Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Government Information Quarterly<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0740-624X (Print) and\u00a01872-9517 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> Government Information Quarterly<\/em> Issues<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cGovernment Information Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0is an international journal that examines the intersection of policy, information technology, government, and the public.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a cross-disciplinary journal, seeking submissions from disciplines including information science, public policy, public administration, political science, business, law, geography, information systems, communications, economics, sociology, computer science, and public health. Its purpose is to examine how policy, information technology, government and the public intersect. Articles of the most interest would be those concerning government policies on electronic resources and data.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Elsevier Ltd.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Public Administration and LIS, scholarly6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Government Information Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0has its focus on how \u201cpolicies affect government information flows and the availability of government information; the use of technology to create and provide innovative government services; the impact of information technology on the relationship between the governed and those governing; and the increasing significance of information policies and information technology in relation to democratic practices.\u201d8<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0includes original research, analytic essays, editorials, teaching cases, and case studies.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines: <\/strong>Guide for Authors<\/a>. This information is also available at this site as pdf download titled \u201cAuthor Information Pack.\u201d<\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Per the guidelines, submissions that \u201cinclude original research papers that are theory-driven research; papers that combine theory & practice; reviews & review essays, editorials, teaching cases and case studies\u201d11<\/sup>\u00a0are encouraged. This is an international journal so contributions from all parts of the world are welcome; however, papers must be in either American or British English, with\u00a0spelling consistent. This publication accepts new and revised manuscripts that have not been previously published and does not allow simultaneous submissions. Typical manuscripts are 25-30 pages in length, double-spaced.12<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0The submission guidelines are extensive, beginning with a section covering topics such as ethics, copyright, conflict of interest, and the roles of funding sources. All submissions are made electronically online through the publisher\u2019s website. The guidelines detail the expectations of article structure and there is a submission checklist.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Articles are subject to a double-blind review process, performed by the editorial board and other peer reviewers. \u201cThe criterion for acceptance is appropriateness to the field, taking into account the merit of content and presentation.\u201d14<\/sup>\u00a0Through the publisher\u2019s online submission process authors are able to track their submission.<\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a scholarly journal based on theory-driven research and submissions should follow research paper tone and format. The articles tend to take a clear, but formal tone. The writing is scholarly, well organized, and not overly wordy.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association (APA)<\/em>, 6th edition.16<\/sup><\/p>\n This scholarly journal is a good choice for information professionals interested in publishing research and analysis of government electronic information trends and best practices. They appear to be most interested in practical application and results of information policy, making it a good choice for action research publications. It would be suitable for professors attempting to build up publication credits for tenure, or graduate students interested in being published for the first time.<\/p>\n Journal metrics: Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2.384; SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.049; Impact Factor: 1.910; 5-Year Impact Impact Factor: 2.263.17<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Unknown; not listed on their website or Ulrichsweb.com, and unavailable from publisher. It is likely that many people have access to this periodical through ScienceDirect, and that most, if not all, government libraries and information technology departments subscribe or access this publication online.18<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Though main audience is within the United States and is national in scope,19<\/sup>\u00a0this journal publishes articles on worldwide topics. For example past articles included: \u201cRestructuring Taiwan\u2019s Port State Control Inspection Authority,\u201d and \u201cModernizing Bangladesh Public Administration Through e-Governance: Benefits and Challenges.\u201d20<\/sup>\u00a0Government Information Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0is published in English,21<\/sup>\u00a0and the article submission guidelines indicate that they use common American or British spelling and grammar.22<\/sup>\u00a0The editorial board is international, with members in a variety of countries but mostly represented by the United States.23<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Reader profiles were not available; however, it appears that this journal is aimed at government and library professionals, public administration professionals, and government information architects. The journal\u2019s target audience includes government officials and policy makers, scientists, journalists, lawyers, researchers, teachers and scholars, students, and librarians. Articles would be of the most interest to those helping to steer government policy toward electronic resources and data.24<\/sup><\/p>\n The editorial board is a mix of communications, information technology, law, library, and information sciences faculty as well as librarians and government officials.25<\/sup>\u00a0The heavy presence of faculty indicates that the journal veers toward more scholarly writing over applied theory (or \u201chow-to\u201d articles). The job titles of the board also tend to indicate they will favor articles on technology\u2019s use in government services. A review of the articles published shows this to be true.26<\/sup><\/p>\n No demographic information on the readers is available at this time, but it would appear from the selection of articles published that the subscribers would be in similar professional positions to the editors.27<\/sup>\u00a0This journal would be most useful to people making practical decisions related to public policy and the dissemination of government information or academics in the same areas, but there is a wide enough variety in the articles that law school staff and librarians (especially government documents librarians) would also be interested in the subject matter.28<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are a cross section of librarians, information professionals, IT workers, lawyers and government officials. Technical jargon should be avoided and even basic LIS principles should be explained when included in an article.29<\/sup>\u00a0Ulrichsweb.com lists the subject area as \u201cpublic administration.\u201d30<\/sup><\/p>\n Although this journal will accept articles on any topic related to government, the most popular (for publication, and for downloading once published) are on e-government and ways to use technology to further government services. There is room for other articles (for instance, \u201cStandardized American Indians: The \u201cNames of Indian tribes and bands\u201d list from the Office of Indian Affairs \u201c), but articles combining government services and information technology will be most well received. Information delivery topics, tailored to a government audience, would also be very well received.31<\/sup><\/p>\n As noted above, subscribers would be reading this publication to keep abreast of current developments in the field of government information, and most articles of interest would deal with how to distribute such information effectively. The readers are primarily academics or government decision-makers. Authors should keep in mind that though scholarly in nature, the core of each article should deal with a practical problem, and offer solutions or at least a detailed analysis of the issue.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 26, 2017<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Government Information Quarterly ISSN: 0740-624X (Print) and\u00a01872-9517 (Online)1 Website: Government Information Quarterly Issues Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cGovernment Information Quarterly\u00a0is an international journal that examines the intersection of policy, information technology, government, and the public.\u201d2 Target audience:\u00a0This is a cross-disciplinary journal, seeking submissions from disciplines including information science, public policy, public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2013,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2089","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3420,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2089\/revisions\/3420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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