{"id":2254,"date":"2024-03-24T19:12:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:18:40","slug":"the-journal-of-community-informatics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/is-scholarly-journals\/the-journal-of-community-informatics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journal of Community Informatics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publication analysis<\/h2>\n
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About the publication<\/h3>\n

Title:<\/strong>\u00a0The Journal of Community Informatics<\/em><\/p>\n

ISSN<\/strong>: 1712-44411<\/sup><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n

Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cCommunity Informatics (CI) is the study and the practice of enabling communities with Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). CI seeks to work with communities towards the effective use of ICTs to improve their processes, achieve their objectives, overcome the \u201cdigital divides\u201d that exist both within and between communities, and empower communities and citizens in the range of areas of ICT application including for health, cultural production, civic management, and e-governance, among others.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cCI is concerned with how ICT can be useful to the range of traditionally excluded populations and communities, and how it can support local economic development, social justice and political empowerment using the Internet.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n

Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Readership spans a wide variety of disciplines: \u201ccommunity activists, nonprofit groups, policymakers, users\/citizens, and the range of academics working across (and integrating) disciplines as diverse as Information Studies, Management, Computer Science, Social Work, Planning, and Development Studies.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Community Informatics<\/em>5<\/sup><\/p>\n

Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes6<\/sup><\/p>\n

Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly7<\/sup><\/p>\n

Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online8<\/sup><\/p>\n

Content:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal includes a variety of \u201cemerging issues within the CI field, includ(ing) community access to the internet, community information, online civic participation and community service delivery, community and local economic development, training networks, telework, social cohesion, learning, e-health and e-governance.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n

Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly10<\/sup><\/p>\n

About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n

Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n

Types of contributions accepted:\u00a0<\/strong>As per the journal website:\u00a0\u201cThe Journal of Community Informatics<\/em>\u00a0accepts the submission of articles on any topic within the field of CI and from any geographic location and including Internet-enabled multimedia. Submitted articles are evaluated on the basis of their contribution to the knowledge and practice CI and on methodology, theoretical and empirical contribution, and style.\u201d11<\/sup><\/p>\n

As this is an open access journal that is available globally, \u201ceditors will seek to ensure that the content of the journal is also global in scope, encouraging the submission of articles from the developing world. Articles incorporating the use of the diverse range of Internet accessible media are also encouraged.\u201d12<\/sup>\u00a0This journal publishes articles in multiple languages.13<\/sup><\/p>\n

Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe submission should be in a Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx), Rich Text Format (RTF), WordPerfect, or equivalent open source document file format. All identifying author information should be removed from the submission file. This includes any author names, affiliations, and\/or other identifying information.\u201d14<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cFor each article, the author must provide a 100-word abstract in English. As well, since the Journal is of interest to a multilingual community of scholars, we ask that the English abstract be followed where possible and depending on its subject matter, by additional abstracts in French, Spanish and\/or Russian.\u201d15<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cSubmitted articles will in general be reviewed by two external reviewers chosen for their knowledge in specific sub-areas of CI. . . . Our intention is to publish research as quickly as possible. Our electronic submission process is designed to facilitate rapid publication. Articles may at this time be submitted and will be peer reviewed in English, French, Spanish, and Russian. Abstracts in English must be provided for all articles.\u201d16<\/sup><\/p>\n

Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Academic17<\/sup><\/p>\n

Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,\u00a0<\/em>5th edition18<\/sup><\/p>\n

Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n

The Journal of Community Informatics<\/em>\u00a0provides an excellent forum for LIS authors interested in publishing scholarly articles related to the field of community informatics. Because of the global reach of this journal, and the specific policy of encouraging global and first-time authors,19<\/sup>, LIS graduate students and\u00a0established professionals alike could potentially find a voice in this publication.<\/p>\n

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Audience analysis<\/h2>\n
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About the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n

Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0As this is an open-access journal, circulation statistics are not available. However,\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Community Informatics<\/em>\u00a0does keep statistics of abstract and article views. Readers are encouraged to register for the journal\u2019s publishing notification service, which \u201callows the journal to claim a certain level of support or readership.\u201d20<\/sup><\/p>\n

Journal total views since\u00a0August 27, 2006:<\/p>\n