Author Guidelines

1. General Information

Informatics Management, Engineering and Information System Journal (IMEISJ) welcomes original scholarly manuscripts that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and practice in information systems, informatics management, software engineering, business information systems, and related fields within the journal’s Focus and Scope.

The journal publishes scholarly articles that demonstrate originality, methodological rigor, academic relevance, and practical or theoretical contributions. Submitted manuscripts must be written clearly, follow the journal’s author guidelines, and comply with applicable research and publication ethics standards.

IMEISJ publishes two issues annually, in June and December. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance or publication in a particular issue. All manuscripts are subject to editorial screening and, where applicable, independent peer review.

Authors are strongly encouraged to read the journal’s Focus and Scope, Publication Ethics, Authorship Criteria, Plagiarism Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, and Peer Review Process before submitting a manuscript.

2. Manuscript Types

IMEISJ considers the following types of manuscripts:

2.1 Original Research Articles

Original research articles report new findings based on empirical, analytical, experimental, computational, or other appropriate research methods.

Articles should clearly explain the research problem, objectives, methodology, results, discussion, and contribution to existing knowledge or professional practice.

2.2 Information System Development and Evaluation Articles

These articles describe the design, development, implementation, testing, or evaluation of information systems, software applications, decision-support systems, business information systems, and related technologies.

Manuscripts should provide a clear explanation of the underlying problem, development methodology, system architecture or design where relevant, testing procedures, evaluation results, and the significance of the proposed solution.

Descriptions of software development without adequate methodological explanation, evaluation, or scholarly contribution may be considered insufficient for publication.

2.3 Applied Research Articles

Applied research articles address practical problems in information systems, business processes, organizational management, digital transformation, and related areas.

Authors should demonstrate how the selected research methods are appropriate for the problem and provide evidence supporting the reported findings and conclusions.

2.4 Review Articles

Review articles provide a structured and critical synthesis of existing scholarly literature.

Authors should clearly describe the review objectives, literature sources, search strategy, selection criteria, analytical approach, and limitations, as appropriate to the review methodology.

Systematic reviews and other structured evidence-synthesis studies should report their methods transparently and follow relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.

The manuscript type should be selected accurately during submission. The final classification is determined by the editorial team.

3. Scope and Originality

All submissions must be relevant to the journal’s stated Focus and Scope.

A manuscript should address a clear research question or practical problem and demonstrate a meaningful contribution to the relevant field. Authors should explain how their work relates to existing literature and identify its novelty, significance, or practical implications.

IMEISJ considers only manuscripts that represent original scholarly work and have not been published previously in substantially the same form.

Manuscripts must not be under consideration by another journal while they are being evaluated by IMEISJ. If a manuscript contains material previously presented at a conference, published in a repository, or disseminated in another form, authors must disclose this information during submission and explain the relationship between the existing material and the submitted manuscript.

The editorial team determines whether the previous dissemination is compatible with the journal’s publication policies.

4. Language and Writing Quality

Manuscripts must be written in clear, formal, and academically appropriate English.

Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of grammar, spelling, terminology, tables, figures, citations, and references.

Manuscripts that are difficult to understand because of inadequate language quality or presentation may be returned to the authors for improvement before entering peer review.

Professional language editing may be used when necessary, but language editing does not guarantee acceptance.

5. Manuscript Format and Submission File

Authors must prepare their manuscripts using the official IMEISJ article template available on the journal website.

The primary manuscript file must be submitted in Microsoft Word format, using the .doc or .docx extension. PDF files and other formats are not accepted as substitutes for the required primary manuscript file unless specifically requested by the editorial team.

Authors must follow the template’s requirements for page layout, font, spacing, headings, tables, figures, equations, citations, and references.

The manuscript should be complete, properly organized, and ready for scholarly evaluation. Authors should not modify the template in ways that conflict with the journal’s formatting requirements.

Submissions that do not follow the required template or file format may be returned for technical correction before editorial screening.

6. Recommended Manuscript Structure

The structure of a manuscript may vary according to its type and research methodology. However, research articles should generally include the following elements.

