{"id":2250,"date":"2024-03-24T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2250"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:16:58","slug":"the-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/is-scholarly-journals\/the-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bottom Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Publication analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISSN<\/strong>: 0888-045X (Print) and\u00a02054-1724 (Online)<sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>:\u00a0<a title=\"The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/publication\/issn\/0888-045X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose, objective, or mission<\/strong>: Formerly a journal on library finances subject to editor review only,\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line<\/em>\u00a0has \u201cbroadened its scope to become an interdisciplinary journal . . . mainly focusing on the trading of information, information economics, and the business of information.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience<\/strong>: The journal is \u201cnot only for library and information researchers, but also for micro-economists and education researchers, marketers and knowledge professionals in information organisations.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher<\/strong>:\u00a0Emerald Group Publishing<sup class=\"footnote\">4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer reviewed<\/strong>? Yes<sup class=\"footnote\">5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Type<\/strong>: Academic\/ Scholarly<sup class=\"footnote\">6<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium<\/strong>: Online and print<sup class=\"footnote\">7<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><i>The Bottom Line\u00a0<\/i>publishes research and case studies on the financial and economic aspects of information and information practice, mainly focusing on the trading of information, information economics, and the business of information. Information is widely defined including, but not limited to: Records, Documents, Files, Learning objects, Visual and sound files, Data and metadata, and User-generated content.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">8<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency of publication<\/strong>:\u00a0Quarterly<sup class=\"footnote\">9<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location of submission guidelines<\/strong>:\u00a0<a title=\"Author Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/journals\/author_guidelines.htm?id=bl\"><em>The Bottom Line<\/em> | Overview<\/a> (click on the tab &#8220;Author guidelines&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of contributions accepted<\/strong>: The journal focuses less on the management of information but more on the trading of it. The website lists the following areas of special interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>The socio-legal, cultural, and technological aspects of the environment in which information is traded<\/li>\n<li>The articulation and development of new\u00a0information theories and models<\/li>\n<li>the relationship between information trading and other professions concerned with communication, marketing and information technology<\/li>\n<li>The relationships between society and business, technology, knowledge categorisation and metadata, and individual, group and collective memory<\/li>\n<li>The grey or black market and those who would exploit it, such as foreign government intelligence agencies, unscrupulous businesses, and cybercriminals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Style guide used<\/strong>: Harvard citation style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open access<\/strong>: Hybrid<sup class=\"footnote\">10<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission and review process<\/strong>: Submissions are made online using the submission and peer review system\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mc.manuscriptcentral.com\/tbl\">ScholarOne Manuscripts<\/a>. Emerald Group Publishing has a support center offering guidance on using the system.<sup class=\"footnote\">11<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial tone<\/strong>: Scholarly<sup class=\"footnote\">12<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n<p>This interdisciplinary journal has a target audience of\u00a0LIS professionals\u00a0as well as marketers in information organizations, the media, government employees, and health care professionals. LIS authors whose professional and research interests include the social or\u00a0legal issues that arise when members of these disparate fields share information will find a\u00a0venue\u00a0for their work in\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line.<\/em><sup class=\"footnote\">13<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Audience analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Publication circulation<\/strong>: Circulation statistics are not available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience location and language or cultural considerations<\/strong>: Emerald Group Publishing is located in West Yorkshire, England. Its journals are written in British English for a worldwide audience.<sup class=\"footnote\">14<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader characteristics<\/strong>: Reader demographics are not available. The content is targeted at LIS professionals, micro-economists and education researchers, marketers and knowledge professionals in information organisations.<sup class=\"footnote\">15<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader knowledge of LIS subject matter<\/strong>:\u00a0Given the interdisciplinary nature of this journal, authors should assume a high level of education, but not necessarily in the LIS field.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n<p>Writers for\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line<\/em>\u00a0will impact a broad audience that extends beyond the LIS community to \u201cmicro-economists and education researchers, marketers and knowledge professionals in information organisations.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">16<\/sup>\u00a0LIS authors whose work concerns\u00a0information economics and how information is traded and monetized will reach a targeted audience through publication in this journal. For such authors,\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line<\/em>\u00a0offers an opportunity to add to\u00a0the body of knowledge in the new cross-disciplinary field of information economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last updated<\/strong>: April 27, 2020<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<div id=\"footnotes-6732\" class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-6732-1\">\u00a0<em>The Bottom Line,\u00a0<\/em>Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory, accessed April 27, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/search\/1638200218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/search\/1638200218<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"footnotereverse\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ischoolwikis.sjsu.edu\/lispublications\/wiki\/lis-scholarly-journals\/the-bottom-line\/#fnref-6732-1\">\u21a9<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6732-2\"><em>\u201cThe Bottom Line,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Emerald Group Publishing, accessed April 27, 2020,\u00a0<a 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and\u00a02054-1724 (Online)1 Website:\u00a0Journal Home Purpose, objective, or mission: Formerly a journal on library finances subject to editor review only,\u00a0The Bottom Line\u00a0has \u201cbroadened its scope to become an interdisciplinary journal . . . mainly focusing on the trading of information, information economics, and the business 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