Publication analysis
About the publication
Title: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) (Previously the American Society for Information Science and Technology)
ISSN: 2330-16431
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2330-1643
Purpose, objective, or mission: The stated purpose of JASIST is to provide a “leading international forum for peer-reviewed research in information science.”2
Target audience: LIS professionals who are involved with or interested in the tools and techniques of information management.3
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.4
Peer reviewed? Yes.5
Type: LIS scholarly journal.6
Medium: Print and Online.7
Content: This journal publishes original research on “…the production, discovery, recording, storage, representation, retrieval, presentation, manipulation, dissemination, use, and evaluation of information and on the tools and techniques associated with these processes.”8
Frequency of publication: Monthly.9
About the publication’s submission guidelines
Location of submission guidelines: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291532-2890/homepage/ForAuthors.html
Types of contributions accepted: “The Journal welcomes rigorous work of an empirical, experimental, ethnographic, conceptual, historical, socio-technical, policy-analytic, or critical-theoretical nature.”10 The type of writing influences submission length. Most commonly, JASIST publishes research articles between 6,000 and 8,000 words. The journal also publishes brief communications (1,000 to 2,000 words) which detail unique advances in information science, as well as opinion papers (2,000 to 3,000 words), letters to the editor (a maximum of 400 words), AIS reviews (8,000 to 10,000 words), and book reviews (the length of which is unspecified).11
Submission and review process: Manuscripts submitted to JASIST undergo a single-blind review process, which is based on the input of the editor-in-chief, a review editor, and a minimum of two peer reviewers who have expertise in the manuscript’s subject matter.12 JASIST also has a handy diagram of the editorial process available at this link.
Editorial tone: Scholarly, unbiased, formal, and informative13
Style guide used: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (current edition).14
Conclusion: Evaluation of the publication’s potential for LIS authors
This journal is an excellent choice for LIS authors who have prepared in-depth original research papers on the evaluation and dissemination of information. Recently published articles focus on text mining, the value consumers place on personal information, etc.15
Audience analysis
About the publication’s readers
Circulation: No information is available on circulation numbers.
Geographic location: JASIST is published in English but has an international reach.16
Language or cultural considerations: “Authors for whom English is a second language should consider having their manuscript professionally edited before submission.”17
Reader characteristics: Members of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) comprise the majority of this journal’s audience. (ASIS&T was formerly known as the American Society for Information Science and Technology.) ASIS&T members include “thousands of researchers, developers, practitioners, students, and professors in the field of information science and technology from 50 countries around the world.”18
Knowledge of LIS subject matter: Readers are most likely graduate and post-graduate LIS professionals with an interest in research and a thorough background in LIS terminology. Articles in the February 2018 issue, for example, cover technical subjects such as cloud management, system design, and bibliometric models.19
Biases, values, and attitudes: Like all information professionals, ASIS&T members oppose censorship of all forms and value open, unbiased, and accurate communication. If the subject matter of an article does convey a bias, however, ASIS&T members prefer that it is clearly stated.20
Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors
Authors who wish to write for JASIST need to be well-versed in information technology. Furthermore, graduate and post-graduate researchers interested in conducting original research on emerging information technology trends will feel right at home with this journal.21
Last updated: February 8, 2018
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