6.1 Title

The title should be concise, informative, specific, and consistent with the content of the manuscript.

It should identify the main research topic or problem without unnecessary abbreviations, promotional language, or overly broad claims.

6.2 Author Information

The submission should include the full name of each author, institutional affiliation, and other author information required by the journal’s submission system.

The corresponding author must provide a valid email address and be authorized to communicate with the editorial team on behalf of all authors.

For double-blind peer review, the main manuscript file must not contain author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or other information that directly identifies the authors. Author information should be entered in the appropriate fields in OJS or supplied through the designated separate file, as instructed by the submission system.

6.3 Abstract

The abstract should summarize the purpose of the study, methodology, principal results, and main conclusion or contribution.

It should be self-contained, concise, and consistent with the full manuscript. Authors should avoid citations, undefined abbreviations, and claims that are not supported by the study.

Authors must follow the abstract length and formatting requirements specified in the official IMEISJ template.

6.4 Keywords

Authors should provide relevant keywords that accurately represent the central concepts, methods, technologies, or subject areas of the manuscript.

Keywords should improve the discoverability of the article and should not simply repeat every word in the title.

The required number and formatting of keywords must follow the official template.

6.5 Introduction

The introduction should explain the research context, problem statement, significance, relevant research background, research gap, objectives, and expected contribution.

Authors should support important claims with relevant and credible scholarly references.

The introduction should establish a clear rationale for the study rather than merely provide general background information.

6.6 Research Methodology

The methodology should provide sufficient information for readers to understand how the study was conducted and assess the reliability of its findings.

Depending on the research design, this section may include:

Research design and approach.
Data sources, population, sample, or participants.
Data collection procedures and research instruments.
System development methods, design models, or technical architecture.
Experimental setup, testing procedures, or evaluation criteria.
Analytical techniques and statistical methods, where applicable.
Ethical approval or consent procedures, where required.
Software, datasets, or computational tools essential to understanding or reproducing the work.

Authors should explain why the selected methods are appropriate to the research objectives.

6.7 Results

The results section should present the principal findings in a logical and understandable manner.

Tables, figures, diagrams, screenshots, and other visual materials may be included when they support the explanation of the findings.

Authors should ensure that reported results are accurate, clearly labeled, and consistent with the methods described in the manuscript.

Results should not be fabricated, manipulated, or selectively presented in a way that misleads readers.

6.8 Discussion

The discussion should interpret the results and explain their significance in relation to the research objectives, theoretical framework, and previous studies.

Authors should identify the contribution of the findings, discuss similarities or differences with previous research, acknowledge limitations, and explain relevant practical or theoretical implications.

For system development and evaluation articles, the discussion should address the significance of the design or implementation, evaluation results, limitations, and potential applications.

The discussion should not simply repeat the results section.

6.9 Conclusion

The conclusion should directly address the research objectives and summarize the principal findings and contributions.

Authors should avoid introducing new results or making claims that are unsupported by the reported evidence.

Recommendations for future research or practical implementation may be included when justified by the findings.

6.10 Acknowledgments and Funding Information

Acknowledgments may identify individuals or organizations that made a meaningful contribution but do not meet the journal’s authorship criteria.

Authors should disclose financial support, research grants, institutional assistance, or other relevant funding sources.

If the research received no specific external funding, authors should provide an accurate statement consistent with the journal’s submission requirements.

Acknowledgments and identifying information should be omitted from the anonymized manuscript during double-blind peer review when their inclusion could reveal author identity. They may be supplied separately or added to the final accepted manuscript as instructed by the editor.

6.11 References

All sources cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and all references must be cited in the manuscript.

Authors must use the citation and reference style specified in the official IMEISJ template.

References should be accurate, complete, relevant, and traceable to their original sources. Authors should verify the spelling of author names, publication years, article titles, journal names, volume and issue numbers, page ranges or article numbers, and DOI information where available.

Authors should prioritize credible primary sources and relevant scholarly literature. References should not be added merely to increase citation counts or to satisfy inappropriate citation requests.

7. Tables, Figures, Equations, and Technical Materials

All tables and figures must be numbered consistently, have informative titles or captions, and be cited in the manuscript text.

