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Tracks
All papers need to be submitted to one — and only one — of the tracks that constitute the ECIS 2015 program.
Paper Submission Types
ECIS 2015 two types of submissions:
- Completed Research Papers
- Research-in-Progress Papers
Maximum limit of submissions
The ECIS Standing Committee has established a maximum limit of 3 submissions per author (including coauthored papers). Any submissions beyond this limit by a given author, will be eliminated from the review process (i.e. fourth and further papers will be identified based on date and time of submission). Please be aware that it is not possible to add or delete authors after submission.
Language
English is the language of the conference and of all submissions.
Originality
Submissions to ECIS 2015 must be original; submissions cannot have been published or accepted in a journal or other conference proceedings, nor presented at another conference. Furthermore, papers may not be under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere at the time of submission to ECIS 2015.
Template/formatting
All submissions must use the LaTeX or Word template. Instructions for using the template and formatting the submission are provided in the ECIS 2015 template document itself. Submissions should consist of only one file containing all text, figures, tables and references. Files that do not conform to the ECIS template will not be considered for review. The electronic review system will only accept files in Adobe’s PDF format. Authors are expected to convert their papers to this file format prior to submission.
Submission Length
Neither the cover page (which includes title, keywords and abstract) nor the list of references are included in the page count. However, all text, images, tables and appendices must be within the page limit. No submission exceeding this limit will be considered. Full research papers should not exceed 12 pages in length and must include an abstract of up to 200 words. Research-in-progress papers should not exceed 7 pages and must include an abstract of up to 200 words.
How to Submit
All papers must be submitted through the ECIS 2015 electronic submission system. Instructions on how to access this system will be available by 6 November, 2014. Submissions that are emailed to either the conference or track chairs will not be accepted. Please note, that pre-ECIS workshops are not to be submitted through the ECIS 2014 electronics submission system.
Anonymizing Submissions
Authors name(s) should not appear in the body of the paper (including the abstract). Eliminate references to your institutions, your sponsors, your unpublished work and your published work if these references will identify any author. To aid in making your paper anonymous, leave Acknowledgements blank until the final version is prepared for the Proceedings.
Review Process
All submissions will be pre-screened for conformity with submission guidelines and for overall appropriateness for the conference. Papers that pass the initial screening processes will be double-blind reviewed.
Publication of proceedings
All submissions accepted for presentation at ECIS 2015 will be published in the AIS library where also the proceedings of previous years are stored (http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis/). The proceedings are included in the main indexes and search engines.
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the authors. By submitting the final paper to the conference organizers, the authors agree to allow the conference organizers to have non–exclusive use of the material for publication in the various modalities of the conference proceedings. Authors are encouraged to develop their papers for journal publication after the conference. Several tracks are sponsored by journals that will offer to authors of selected papers fast-track submission opportunity or post-conference workshop participation.
Requirements: Completed Research Papers
Completed research papers should have completed analyses and documentation of results.
Review Criteria for Completed Research Papers are:
- Topic is relevant to a track’s theme
- Objectives are clear and well-described
- Paper is written clearly
- Paper will draw an audience
- Paper is well organized and flows logically
- Literature review is appropriate
- Methodology is appropriate (if relevant)
- Analyses are appropriate (if relevant)
- Evidence supports authors’ arguments (if relevant)
- Paper makes a useful contribution
Requirements: Research-in-Progress Papers
Research-in-progress (RIP) papers typically describe work that is as yet incomplete, but promising. Accepted RIP papers will be presented in an interactive format, either as posters or round-table discussions during ECIS 2015. The papers will appear in the ECIS 2015 RIP Proceedings.
Depending on the presentation format the track chairs recommend for a given RIP paper, the paper’s authors will either be required to bring a poster-size presentations (in LARGE TYPE format of A0/A1 format) for display at the poster session, or about 10 copies of a hand-out (e.g., a one-page extended abstract, two pages of power-point slides or a printout of a theoretical model in diagrammatic form) to support the discussion of the RIP in a round-table format. Additional information on both presentation formats is forthcoming.
Review Criteria for Research-in-Progress Papers:
- Topic is relevant to a track’s theme
- Objectives are clear and well-described
- Paper is written clearly
- Paper will draw an audience
- Paper is well organized and flows logically
- Literature review is appropriate
- Methodology is appropriate (only if relevant)
- Analyses are appropriate (only if relevant—many RIP papers may not yet have data to analyze)
- Evidence supports authors’ arguments (if relevant)
- Paper makes a useful contribution or has the potential to make a contribution
