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International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)

An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Published Quarterly. Est. 2009.
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DOI: 10.4018/IJISCRAM, ISSN: 1937-9390, EISSN: 1937-9420
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Jennex, Murray E. and Bartel Van de Walle. "International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)." (2009). Web. 24 May. 2012. doi:10.4018/IJISCRAM

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Jennex, M. E., & Van de Walle, B. (2009). International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM). doi:10.4018/IJISCRAM

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Jennex, Murray E. and Bartel Van de Walle. "International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)," (2009), accessed (May 24, 2012), doi:10.4018/IJISCRAM

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Description

The International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) is an academically rigorous outlet for research into crisis response and management. It is focused on the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of IS technologies and methodologies to support crisis response and management. It explores issues critical to the application of IS to crisis response and management.
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Journal Contents

Volume 4: 1 Issues (2012)
Volume 3: 4 Issues (2011)
Volume 2: 4 Issues (2010)
Volume 1: 4 Issues (2009)
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Mission

The mission of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) is to provide an outlet for innovative research in the area of information systems for crisis response and management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can utilize any accepted methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in nature. The journal will provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for advancing the understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the use of information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds.
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Indices

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Topics Covered

This journal covers all aspects of the crisis management information systems discipline, from organizational issues to technology support to decision support and knowledge representation. High quality submissions are encouraged using any qualitative or quantitative research methodology, focusing on the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of such systems. Submissions are especially encouraged covering the following topics in this discipline:

  • Case studies, research methods, and modeling approaches
  • Collaborative and intelligent systems
  • Command and control
  • Communication technologies
  • Crisis planning, training, exercising, and gaming
  • Data fusion, representation, and visualization
  • Decision making and judgment
  • Disaster risk reduction, risk management, ad-hoc, and sensor networks
  • Early warning systems
  • Emergency response systems
  • Geographical information systems
  • Globalization and development issues
  • Healthcare and health information systems
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Humanitarian operations
  • Information systems strategy
  • Knowledge management and systems
  • Systems interoperability information systems infrastructures
  • Virtual teams and organizations
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    Editor(s)-in-Chief Biography

    Murray E. Jennex
    Murray E. Jennex is an associate professor at San Diego State University, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Knowledge Management, Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global book series, Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management and President of the Foundation for Knowledge Management (LLC). Dr. Jennex specializes in knowledge management, system analysis and design, IS security, e-commerce and organizational effectiveness. Dr. Jennex serves as the Knowledge Management Systems Track Co-Chair at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. He is the author of over 100 journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings on knowledge management, end user computing, international information systems, organizational memory systems, ecommerce, security and software outsourcing. He holds a BA in chemistry and physics from William Jewell College, a MBA and a MS in software engineering from National University and a MS in telecommunications management and a PhD in information systems from the Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Jennex is also a registered professional mechanical engineer in the state of California and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

    Bartel Van de Walle
    Bartel Van de Walle is an associate professor at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and a visiting professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA) and Harbin Engineering University (China). He received his PhD in applied mathematics and computer science from Ghent University (Belgium). His research focuses on decision support systems, high reliability organizations and humanitarian information systems. Dr. Van de Walle has founded the international ISCRAM Community (http://www.iscram.org) and has organized sessions, tracks, international workshops, conferences and a PhD Summer School in this area in Europe, US and China. He was a recipient of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship. Van de Walle is a senior editor for the Journal of Information Technology Theory and Applications (JITTA) and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. He has published more than eighty papers in proceedings of international conferences and journals (among which DSS, EJOR, JMIS and Communications of the ACM). Van de Walle has served as an expert reviewer and consultant for the American, Belgian and Dutch National Science Foundations, the European Commission and the UN (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).
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    Editorial Board

    Associate Editors
    Tom De Groeve, EU Joint Research Center, Italy
    Dewald van Niekerk, African Center for Disaster Studies, South Africa
    Murray Turoff, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
    Song Yan, Harbin Engineering University, China

    Editorial Board Members
    Walter Ammann, IDRC, Switzerland
    Einar Bjorgo, UNOSAT, Switzerland
    Marcos Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Tung Bui, University of Hawaii, USA
    Paul Burghardt, DECIS, The Netherlands
    José H. Canós Cerdá, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
    Benny Carlé, Nuclear Research Center SCK-CEN, Belgium
    Paul Currion, humanitarian.info, USA
    Chamindra de Silva, Lanka Software Foundation, Sri Lanka
    Paloma Díaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
    Julie Dugdale, Université Pierre Mendes France, France
    Frank Fiedrich, George Washington University, USA
    Simon French, Manchester Business School, UK
    Eric Frost, San Diego State University, USA
    Tim Grant, Netherlands Defense Academy, The Netherlands
    Jack Harrald, George Washington University, USA
    Mark Haselkorn, Washington University, USA
    Sanjana Hattotuwa, Groundviews, Sri Lanka
    Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
    Renato Iannella, Semantic Identity, Australia
    Jonas Landgren, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
    Greg Madey, University of Notre Dame, USA
    Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, USA
    Nigel Snoad, Microsoft, USA
    Suha Ulgen, United Nations Secretariat, USA
    Firoz Verjee, NOAA, USA
    Peter Wooders, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand
    Sisi Zlatanova, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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