Images, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and other visual materials must be clear enough for publication. Authors should ensure that tables and figures are necessary, accurate, and consistent with the reported results.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material when permission is required. The original source must be acknowledged appropriately.

Equations, symbols, units, and technical terminology should be presented consistently and explained where necessary.

Where software, algorithms, datasets, or system components are essential to the study, authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to allow readers to understand the work and evaluate the reported results.

8. Citation and Reference Integrity

Authors must cite the sources of ideas, data, methods, quotations, figures, tables, and other materials derived from previous work.

Citations must accurately represent the cited sources. Authors must not fabricate references, cite sources they have not verified, or use irrelevant citations to manipulate citation metrics.

Citation manipulation, excessive self-citation without scholarly justification, coordinated citation practices intended to inflate metrics, and coercive citation requests are unacceptable.

Where available and relevant, DOI information should be provided to improve the traceability of scholarly sources.

9. Plagiarism and Similarity Screening

All submitted manuscripts are subject to editorial assessment for originality and textual similarity.

IMEISJ uses Turnitin as a supporting tool in its similarity-screening process. The journal applies an overall similarity score of 20% as an initial screening threshold, subject to editorial interpretation and the journal’s detailed Plagiarism Policy.

A similarity score does not, by itself, establish whether plagiarism has occurred. Editors assess the nature, location, source, and context of matched text, including quotations, references, standard terminology, methodological descriptions, and overlap with the authors’ previous publications.

A manuscript may be returned for revision, subjected to further assessment, or rejected when substantial unattributed overlap, plagiarism, redundant publication, or other ethical concerns are identified.

Authors must ensure that all borrowed material is properly cited and that the manuscript accurately represents their own contribution.

10. Authorship and Author Contributions

All listed authors must satisfy the journal’s Authorship Criteria and be able to take public responsibility for their contributions to the work.

Before submission, authors should agree on the author list, author order, and corresponding author. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have approved the submitted manuscript and agree to its submission to IMEISJ.

All authors should disclose their respective contributions in accordance with the journal’s authorship policy. Where requested or supported by the submission system, the CRediT contributor-role taxonomy may be used to describe individual contributions.

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the journal’s authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately, with their consent where required.

Gift, guest, honorary, and ghost authorship are unacceptable. Changes to the author list after submission require a valid justification and written agreement from all relevant authors, subject to editorial approval.

The detailed requirements are set out in the journal’s Authorship Criteria policy.

11. Research Ethics and Integrity

Authors must ensure that their research has been conducted responsibly and that the manuscript complies with applicable ethical, legal, and institutional requirements.

Research involving human participants, personal data, animals, or other ethically sensitive subjects must comply with the relevant requirements for ethical review, informed consent, privacy, and data protection.

Where applicable, authors should provide information about ethics committee approval, approval numbers, informed consent, or other required safeguards.

Authors must not fabricate or falsify data, manipulate results, misrepresent research procedures, or conceal material information necessary to evaluate the work.

Any suspected research misconduct will be handled in accordance with the journal’s Publication Ethics and Allegation of Research Misconduct policies.

12. Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools

Authors must use artificial intelligence (AI) tools responsibly and remain accountable for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of their manuscripts.

AI tools must not be listed as authors. Human authors remain responsible for all content submitted for publication, including text, references, data analysis, code, figures, and interpretations produced with AI assistance.

Where AI tools have made a substantive contribution to the research or manuscript preparation, authors must disclose the tool used, its purpose, and the relevant aspects of its use, in accordance with the journal’s AI policy and the requirements of the submission process.

AI-generated references, quotations, data, images, or factual claims must be independently verified. Authors must not present fabricated or unverified material as authentic scholarly evidence.

The use of AI tools does not exempt authors from plagiarism screening, authorship requirements, research ethics, or responsibility for research misconduct.

Routine spelling, grammar, or language-editing assistance may be treated differently from substantive AI-generated research content, subject to the journal’s applicable policy.

