Description:
The International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) examines current, state-of-the-art research in the areas of information systems and social change, and the interactions, linkages, applications, and support of social change using information systems. This journal... Show More
The International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) examines current, state-of-the-art research in the areas of information systems and social change, and the interactions, linkages, applications, and support of social change using information systems. This journal encompasses theoretical, analytical, and empirical research, comprehensive reviews of relevant research, technical reports, book reviews, and also case studies emphasizing the use of new frameworks, principles, technologies, methods, and techniques.
Mission & Scope:
Today’s society is fraught with a myriad of constrained opportunities. These challenges are indeed daunting, and the need for change is ever present. The mission of International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) is to provide an international forum for practitioners and researchers from both the social and natural sciences, along with information systems professionals... Show More
Today’s society is fraught with a myriad of constrained opportunities. These challenges are indeed daunting, and the need for change is ever present. The mission of International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) is to provide an international forum for practitioners and researchers from both the social and natural sciences, along with information systems professionals, software developers, and vendors, to exchange, share, and present useful and innovative ideas and work. It also enables the presentation and distribution of ground-breaking and original ideas and concepts, which can shape future directions of research. These, when applied, can enable policy makers, government officials, business managers, and social workers to spread over various advanced techniques and new applications of information systems. IJISSC also encourages discussions on how information systems can promote social change, and also in turn, how the advances brought about by these social changes can affect the growth in, and future application of, information systems.
Coverage:
- Anthropology
- Behavioral Science
- Complex adaptive system
- Computer Simulation
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Decision Support Systems
- Decision theory
- Demography
- Disaster management and information systems
- Ecological information systems
- Economics
- Education information systems
- Environmental information systems
- E-society
- Ethics
- Expert Systems
- Fuzzy Logic
- Geography
- Healthcare Information Systems
- Human-centric information systems
- Infrastructure management system
- Knowledge Networks
- Labor management
- Legal information systems
- Natural resource information systems
- Organizational Information Systems
- Policy development and management
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public-use information systems
- Risk Management
- Social informatics
- Social Networking
- Social Sciences
- Social security information systems
- Sociology
- Socio-technical networks
- Strategic Planning
- Sustainable Development
- Urban development information systems
- Web 2.0
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All inquiries regarding IJISSC should be directed to the attention of:
All inquiries regarding IJISSC should be directed to the attention of:John Wang
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change
Email:
ijissc@igi-global.comEditorial Office
701 E. Chocolate Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033, USA
717-533-8845 x100
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