Introduction

This page describes the procedures that used to be adopted for submitting works to MISQ Discovery.

Please note that MISQ Discovery is now closed. No further submissions are being accepted.

Format

Works must reside on the worldwide web and be accessible from a client equipped with a readily available WWW browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer or a PDF viewer such as Acrobat. Other formats will be added as technologies mature. Submissions are encouraged that push the frontiers of presentation and interactivity. We will assume that your reviewers and visitors will be able to easily equip themselves with publically available browsers and readers. We recognize that some visitors, particularly those using narrow bandwidth connections may not be able to fully utilize some productions.

Web Server

To protect author identities, we will provide prospective authors with server space on an MIS Quarterly server after submissions have been reviewed by a member of our editorial board on your server. Living works, once accepted, will reside on a server provided by the author, although we will require an archival version be stored on an MIS Quarterly server. Archival acceptances will be housed on an MIS Quarterly supplied server.

Submission
Procedures

Submissions will be in the form of an electronic mail message sent to the Senior Editor of MISQ Discovery at m.myers@auckland.ac.nz. The message must contain the following information:

1. The full name, institution, addresses, and phone numbers of the contributor[s]
2. Identification of the contributor who will be the contact person
3. The Email address of the contributor
4. The Title of the Submission
5. A WWW Uniform Resource Locator for the submission
6. Optional recommendation of one or more Associate Editors
7. Option recommendation of one or more possible reviewers
8. Notification if you do not want the submission publicly listed
9. Any unusual technical requirements

Submission
Confirmation

Within several days after submission you will receive a confirmation from the Editorial Offices that your submission has been received. A number will be assigned. to the submission. If you do not receive either the message or a confirmation number within a week, please contact the Senior Editor at m.myers@auckland.ac.nz.

Status Checking

Submissions can be tracked in the normal way on the MIS Quarterly Manuscript Status Information Page. Producers may also, after a reasonable time, query the Senior Editor regarding unanticipated delays in processing the submission.

Review Process

One editorial Board member will be responsible for overall oversight of a submission. If the board member deems the submission worthy of further review, he or she will solicit reviews and, once those reviews have been received, provide the Senior Editor with a recommendation of acceptable, minor revisions, major revisions, revise and resubmit, or unacceptable for further consideration. The individual reviews and the recommendation of the Editorial Board member are advisory to the Editor-in-Chief who will retain final decision making authority for the initial decision as well as any necessary revisions. Unless the author specifically requests, submissions will be linked to from a "works in progress" page, and be available for public comment.

Although producers will not be aware of the identity of either the editorial board member or the reviewers, the identity of the producer[s] may be available to the reviewers.