13. Data Availability and Research Transparency

Authors are encouraged to make the data, code, instruments, research materials, or other supporting resources underlying their findings available when legally, ethically, and practically appropriate.

Where relevant, authors should include a data availability statement describing whether supporting data are available, where they can be accessed, and any restrictions on access.

Research materials containing confidential information, personal data, proprietary information, or other protected content must not be disclosed without appropriate authorization.

Authors must not claim that data or code are publicly available unless the stated resources can actually be accessed at the specified location.

14. Conflict of Interest and Funding Disclosure

All authors must disclose financial or non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, its interpretation, or the publication decision.

Potential conflicts may include employment, consultancy, financial relationships, personal relationships, intellectual property interests, or other relevant professional commitments.

Authors must also disclose relevant funding sources and explain the role of the funder in the research, where applicable.

If no conflict of interest exists, authors should provide a statement consistent with the journal’s policy, such as:

“The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.”

The statement must be accurate and must not be used as a substitute for disclosing relevant interests.

15. Copyright and Licensing

Authors must comply with the journal’s Copyright and Licensing policies.

Before submission, authors should review the applicable terms governing copyright ownership, the journal’s right to publish and distribute the article, and the license under which the published work will be made available.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted material does not infringe third-party copyright or other applicable rights.

Permission must be obtained for third-party material where required. Authors should retain appropriate records of permissions and provide them to the editorial team upon request.

The applicable copyright and license terms will be stated in the journal’s official policies and, as appropriate, in the published article.

16. Manuscript Submission through OJS

All manuscripts must be submitted through the official IMEISJ Open Journal Systems (OJS) website, following the submission instructions displayed by the journal.

Authors should:

Register for an account or sign in to the OJS platform.
Complete the required submission information accurately.
Select the appropriate manuscript type and section, where applicable.
Enter the title, abstract, keywords, author information, affiliations, and other requested metadata.
Upload the manuscript in the required Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format.
Upload supplementary files, declarations, or other required documents when requested.
Confirm that the manuscript complies with the journal’s scope, authorship, originality, ethical, and formatting requirements.
Complete the submission and monitor the submission record through OJS.

Authors should ensure that all required fields are completed and that uploaded files are correct, complete, and consistent with the information entered into the system.

Submissions sent through informal channels may be redirected to OJS to ensure that the journal maintains a consistent and traceable editorial record.

17. Initial Editorial Screening

After submission, the editorial team conducts an initial assessment to determine whether the manuscript is suitable for further consideration.

The screening may include:

Relevance to the journal’s Focus and Scope.
Compliance with the manuscript template and required file format.
Completeness of the submission and author information.
Clarity of the research problem and objectives.
Preliminary assessment of originality and textual similarity.
Basic methodological and scholarly quality.
Compliance with authorship and publication ethics requirements.
Availability of required declarations and supporting information.

Manuscripts that fall outside the journal’s scope, fail to meet essential submission requirements, or raise substantial ethical concerns may be rejected or returned for correction without external peer review.

Passing the initial screening does not guarantee acceptance.

18. Peer Review Process

Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening may be sent for independent external peer review.

IMEISJ applies a double-blind peer-review process in which author identities are concealed from reviewers and reviewer identities are concealed from authors during the review process, subject to the journal’s procedures and the limitations of anonymization.

Research manuscripts undergoing external review are normally assessed by at least two independent reviewers. The editor may determine the appropriate review arrangements for particular manuscript types or circumstances in accordance with the journal’s Peer Review Process policy.

Reviewers assess manuscripts based on their relevance, originality, methodological rigor, accuracy of analysis, quality of discussion, contribution to the field, clarity of presentation, and compliance with publication ethics.

The editor makes the final editorial decision, taking into account the reviewers’ assessments, the manuscript’s scholarly merit, and the journal’s policies.

19. Editorial Decisions and Revision

Following editorial screening and peer review, the journal may issue one of the following decisions:

Accept.
Accept subject to minor revision.
Major revision required.
Reject.

The decision categories and available actions may be implemented according to the options configured in OJS.

