How to Submit Your Manuscript to
Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline

Authors submit their manuscripts electronically using the submission and review system.

All manuscripts must be the authors' original, unpublished work. The manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Tips for Organizing a Paper

Commonly papers consist of the following sections: an abstract or executive summary, an introduction, a background or literature review, presentation of the main contribution of this paper, methodology, findings, discussion, limitations, and conclusions.

For more details see: Tips for Organizing a Paper for an Informing Science Institute Publication

APA Guidelines for References

Papers are to follow the APA style for formatting references. A summary of these guidelines can be found here.  All works cited within the paper must be included in the References list at the end of the paper, and all works in the References list must be cited in the paper.

Format for Original Submission

Submissions are to be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Since all submitted manuscripts are subject to blind review (authors don't know the reviewers and reviewers don't know the authors), you must remove any identifying information (name, affiliation, etc.) from the paper prior to submission. Information regarding authors is collected by the system on the manuscript submission form.

If you use Microsoft Word, take off your identifying information from the file properties by clicking: File → Properties and deleting all identifying information.

While there are no strict format guidelines for original submissions, it is helpful to look at the format for accepted papers when preparing your paper for submission. All papers are to be written in English. While US spelling is preferable, other versions of English are acceptable. If you have questions on English grammar, please consult a source such as http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

There are no regulations on length; however will be exceptional for an article to exceed 20,000 words. The system will not accept submissions larger than 2 Megabytes. If it is larger, reduce the resolution of photos and screen images to 96 dpi.  .

The submission system will assign an ID number to your paper and you will create a password. You need to remember these as you will need them to upload revisions of your paper.

Click here to submit your blinded manuscript
and then click SUBMIT A PAPER  

Process for Review and Revisions

After an Editor or Associate Editor (AE) determines that the topic of the manuscript fits within the journal's purview, the AE will conduct a blind review of the paper using three or more reviewers selected from the journal's Board of Reviewers.  Commonly, these reviewers are selected so as to assure variety of opinions from around the globe.

After the reviewers have submitted their comments you will be contacted by an editor or AE regarding acceptance, provisional acceptance, or rejection of a manuscript. Almost all accepted papers require one or more rounds of revision. You will upload your revised papers using the same Paper ID number and password as for your original submission but selecting “Re-upload.”

Click here to submit your REVISED manuscript
and then click RE-UPLOAD PAPER  

Format for Accepted Papers

When your paper is accepted for publication, you will be required to re-submit the final, formatted copy of your paper. The formatting guidelines for accepted papers can be found  here.  Since this document is a MS Word template, if you save it to your computer as a template and attach it to your paper (using Tools → Templates and Add-ins) you will have the correct formatting for the paragraphs. If you do not use MS Word, just print the document and follow its instructions.

Because the contents of a paper may shift during formatting, make figures so they can be moved and/or resized easily. As explained in the detailed guidelines, this can best be done by placing figures with multiple parts within a text box.

In addition to adding the name, affiliation, city, and country for each author at the beginning of the paper, end the paper with a Biography section that contains a brief paragraph or two about each author. Please insert a head-and-shoulders photo of the author beside the biographical information.

Formatted, accepted papers will be sent to the Informing Science publisher who will do the final formatting and quality control.

Articles appear on-line as soon as the final formatting is completed and in print annually.

Updated 07 December 2007

Informing Science is published by the Informing Science Institute,
131 Brookhill Court, Santa Rosa, California 95409 USA.

Scott J.Lloyd, Editor-in-Chief
University of Rhode Island
ISSN: 1521-4672

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