IEL Paper Submission Requirements

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IEL Paper Submission/Re-submission Requirements
(On this stage, you must submit three different files as instructed to complete each submission.)

Please review the following instructions and CLICK HERE to submit papers.

This document supercedes the document of "Author Guidelines" posted on Indersicence Publishers' Website. Should there be a conflict, please follow the guidelines provided below.
A submitted paper must not be published in or under the review of any other journal. The length of the paper should not exceed 8000 words (excluding title page, abstract, tables, and figures).

All submitted manuscripts must be written in English with double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one single column format.

Electronic submission is required. Manuscript in PDF format must be submitted via the
online submission system (supported by ICEB Journal Management System).
(For LaTex user, please convert your document into PDF format. Once your paper is accepted for publication, please download the LaTex style files to format your final document.)

If you are running Windows 2000/XP and do not have a PDF converter, you may click here to download the software.

Each paper will undergo two rounds of double-blind reviews. Any paper fails to meet the required revisions after two rounds of reviews will be rejected unless only minor changes are needed. (Click here for Acceptance Criteria)

FOR INITIAL SUBMISSION

If you have not used this submission system before, please sign up as a new author. The system will send the password to your e-mail ID address. Then, log into JMS using your e-mail ID and password. If you forget your password, you may request it from the system.

Inside your account, select "Add Paper" to submit the required files. Make sure your files meet the following requrements; or you will need to re-submit them.

A complete initial submission must include three separate PDF files:

the cover letter (containing the requirements listed below),
the title page (containing paper title, list of authors, and full contact information, e-mail addresses, and short biographical notes of all authors), and
the manuscript body with double space and single column, containing (1) paper title, (2) abstract, (3) keywords, (4) paper body, (5) tables and figures with captions; please make very sure that the authors' information is not in both the body text and the file properties.

Please submit your manuscript with a cover letter containing the following imperative statements: (Click here for a sample cover letter.)

Title and the central theme of the article.
Which subject/theme of the Journal the material fits.
Why the material is important in its field.
Why the material should be published in this Journal.
What the managerial or practical implications of your material are and why these are of significant value to our journal readers.
Nomination of two (required) to four recognized experts who would be considered appropriate to review the submission. These experts must be personally unacquainted with any author, are not members of the editorial board of the journal, are not from any author's institution and at least two of whom must be from different countries from any author. Please state (1) the names, title, addresses, phone, fax, and email addresses of these reviewers, (2) the expertise of each reviewer relating to your paper, and (3) your relationship with each of them.
The fact that the manuscript contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere

Please assist us by following these guidelines for title, abstract, keywords, author addresses, and biographical notes:

Title : as short as possible
Abstract : approximately 100 words, maximum 150
Keywords : approximately 10 words or phrases
Address : position, department, name of institution, full postal address
Biographical notes : approximately 100 words per author, maximum 150.

Note that author's information must not appear anywhere else in the manuscript except in the title page and the reference list (if cited). No information can be placed in the properties of the manuscript's electronic file. Any ACKNOWLEDGEMENT must be removed from the paper; you may add it back in once your paper is accepted for publication. Inappropriate submissions will be returned to authors. Factors leading to this action include submission with improper or no cover letter, excessive length, technically inappropriate material, single spaced body of text, subject of no interest to readers, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications, and manuscripts not adhering to author guidelines. An author whose first language is not English should have his/her paper proofread by a professional technical writer for grammatical and spelling corrections as well as the readability of the paper, before submitting it to the Editor. (Click here to visit ICEB-affiliated technical editing services.)

FOR 2nd- or 3rd-ROUND SUBMISSION

Please log into JMS using your e-mail ID and password. If you forget your password, you may request it from the system.

A complete 2nd or 3rd-round submission must include three separate PDF files

the "Anonymous Responses to Reviewers" statement without any author's information (see the format listed below),

the title page (containing paper title and full contact information and short biographical notes of all authors, (NOTE: if you have changed any text on this paper, please update your online paper profile on the Journal Submission System (JMS) as well.) and

the manuscript without any author's information and containing paper title, abstract, keywords, and the paper body).

Revised paper must submit the "XX-Round Anonymous Responses to Reviewers" (Replace XX with the round number) in the following format and one comment at a time:
    REVIEWER # (gives one reviewer's ID number)
    COMMENT # (quote each comment item of this reviewer)
    RESPONSE (explain why do you agree or not agree)
    ACTION (explain how do you revise your text)
    ... Repeat for other comments...
Click here to see the example of response statement.

FOR FINAL SUBMISSION

Accepted papers must follow the guidelines for "Final Submission for Accepted Paper" available at Journal's website (see http://www.icebnet.org/author/) to format the final papers.

IEL Review Process Dates

Initial Reviews: Your paper will be reviewed by the editorial team to decide if further consideration should be granted; this takes about 1 to 2 weeks. Approved paper will immediately begin the 1st-round formal reviews.
First-Round Reviews: Your paper is sent to two or three reviewers for formal reviews; this takes about 2 to 4 months.
First-Round Revisions: Outcomes of 1st-round formal reviews are sent to the contact author. Papers required revisions are given 12 weeks (14 weeks if during holiday) turnaround time.
Sceond-Round Reviews: Your paper is sent to the original reviewers for formal reviews; this takes about 1 to 3 months.
Second-Round Revisions: Outcomes of 2nd-round formal reviews are sent to the contact author. Papers required further revisions are given 4 weeks (8 weeks if during holiday) turnaround time.
Third-Round Reviews: Your paper is sent to the original reviewers for formal reviews; this takes about 1 to 2 months.
Third-Round Revisions: Outcomes of 2nd-round formal reviews are sent to the contact author. Papers required further MINOR revisions are given 2 weeks (4 weeks if during holiday) turnaround time.

Typesetting: Paper accepted for publication will go through typesetting and proofreading process. This takes about 1 month.

Publication Date: Paper accepted for publication and complete the typesetting process will be scheduled into a forthcoming journal issue. Please visit the Table of Contents on journal's website periodically to check on your publication date.

For any question about article submission, please contact the Managing/Executive Editor of the respective journal. Please see Journal websites for their e-mail addresses.

EXAMPLE OF RESPONSES
REVIEWER #1:
COMMENT #1: "The case itself reads rather like a Masters project. There is little in it¡K¡K."
RESPONSE: This case is not a Master thesis, it is a consulting project. We have never seen a planning framework like ours in the literature. We believe that with your constructive comments and our revisions, it has significant contribution to the existing literature.
ACTION: None.
COMMENT #2: "I have a question about your percentages for the different sizes of computers. Wouldn't you expect a firm using a mainframe to also have (perhaps) some minis and (certainly) some PCs. Your percentages do not reflect such a situation. The hardware statistics would be more meaningful if they pertained to the primary computer that each firm uses."
RESPONSE: We apologize for the confusion. The percentages refer to the proportion of usage of different sizes of hardware in an average company.
ACTION: We have changed the following text in the paper.
FROM:
"The types of computer used for MKISs included mainframe computers (44%), personal computers (25.1%), minicomputers (22.4%), and multi-user microcomputers (8.5%)."
TO:
"On average, 44% of the hardware used in a company's MKIS are mainframe computers, 25.1% are personal computers, 22.4% are minicomputers, and 8.5% are multi-user microcomputers."