About the Journal

The AJIS is published by the Australasian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AAIS). It is publicized as an e-journal. 

AJIS was established in 1993 by Rob McGregor. It has become a major part of the Australasian Information Systems community.  Since its inception the journal's Editor-in-Chief role has been held by:

1993 – 2005 Rob McGregor
2006 – 2007 Craig McDonald
2008 – 2011  Jon Heales
2012 – 2013 Kathy Lynch
2014 – 2020  John Lamp
2021 – 2024  Karlheinz Kautz
2024 -            Michael Davern & Stuart Black                                                                                                                                          

AJIS publishes high quality contributions to theory and practice in the global Information Systems (IS) discipline based on innovative and novel approaches and topics. It is particularly interested in IS knowledge drawn from or applied to Australasia. The journal welcomes submissions on research and conceptual development based in a very wide range of inquiry methods, ways of thinking and modes of expression.

AJIS is a Diamond open access journal which does not levy article submission fees, article processing charges,  content access fees or any other form of fees or charges. This approach is in line with the founding principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Different types of research paper need to be judged by different criteria. Here are some assessment criteria that may be applied:

•       Relevance - topic or focus is part of the IS discipline.
•       Effectiveness - paper makes a significant contribution to the IS body of knowledge.
•       Impact - paper answers the 'so-what' question and will be used for further research and/or practice.
•       Uniqueness - paper is innovative, original & unique.
•       Conceptual soundness - theory, model or framework made explicit.
•       Argument - design of the research or investigation is sound; methods appropriate.
•       Clarity - Topic is clearly stated; illustrations, charts & examples support content.
•       Reliability - data available; replication possible.
•       References - sound, used appropriately, and sufficient – appropriate AJIS articles referenced
•       Style - appropriate language, manuscript flows.

The Editorial Management team recognises the value of a well managed review process. As such, the journal seeks to deliver 'best in class' turnaround times:

Step 1 - First Decision by the EiCs within 5 business days of submission.
This decision may be a desk reject, an initial rapid review (such a review helps identify issues that may slow a paper through the review process) or assignment to a Senior Editor.  

Step 2 - SE Input within 10 business days of assignment
The responsibile SE will read and assign relevant reviewers. All manuscripts undergo double blind reviewing by at least 2 well qualified reviewers. The reviewers task is to provide constructive, fair, and timely advice to authors and editors.

Step 3 - Return of Review Reports within 21 calendar days

Step 4 - SE considers reviews/drafts SE report within 10 business days of receipt of final reviewer reports
The responsibile SE will read the reviewers comments and synthesise that feedback into a recommendation to the EiCs.  That recommendation may be accept, request revisions or reject

Step 5 - EiC issues decision within 5 business days of receipt of SE recommendation

AJIS is

ranked "A" by the Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems ranked "A" by the Australian Business Deans' Council listed in the Australian Government Excellence in Research Australia register listed in Cabell's International Directory listed in the Index of Information Systems Journals listed in Sherpa/Romeo as "green" holds the Directory of Open Access Journals Seal for best OA publishing practice indexed by CrossRef indexed by EBSCO indexed by Elsevier

indexed by The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) indexed by Naver Academic indexed by the Open Syllabus Project indexed by ORCID indexed by Redlink indexed by RefME indexed by ScienceOpen indexed by SCIMAGO indexed by Scopus indexed in Clarivate's Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

Full details of the Sections of AJIS, and Author Guidelines are here.

The current Co-Editors-in-Chief are Professor Michael Davern and Dr Stuart Black, both from the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. They can be contacted at ajis.eic@aaisnet.org.