When revision is requested, authors should submit the revised manuscript within the deadline specified by the editor. A point-by-point response should explain how each reviewer and editor comment has been addressed. If an author disagrees with a comment, the response should provide a clear and evidence-based explanation.

Authors should clearly identify the changes made to the manuscript in the manner requested by the editor.

A revised manuscript may be returned to the original reviewers or assessed by the editor, depending on the nature of the revisions and the editorial decision.

A revision request does not guarantee acceptance. The editor may request additional revisions or reject the manuscript if substantial concerns remain unresolved.

20. Publication and Proofreading

Accepted manuscripts proceed to the journal’s production and publication stages, subject to completion of the required editorial, ethical, copyright, and publication procedures.

Authors may be asked to review proofs or verify the accuracy of the final article metadata and content before publication.

Proofreading should focus on correcting production errors and verifying the accuracy of the article. Substantive changes to the accepted manuscript require editorial approval.

The journal publishes issues in June and December. The assignment of an accepted article to a particular issue depends on editorial scheduling, production readiness, and the journal’s publication arrangements.

Acceptance does not necessarily mean that the article will appear in the immediately upcoming issue.

21. Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Concerns

Authors are expected to cooperate with the journal if significant errors, ethical concerns, or questions about a published article arise.

If authors discover a material error in their published work, they should promptly contact the editorial team and provide sufficient information to assess the issue.

The journal may publish a correction, expression of concern, or retraction when warranted, in accordance with its Correction and Retraction policy.

Authors should respond honestly and promptly to reasonable editorial inquiries concerning their submitted or published work.

22. Appeals and Complaints

Authors may appeal an editorial decision when they have a substantive reason to believe that a significant factual error, procedural irregularity, or material misunderstanding affected the decision.

An appeal should be submitted in writing to the journal through its official contact channel or OJS, as directed by the editor. It should identify the decision being challenged, explain the grounds for the appeal, and provide relevant supporting evidence.

Disagreement with a reviewer’s scholarly opinion, without additional substantive grounds, does not automatically justify an appeal.

Appeals and complaints are considered in accordance with the journal’s applicable editorial procedures, with attention to fairness, impartiality, and conflicts of interest.

23. Confidentiality and Editorial Communications

Authors must respect the confidentiality of editorial correspondence, reviewer reports, and other non-public materials obtained during the submission and peer-review process.

Unpublished manuscripts and confidential editorial documents must not be distributed to unauthorized persons.

The journal also protects confidential submission information in accordance with its editorial procedures and applicable data-protection requirements.

24. Submission Checklist

Before completing a submission, authors should confirm that:

The manuscript falls within the journal’s Focus and Scope.
The manuscript is original and is not under consideration by another journal.
The manuscript follows the official IMEISJ template.
The primary manuscript file is in Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format.
The manuscript is anonymized appropriately for double-blind peer review.
The title, abstract, keywords, author information, and other metadata are complete and accurate.
All sources are properly cited and included in the reference list.
Tables, figures, equations, and third-party materials are presented and acknowledged appropriately.
All authors meet the journal’s authorship criteria and have approved the submission.
Funding sources and conflicts of interest have been disclosed accurately.
Research ethics requirements have been met and relevant statements are included where applicable.
AI use has been disclosed when required by the journal’s policy.
Required declarations and supplementary documents have been provided.
The manuscript complies with the journal’s plagiarism, copyright, licensing, and publication ethics policies.

Incomplete submissions may be returned to the authors for correction before further editorial consideration.

25. Contact Information

Questions regarding manuscript preparation, submission procedures, or the interpretation of these guidelines may be directed to the editorial team through the official contact information provided on the IMEISJ website.

Authors are encouraged to use the OJS platform for submission-related communication whenever possible to maintain an appropriate editorial record.

26. Final Statement

By submitting a manuscript to IMEISJ, authors confirm that they have read and understood the journal’s applicable author guidelines and publication policies.

Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, ethical integrity, and proper attribution of the submitted work. Compliance with these guidelines is necessary for editorial consideration but does not guarantee acceptance or publication.

IMEISJ reserves the right to return, request revisions to, or reject manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s requirements or that fail to meet the journal’s academic and ethical standards.