a sequence of publications: seminar – conference paper – journal article General Tips o Cite research published in targeted journal o Cite the editors / reviewers work o Make the job easier for journal editors

10. Publishing in IS Journals: Some Strategies & Tips Dr Felix B Tan Professor and Head Business Information Systems Faculty of Business & Law Auckland U of Technology, New Zealand