[802SEC] FW: [Siit] New Standards Journal
Dear SEC,
FYI--a call for papers for the International Journal of IT Standards &
Standardization Research.
--Paul NIkolich
>Hello Folks,
>
>At last.
>
>The new 'International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research'
>is ready for take-off (well, more or less, that is).
>
>The journal will be published by Idea Group Publishing (IGP), and will
>start life on a semi-annual schedule. There will be a continuous Call
>for Papers, except for Special Issues. Submissions will undergo a
>double-blind review process, with at least three reviewers per paper (we
>will try to establish and keep a high academic standard).
>
>Below you will find the CfP for the inaugural issue. So have your
>keyboards ready ......
>
>For more information please go to
>http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~jakobs/standards_journal/journal_h
ome.html
>
>Happy writing.
>
>Cheers,
>Kai.
>
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>
>
> Call for Papers
>
> for the Inaugural Issue of the
>
> International Journal of
> IT Standards & Standardization Research
>
>
>This new journal aims to be a platform for presenting, and discussing,
>the broad variety of aspects that make up IT standards research. This
>includes,
>but is certainly not limited to, contributions from the disciplines of
>computer
>science, information systems, management, business, social sciences
>(especially
>science and technology studies), economics, engineering, political
>science, public
>policy, sociology, communication, and human factors/usability. In
particular,
>the journal wants to both support and promote multi-disciplinary
>research on IT
>standards; 'IT' should be understood in a very broad sense.
>
>Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
>
>- Technological innovation and standardisation
>- Standards for information infrastructures
>- Standardisation and economic development
>- Open Source and standardisation
>- Intellectual property rights
>- Economics of standardisation
>- Emerging roles of formal standards organisations and consortia
>- Conformity assessment
>- National, regional, international and corporate standards strategies
>- Standardisation and regulation
>- Standardisation as a form of the Public Sphere
>- Standardisation and public policy formation
>- Analyses of standards setting processes, products, and organisation
>- Case studies of standardisation
>- Impacts of market-driven standardisation and emerging players
>- The future of standardisation
>- Multinational and transnational perspectives and impacts
>- Commercial value of proprietary specifications
>- Descriptive & prescriptive theories of standardisation
>- Standards research and education activities
>- Tools and services supporting improved standardisation
>- User related issues
>- Risks of standardisation
>- Management of standards
>- Standards and technology transfer