Getting PUBLISHED in the Journal: AUTHOR GUIDELINES.

AT THE CORE

THESE GUIDELINES

* Outline the procedures for submitting an article to The Information Management Journal

* Provide examples of the proper style for references

* Review the manuscript evaluation process

The Information Management Journal is the professional journal of ARMA International, the association of information management professionals. ARMA International serves more than 10,000 members in the United States, Canada, and 30 other nations. These members include records managers, archivists, corporate librarians, imaging specialists, legal professionals, knowledge managers, consultants, and educators. According to a recent survey, members ranked the Journal as the most valued benefit of membership in ARMA International.

Scope of the Journal

The Journal's scope is the management of records, information, and knowledge as corporate assets and as contributors to organizational success. Increasingly, this scope is best expressed by the term information management. Information management is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the application of management principles and appropriate technologies to the production, coordination, acquisition, organization, representation, control, dissemination, use, and ultimate disposition of information, whatever the format, of internal or external origins, leading to the more effective functioning of organizations of all kinds.

As a resource management discipline, information management also addresses the value, quality, and security of information in the context of organizational performance. Information management disciplines include, but are not limited to, records management, archives management, corporate librarianship, knowledge management, information systems, document management, and electronic records/imaging systems.

Increasingly, information management issues (e.g., standards, telecommunication, electronic data interchange) have an international significance. High-quality manuscripts from beyond North America are welcomed. Contributors to the Journal need not be members of ARMA International.

Types of Manuscripts

Many categories of submission are appropriate. These include, but are not limited to, research studies and case studies whose findings or methodologies are generalizable to other environments. Also welcome are informed opinion and analyses of professional issues (e.g., ethics, certification, status of the field).

Articles in the Journal offer fresh perspectives on long-term concerns as well as critical examinations of existing assumptions and emerging trends. Topics may be treated in a field-wide perspective or may focus on a vertical sector (e.g., financial services, legal services, government, manufacturing).

The Journal welcomes submissions from practitioners, academics, doctoral students, and others with an interest in the field.

Manuscript Style

Language of publication for the Journal is Standard English. Manuscripts should be 3,000 to 4,000 words in length, including endnotes (if applicable) and references. Briefer manuscripts are also welcome.

The Journal uses the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (1993) as the basis of its style guide. Although the Journal is not a scholarly publication, Kate Turabian's A Manual of Style for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations is recommended as a widely available, abbreviated version of the Chicago manual. Examples of citation and...