Focus and Scope
MISQE invites authors to submit papers based on in-depth research that provide rich stories, unique insights, and useful conceptual frameworks for information systems practice. Our target audience includes both practitioners and researchers -- so that MISQE can stimulate ongoing discussions at the intersection of research and practice -- but our primary focus is research that is immediately relevant and useful for practice.
Types of Articles
Executive Research
Executive Research articles will present original research and offer lessons, frameworks, explanations, and recommendations relevant to practice. Sloan Management Review provides a model for these articles. Unlike much academic literature, these articles need not emphasize theory, but they will identify prior literature that enriches their findings and recommendations.
Case Research
Case Research articles will provide rich stories of individual organizations' management and technological initiatives. These articles will not only tell the story, but also provide analyses of the events and their outcomes. The annual SIM competition papers published in MIS Quarterly Executive provide good examples of case research articles.
Research Reports
A Research Report will summarize findings and insights from a recently completed but as yet unpublished research study, including those studies eventually intended for publication in traditional academic journals. The objective of Research Reports is to provide timely publication on emerging issues in IT management. Thus, these reports are likely to provide more data than analysis or theory. Preliminary findings should be presented in a way that provokes hypotheses, debate, or tentative recommendations. Thus, a paper suitable for Research Reports would move the research community forward on research in a new area and give practitioners insights into new "hot" areas.
MISQ Digest
MISQ Digest articles will revisit research that has already been published in MISQ or other academic journals and reframe the research specifically for practitioners who are likely to find the results of the research relevant to current practice. These articles will be rewritten for a practitioner audience in a manner that focuses on managerial practice rather than theory.
Editorials
MISQE will publish editorials identifying important research issues or inviting debate on important topics of interest to both researchers and practitioners.
Top 10 Articles
In early 2005, the MISQE Editorial Board identified the Top 10 Articles of the previous three years. You might want to peruse them before submitting your paper.
Section Policies
Editorials
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Research Articles
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
CIO Advisory Board Response
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
APC Forum
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Interview
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
SIM-Sponsored Research
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
MIS Quarterly Executive is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December.
ISSN 1540-1960