About MIS Quarterly

About MIS Quarterly

Editorial Objective

The editorial objective of the MIS Quarterly is the enhancement and communication of knowledge concerning the development of IT-based services, the management of IT resources, and the use, impact, and economics of IT with managerial, organizational, and societal implications. Professional issues affecting the IS field as a whole are also in the purview of the journal.

Vision

The MIS Quarterly’s trifecta vision is to (1) achieve impact on scholarship and practice as the leading source of novel and accreted IS knowledge, (2) exhibit range in work published with respect to problem domains and stakeholders addressed as well as theoretical and methodological approaches used, and (3) execute effective editorial processes in a timely manner.

Authors can learn more about MISQ‘s trifecta vision by reading the following editorial: The MIS Quarterly Trifecta: Impact, Range, Speed

MISQ Expectations on Contribution

Regardless of whether an IS researcher’s attention to a problem originates in the practical world or a theoretical domain or some combination, the researcher needs to surface why answering the question will matter.

A necessary condition for publication in MISQ is that the answer to a research question needs to make a significant scholarly contribution to the IS discipline.

Practical utility, where the work makes or has the potential to make a broader impact on business and society, is a highly desirable characteristic of work targeted at MISQ—it complements, but does not substitute for, the scholarly contribution of the work.

Aesthetics, arising from the “powerful simplicity” of the answer—be it mathematical or qualitative, can be an important differentiator of the work.

As such, an ideal contribution to MISQ is one where the answer to the question is valuable on all three dimensions—scholarly, practical utility, and aesthetics.

Interdisciplinary papers are welcomed at MISQ, with the expectation that these papers place salience on the role of IS in the formulation of the problem and consequently in the contribution.

Authors are encouraged to read the following editorial to understand MISQ expectations on contributions and common errors in formulating IS research problems: Avoiding Type III Errors: Formulating IS Research Problems that Matter.


 

Author Resources

Curation of MISQ editorials on formulating research questions, understanding diversity in perspectives and methods, and the changing nature of the IS field, and writing and revising articles.


MISQ Workshops


MISQ Impact Factors

2020 Journal Impact Factor: 7.198
Impact factor w/o journal self cites: 6.974
Five-year impact factor: 12.803
Immediacy Index: 1.333
Cited half-life: 13.9 years
Article Influence Score: 3.734
Eigenfactor: 0.01033


Staff


Past Editors-in-Chief


Faculty Positions


Awards

MISQ Reviewer(s) of the Year

MISQ Paper of the Year

MISQ Associate Editor Awards

Awards


Special Issues

Policy on Special Issues


Open Calls

Digital Technologies and Social Justice


Closed Calls

Managing AI
Expected publication September 2021

Digital Resilience

Editorial Objective

The editorial objective of the MIS Quarterly is the enhancement and communication of knowledge concerning the development of IT-based services, the management of IT resources, and the use, impact, and economics of IT with managerial, organizational, and societal implications. Professional issues affecting the IS field as a whole are also in the purview of the journal.

Vision

The MIS Quarterly’s vision is to publish the finest information systems scholarship. Throughout MISQ’s history, each Editor-in-Chief has worked with the Editorial Board to advance this vision.  You can read the most recent vision statements in the opening editorial of Arun Rai’s EIC term, focusing on improving MISQ’s impact, range, and speed, and the opening editorial of Andrew Burton-Jones’ EIC term, focusing on improving MISQ’s service for authors, external stakeholders, and science.

Expectations on Contribution

Regardless of whether an IS researcher’s attention to a problem originates in the practical world or a theoretical domain or some combination, the researcher needs to surface why answering the question will matter.

A necessary condition for publication in MISQ is that the answer to a research question needs to make a significant scholarly contribution to the IS discipline.

Practical utility, where the work makes or has the potential to make a broader impact on business and society, is a highly desirable characteristic of work targeted at MISQ—it complements, but does not substitute for, the scholarly contribution of the work.

Aesthetics, arising from the “powerful simplicity” of the answer—be it mathematical or qualitative, can be an important differentiator of the work.

As such, an ideal contribution to MISQ is one where the answer to the question is valuable on all three dimensions—scholarly, practical utility, and aesthetics.

Interdisciplinary papers are welcomed at MISQ, with the expectation that these papers place salience on the role of IS in the formulation of the problem and consequently in the contribution.

Authors are encouraged to read the following editorial to understand MISQ expectations on contributions and common errors in formulating IS research problems: Avoiding Type III Errors: Formulating IS Research Problems that Matter.


Impact Factors

2020 Journal Impact Factor: 7.198
Impact factor w/o journal self cites: 6.974
Five-year impact factor: 12.803
Immediacy Index: 1.333
Cited half-life: 13.9 years
Article Influence Score: 3.734
Eigenfactor: 0.01033




Awards



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