Open Information Science

MANUSCRIPTS

Open Information Science encourages the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner. All submissions must be made via online submission system Editorial Manager. In case of problems, please contact the Managing Editor of this journal (Joanna.Kosinska@degruyter.com).

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS　

Manuscripts have to be written in LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For an initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. Authors are strongly advised to submit the final version of the paper using the journal’s LaTex Template.

For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors

EDITORIAL POLICY　

Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.　

Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.

Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.　

Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish.

Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.　

Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.　

Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.　

Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices　 and implement the advices.

Editor-in-Chief
Mario Hibert, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Paul Sturges, Loughborough University, UK

Managing Editor
Joanna Janiak, De Gruyter
Joanna.Kosinska@degruyter.com

Editorial Advisory Board
Mari Agata, Keio University, Japan
Gerd Berget, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Mariateresa Biagetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Boris Bosančić, University of Osijek, Croatia
Johannes Britz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, US
Judy Broady-Preston, Aberystwyth University, UK
Cecelia Brown, University of Oklahoma, US
Maria Cahill, University of Kentucky, US
Rafael Capurro, Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Beatriz Valadares Cendón, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Hsin-Liang Chen, PCOM Library, US
Milena Dobreva-McPherson, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Ina Fourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Ilja Frissen, McGill University, Canada
Francisco Javier García Marco, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Michael Geist, University of Ottawa, Canada
Twyla Gibson, University of Missouri, US
Vicki L. Gregory, University of South Florida, US
Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto, Canada
Philip Hider, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Aix-Marseille University, France
Amanda Izenstark, University of Rhode Island, US
Heidi Julien, University of Buffalo, US
Bienvenido León Anguiano, University of Navarra, Spain
Ziming Liu, San José State University, US
Norbert Lossau, Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany
Lili Luo, San José State University, US
Yonathan Mizrachi, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel
Christos Papatheodorou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Jung-ran Park, Drexel University, US
Jaya Raju, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Fiammetta Sabba, University of Bologna, Italy
Rosa San Segundo Manuel, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Remigiusz Sapa, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa, Canada
Brett E. Shelton, Boise State University, US
Elizabeth Shepherd, University College London, UK
Luanne Sinnamon, University of British Columbia, Canada
Min Song, Yonsei University, South Korea
Suzanne M. Stauffer, Louisiana State University, US
Jela Steinerová, Comenius Universty in Bratislava, Slovakia
Jaroslav Šušol, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Rong Tang, Simmons University, US
Gunilla Widén, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
John Willinsky, Stanford University, US
Kyunghye Yoon, St. Catherine University, US

Section Editors

Paulo Batista, University of Évora, Portugal
Archival Science, Information Management

Stefan Dreisiebner: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria.
Information Management, Information Behavior, Information and Media Literacy, Open Educational Resources

Aurora González-Teruel: University of Valencia, Spain
Information Behavior, Information Ethics, Open Science, Qualitative Research Methods in LIS

Cathie LeBlanc, Plymouth State University, US
Information and Media Literacy, Media Studies, Open Access, Scholarly Communication

Ana Roeschley: University of North Texas, US
Archival Studies and Management, Participatory Archives, Community-Based Archives, Digital Archiving, Information Behavior, Digital Humanities, Information Ethics

Brady D. Lund: University of North Texas, US
Scholarly Communications, Bibliometrics, Research Methods, Information Behavior, User Experience, Library and Information Technology, Data Analytics, Information Policy, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, International Development

Lauren Mandel, University of Rhode Island, US
Library Education, LIS Research Methods, Public Libraries

Diego Navarro Bonilla, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Archival Science, Cultural Heritage, Information Governance, LIS - Theory and Practice

Asim Qayyum, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Data Management, Information Behavior, LIS - Theory and Practice

Younei Soe, Indiana University, US
Information and Media Literacy, Information Behavior, Information Technology, LIS Research Methods, Mass Communication, Media Studies, Social Media

Hui-Yun Sung, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Public Libraries

Mayank Trivedi, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Digital Libraries, Health Information Seeking Behavior, Information Management

Zhixian (George) Yi, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Data Management, Information Management

JungWon Yoon, Department of Library and Information Science (iSchool), Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Health Information Seeking Behavior, Information Behavior, Social Media

Editorial Contact
Kumaran Rengaswamy
Assistant Managing Editor, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com

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