PUBLISHING CONFERENCE PAPERS IN AIS JOURNALS

AIS believes that it is the best interests of the field for research to be first presented at a conference and then published in a more refined format in a journal. The conference review process and the presentation of the study to colleagues helps improve the research, so the research has the opportunity to be much more fully developed for review by journals. As a result, the AIS Policy on Conference and Journal Publication encourages conference papers to be published in journals. Please note that this policy applies to AIS conferences (so there are no copyright issues to prevent your AIS conference paper from being published in any journal (AIS or not)), and to AIS journals (so there are no restrictions preventing you from submitting your paper from any conference (AIS or not) to an AIS journal). Many non-AIS journals, including AIS-affiliated journals,  have policies similar to the AIS policy;  However, authors should consult with the journal about their policy concerning the submission of conference papers. If you have questions, please contact the current Vice President of  Publications (https://aisnet.org/page/AISCouncil).

AI Guidelines

AIS has been looking closely at gen-AI developments over the past year. An AI-for-AIS task force was established and has been working on providing guidance to the association on issues relating to such things as the use of AI in research, in reviewing, in the eLibrary, and more. Based on input from the task force, the leadership team is seeking feedback on the provision of some guidelines to authors of AIS conference and journal submissions concerning uses of AI in the research process. The guidelines are intended to highlight potential uses of AI that, upon submission, do not require disclosure, as well as potential uses that, upon submission, should be disclosed. The enclosed table is an initial draft and we invite feedback on this table as we work to provide something that, we hope, will be helpful without being overwhelming. We invite your feedback.

GREEN OPEN ACCESS POLICY

AIS has a green Open Access Policy. Authors may immediately self-archive their articles without an embargo period when publishing in these AIS journals:

• Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS)
• Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS)
• Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS)
• Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI)
• Transactions on Replication Research (TRR)
• MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQE)

AIS’s self-archiving option pertains to the version of the article that received the official acceptance letter from the editor after successfully passing peer review (i.e., post-print or Author’s Accepted Manuscript) or the final, official published version after the publisher has copy-edited, formatted and distributed it (i.e., version of record). Authors may self-archive the version of their research article that they choose on their website, or on a publicly-accessible institutional or subject-based repository

AIS RESEARCH CODE OF CONDUCT

AIS members are expected to adhere to the AIS Research Code of Conduct, which has been developed by the Research Conduct Committee (RCC), whose members are listed below, and endorsed by AIS Council.

The RCC has developed guidelines for journal editors and conference program chairs and guidelines for victims of plagiarism. These guidelines are designed to help individuals deal with situations where inappropriate scholarly conduct may have occurred.

All AIS journal editors and conference program chairs should review the Guidelines for Editors for advice on how to deal with suspected or potential scholar misconduct issues, including plagiarism.

If you think that someone may have plagiarized your work, please look at the Guidelines for Victims. These guidelines have been written with victims in mind and are informed by previous plagiarism cases. They provide actionable advice.

Finally, to understand how cases of scholarly misconduct are handled by AIS, please refer to AIS Policy, 5.4.3 Scholarly Misconduct. This policy explains how cases of scholarly misconduct are reported and handled, the ways in which the AIS investigates suspected cases of academic misconduct, the role of the RCC in this process, and the array of penalties that exist for scholarly misconduct.

We recommend that doctoral students and all new AIS members review all four of these documents. 

Reports related to potential violations of the AIS Research Code of Conduct may be submitted confidentially and anonymously through the third-party  NAVEX EthicsPoint online reporting platform. Please visit  conduct.aisnet.org for additional information about the complaint resolution process and to file a report. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please contact the chair of the RCC. or the president of AIS.

The Research Conduct Committee:

• Brian Fitzgerald, AVP Ethics (RCC Committee Chair)
• Marie-Claude Boudreau, VP Conferences
• Michel Avital, VP Publications

Quick Links:

• New! AIS Council Discussion Point of Conflict of Interest (COI) in Research
• AIS Research Code of Conduct
• Guidelines for Journal Editors and Conference Program Chairs
• Guidelines for Victims of Plagiarism
• AIS Policy, 5.4.3 Scholarly Misconduct
• Did I Plagiarize? Check out this infographic!
• AIS Policy on Conference and Journal Publication