INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

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Introduction

Knowledge Management Research & Practice accepts original articles and editorials, book reviews and letters for publication. There are no page charges for submission or publication.

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Submission of manuscripts

Authors should submit their paper electronically, in either WORD (.doc file) or a pdf file (single files only), by accessing the OR Society website and clicking on the 'Submit Paper - KMRP' button at the bottom of the central panel. The submission system is designed to be self-explanatory but before using it authors are advised to ensure that they have conformed to the script requirements detailed below and that their paper can be divided easily by them, for input purposes, into Abstract (including Keywords), Main Text (including Appendices and References), Figures, Tables, and Captions for Figures and Tables, all of which will be submitted as one document, but with the last three items separated from the main text.

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Criteria for acceptance

Acceptance of submissions is based on broad interest and significance. Members of the Editorial Board and a panel of international reviewers review all papers. The Editor's decision is final. Authors must be prepared to agree to a statement that their paper is not under consideration with any other journal (see 'Proofs, Copyright and Conditions of Submission' below).

The paper should conform to the following requirements.

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Script requirements

Manuscripts should be in at least 1.5 line spacing, with ample margins. The pages of the main text should be numbered consecutively.

Papers should not normally exceed 14 journal pages (or about 7000 words). Each figure is equivalent to about one-third of a page, and hence manuscripts should not exceed 28 typed, double spaced A4 pages, including figures, tables, references and appendices.

Book Reviews should only be offered after consultation with the Editor and should not be submitted using this system.

For blind review purposes, the names of the authors should not appear in the main text of the paper or in the abstract.

Figures, tables etc, should be submitted at the same time as the main text of the paper with each on a new page, and should take account of the page size of the journal. Wherever possible, figures should be suitable for subsequent direct photographic reproduction. Figure captions and table headings should be provided on a separate page at the end of the script. It is not normal practice for any diagrams to be printed in colour in published papers, but if authors require this they will have to pay the publisher's charges for such printing.

A running head of not more than 30 characters should be supplied for papers with long titles.

Sections and subsections should be clearly differentiated but should not be numbered.

Papers should be written without the use of footnotes.

Mathematical expressions and Greek or other symbols should be written clearly with ample spacing. Use widely accepted symbols and abbreviations, following the style of BS 1991 Part 2 1954.

Spelling should conform with The Concise Oxford Dictionary.

References should be indicated in the text by author's name and year of publication in brackets. They should be listed alphabetically at the end of the article. For a work by more than two authors, only state the first author's name followed by 'et al.' for the purposes of citation. Please adopt the following style for references:

  • Journals (abbreviate titles as in the World List of Scientific Periodicals);

    Sutton DC (2001) What is knowledge and can it be managed? European Journal of Information Systems 10(2), 80-88.

  • Book

    Newell S, Robertson M, Scarbrough H and Swan J (2002) Managing Knowledge Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills.

  • Contributed volume

    Holsapple CW and Joshi KD (1999) Knowledge selection: Concepts, issues and technologies. In Knowledge management handbook (Liebowitz J, Ed), pp 7-1 - 7-17, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

  • Conference Paper

    Huber G (1991) We can do better: integrating theories of novel organizations, new organizational forms and information technology. In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Information Systems (Degross J, Benbasat I, Desanctis G and Beath C, Eds), p 416, ACM Publications, Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Unpublished reports/theses

    Beecken N (1999) Knowledge management - technological and organisational aspects. MBA Thesis, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.

  • Example of website

    Skyrme DJ. Online Knowledge Markets: how do they work? [WWW document] http://www.skyrme.com/insights/28kmkt.htm (accessed 09 September 2002).

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Content

There should be an abstract of not more than 150 words. The abstract should be sufficiently comprehensible to enable any reader of the journal to judge the paper's potential interest. Since this abstract will be published in International Abstracts in Operations Research, it should be complete in itself and contain no references. Authors will be asked during submission to provide 3-6 key words defining the essential content of the paper. A list of recommended keywords is given on the submission website. The keywords on the list are used in the referee selection process, and in the construction of the annual index, so it is important that authors make maximum use of this suggested list.

All case-oriented papers should commence with an introduction that indicates clearly that this is an account of an actual project.

All papers should end with a conclusion which summarises the value of the work and, where appropriate, indicates possible directions for future developments.

References should be included from ALL appropriate sources and should be readily accessible to readers.

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Proofs of papers are sent to authors for checking and correction of fact, especially with regard to mathematical content. Alterations to diagrams and non-essential textual changes should be avoided. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Failure to do so may result in the paper being published with editorial corrections only.

Twenty-five reprints of each paper are provided free to the author, and further reprints and copies of the issue (at a specially reduced rate) may be ordered when proofs are returned.

The copyright of all material published in the journal is held by the OR Society. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to sign a form assigning copyright to the Society.

Submission of a paper for refereeing means that the author certifies that the manuscript is not copyrighted; nor has it been accepted for publication (or published) by a refereed journal; nor is it being refereed elsewhere at the same time. Submission of a paper to more than one journal simultaneously is unacceptable both to the Editor of this journal and to the editors of other journals in the field of knowledge management.

If authors use material within their article that has been published elsewhere then they must obtain the permission of the earlier publisher.

Authors may publish figures or any other part of their contribution in any other work directly by them, without asking permission, provided that the usual acknowledgements are made.

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Keywords

    • after action reviews
    • algorithms
    • brainstorming
    • business intelligence
    • business process reengineering
    • case study/studies
    • cognitive mapping
    • collaborative systems
    • communications
    • communities of practice
    • competitive advantage
    • conceptual modelling
    • core competences
    • culture
    • decision support
    • double loop learning
    • explicit knowledge
    • facilitation
    • good practice
    • group decision support
    • group workshops
    • groupware
    • information systems
    • innovation
    • intellectual capital
    • inter-organisational
    • knowledge and information
    • knowledge acquisition
    • knowledge audit
    • knowledge based systems
    • knowledge communities
    • knowledge context
    • knowledge creation
    • knowledge dissemination
    • knowledge drift
    • knowledge management practice
    • knowledge management strategy
    • knowledge management system
    • knowledge management theory
    • knowledge management tools
    • knowledge model
    • knowledge sharing
    • knowledge stocks and flows
    • knowledge transfer
    • knowledge transmission
    • knowledge use/utilisation
    • learning
    • life cycle
    • meaning of knowledge
    • measurement
    • narrative approaches
    • networks
    • ontology
    • organisational learning
    • organisational memory
    • outsourcing
    • performance management
    • philosophy
    • portal
    • reflective practice
    • repositories
    • sensemaking
    • small teams
    • SMEs
    • social capital
    • socio-technical systems
    • soft OR
    • sticky knowledge
    • storytelling
    • strategy formulation
    • systems thinking
    • tacit knowledge
    • telecommunications
    • theory of knowledge
    • trust
    • user-oriented
    • workflow

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