Be sure to read and carefully follow the guidelines for submitting an article for the journal you select. For example, the guidelines for the Informing Science journal is found at https://www.informingscience.org/Journals/InformingSciJ/ArticleSubmission

First, go to https://www.informingscience.org/Journals/  and click on the ISI journal that is the best fit for your paper.  

On the right side of the journal home page, click on the “Submit an Article” link.



If you have not set up an account in the past, as part of this process you will need first to create either an associate (non-member) account or a member account. Be sure that you type your email address correctly since the system sends a verification email to the email address you type. After you click on the link in this confirmatory email, you will have an ISI account that you can access from http://My.InformingScience.org 

You can always log in at http://My.InformingScience.org to submit a paper. Click on the “Go” button to navigate to “Your Articles” section. 



When you click SUBMIT an Article, the system first asks for the title of your submission. It then presents you with the four steps (tabs) to submit a paper. The system will let you know if you left off any required information.


  1. Article Info

You need to fill in the form presented here. All items with an asterisk are required. Use a standard browser on a computer. 


HINT. If you discover that you are unable to upload your paper, switch from your phone or tablet to a computer and use Firefox or another non-proprietary browser. What is happening is that the system is sending an informative error message, but your browser is not displaying it. 


  1. Authors

If you are the only author, this step is easy. If you have co-authors, click “add author” and search within our database to see if the author already has an account with us. If so, the system will email the co-author to ask if the person accepts co-authorship and agrees not to submit the paper to a different outlet while the paper is under review.


If the co-author does not yet have an account with us, the system emails the co-author and asks the co-author to verify the email as well as asking if the co-author agrees to co-authorship.


HINT. Verify that you correctly type in the co-authors email address. This ensures that your co-author receives from the system the verification email.

Once all the co-authors have been verified, the system will email you and you can continue with the paper submission process.


  1. Topics. You need to specify the topics of your submission.  The system uses this list to locate members of the journal’s review board with similar interests and expertise.


  1. After you completed all previous steps, you can advance to step 4. This final step requires you to affirm the follow submission agreement:

Informing Science Institute Journal Submission Agreement

By submitting your manuscript to this Informing Science Institute journal, you affirm the following:

  1. This paper is -not- currently under review by any other publication and you (and any co-author) will not submit it to a different publication until the paper is either accepted for publication or rejected.  I understand that violating this stipulation is professional misconduct.
  2. This paper does not contain plagiarized or copyrighted material. I understand that violating this stipulation is professional misconduct.
  3. I have read and followed all of the guidelines for papers submitted, including -blinding- the paper.
  4. I understand that by submitting my paper, I retain the copyright, but my paper will be published upon acceptance of my paper for publication under a Creative Commons By-NC license .
  5. If your paper is a re-submission, be sure to indicate this to the Editor-in-Chief with the old and the new paper ID.
  6. There is no publication fee for ISI members. If a paper is accepted for publication, the corresponding author needs to be (or become) an ISI member or pay the equivalent of a one-year membership fee.
  7. I have read, understand, and affirm adherence to the Informing Science Institute policy regarding professional ethics "Statement on our Expectations: Professional Ethics and Malpractice" including its policy on how ISI handles ethics violations.  I have also read, understand, and agree to the ISI Privacy Policy.
  8. I affirm that this submission complies with all the requirements of my university or employer including the agreement of any human research ethics committee.