Update for website

The following should be posted on the IJIS website

The following is to be posted on the website, under the about our Journal section and in the
prospective article section.

Simply put we at the International Journal of Innovation Science want to turn innovation into a science, this
requires three major activities being:
1. Conducting basic research creating new basic knowledge (pure exploration)
2. Taking basic research and turning it into lessons and rules of thumb (codification)
3. Finally, taking lessons, rules of thumb, and basic research and putting it into a form so it can be applied
repeatedly with predictable results (scientific application)
An example of this was the practice of marketing. Initially, marketing was a term coined in XXXX and all research
on this subject was explorative, finding out how marketing worked, what marketing consisted of, and the value of
marketing. As basic knowledge on the subject of marketing grew, researchers and marketing practitioners started
to make rules of thumb and form basic lessons, like market launches were vital to kick starting demand for a new
product. Then as more detailed research grew on marketing, marketers started to make complex models
predicting the exact effect of market launches on brand awareness and how that drives sales. This final push
formed the bases of scientific marketing, because now marketing could be applied rigorously, with the exactness
and predictability of a science.
Right now (2010), innovation is mainly occurring on step 1 and step 2. There are a number of
authors/researchers expanding the boundaries of innovation, what it means, and how it is applied. These author
form new branches of innovation with the ground breaking research. Authors like Clayton Christenson and his
research on disruptive technologies, Henry Chesbrough and his theory of open innovation, Eric Von Hippel's his
lead user research, and so on These growing areas are being expanded further by fervent efforts of these
researchers and practitioners performing step 2. Hence we see studies like enabling open innovation through
interactive methods. Here, each study codifies our knowledge and creates some type of lesson or rule of thumb.
Unfortunately, step 3 has barely been performed, but this is to be expected given the newest of the
innovation field. For step 3 to occur, researchers and practitioners have to pull greatly from the lessons and rules
of thumb created during step 2, and then turn them into some form where they can be applied to specific situation
in a predictable and repeatable manner. For example, when manufacturing and operation was understood well
enough, the science of six sigma was created. This gave practitioners the ability to apply a set of theories,
methods, and lessons to a specific situation in a rigorous manner to get predictable results.
As of 2010 no six-sigma like methods exist for innovation, even worse, little has been done to apply the
lessons and rules of thumb created during step 2 to create prescriptive models and theories. This is where we
believe our journal can have the most impact. We want to practice all three steps, but we believe to make
innovation a science we must concentrate heavily on step 3. Hence, that this journal will strive to have a
sustainable portion of our articles dedicated toward making application based theories, models, methods, and so
on so that innovation can be applied scientifically, with predictable results.
With this said, we welcome all articles related to innovation, whether they are basic research, specific
studies, or applications. Just know we like at IJIS prefer to be application heavy with our mix of presented articles.
If you are an aspiring author please refer to our topics list page, or you may get an early indication of our
willingness to publish on a specific topic by submitting your articles topic on our initial submission page. If you
already have an article you would like to submit, you may do so via our main submission page.




The following is to be posted on the website, under the Submission page section

The following is to be posted on the IJIS website

Initial Submission page
We at IJIS are breaking from the traditions of other journals by allowing authors to pitch us ideas
for articles and papers. This does two things, first it allows us to give a quick response back to authors on
our level of interest in a particular topic. This greatly saves the authors time in their submission efforts,
and gives the authors a great motivation to complete the articles. Second, it gives us the ability to
improve the article by suggesting avenues of discussion that interest our readers. If the topic is very
interesting we can even guarantee a publishing spot.
To pitch us your article, please fill out the attached initial submission document. This document
will require you do disclose the authors name, proposed topic area of the article, goal of the article, and
if the article is for pure research, creating basic rules of thumb and lessons, or is a rigorous scientific
application model. See the about our journal page for more info. Prospective author may also want to
see our topic list page.

Download the initial submission document here (Version April 1 2010)

Main Article Submission
We at IJIS love to receive innovation articles that can be published in our journal. As with any
journal we want to provide a fair and unbiased review of each article to insure it will meet our readers
needs. To achieve this we use a double blind review process with renowned experts in innovation
around the world.
If you already have an article that you wish to submit, you may download the submission form
and email the article to the mentioned contact.
If you are considering submitting an article to our journal, you should view our topics list to see
where your article falls, or you may use the initial submission document to get a quickly reply
on our interest in your particular article.

As with any journal, we have the following requirement to read more about them click here.
Quality of the writing and the overall quality of the article
How rigorous the research, theories, and applications are
How creditable the arguments are
The length of the article, formatting, & style




Article Format Requirements



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Fill in a description of formatting, quality, length, style, MLA

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General length, formatting, and Style


Requirement for quality

Requirement for rigorousness of the research, theories, and application

Requirement for creditable argument