Department of Information Systems & Operations Management
Decision Sciences Journal
Authors
Welcome to DSJ Online. The Decision Sciences Journal (DSJ) strives to provide extraordinary customer service by delivering timely and constructive reviews and informative responses throughout a manuscript's life cycle. To offer this superior level of customer service, all new submissions must be submitted electronically to DSJ. DSJ strongly encourages both first-time and returning authors to review all author information before submitting a manuscript, as these areas are frequently updated. If you have not already done so, please also review DSJ's Editorial Statement.
Preparation Guidelines
All manuscripts must follow specific format guidelines and be submitted in unlocked Adobe Portable Download Format (PDF) files.
Plagiarism and Copyright
Before submitting an article to Decision Sciences, authors must be sure to answer the following questions which are intended to reduce the chance of unintentional plagiarism or copyright infringement:
- Acknowledge that any work submitted has been submitted solely to this journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere.
- Disclose whether the paper has been previously submitted via this submission website and received a revision decision [revised papers should be submitted as “revisions” and not as “new” papers].
- Disclose whether the paper has not been submitted outside of this website and is now being submitted after revision.
- Disclose whether the paper has been submitted to this publication and been rejected.
Submitting authors must also confirm that all authors of the submission have read and understood the journal's policy concerning transfer of copyright.
Authors are expected to familiarize themselves with and agree to Wiley Blackwell's policy on ownership of ideas and expression when signing the Copyright Assignment form that is required at the time of manuscript acceptance for publication.
To further prevent the chance of plagiarism occurring, we encourage all authors to read the following statement from Wiley Blackwell’s policy (available at: Wiley Blackwell's Publication Ethics - Ownership of ideas and expression) prior to making a submission:
Journal editors and readers have a right to expect that submitted work is the author's own, that it has not been plagiarized (i.e. taken from other authors without permission, if permission is required) and that copyright has not been breached (for example, if figures or tables are reproduced).
Many journals require authors to declare that the work reported is their own and that they are the copyright owner (or else have obtained the copyright owner's permission). This is enforced further by the Wiley-Blackwell Exclusive License Form, the OnlineOpen Form, or the Copyright Assignment form, one of which must be submitted before publication in any Wiley-Blackwell journal. This form requires signature from the corresponding author to warrant that the article is an original work, has not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere in its final form either in printed or electronic form.
What to do if you expect plagiarism
Please be advised that Wiley-Blackwell provides a flowchart recommending the process by which journals should handle expected plagiarism.
Decision Sciences takes all accusations of plagiarism seriously and will take necessary action when informed of suspected plagiarism.
Review Topic and Methodological Areas
To facilitate the review process, authors must indicate appropriate review key words for their papers to identify the primary Topic Areas their manuscripts address, and the Methodological Areas they utilize.
You may view the current list of key words from the Topic and Methodological Areas.
Understanding the Review Process
Review this section if you would like clarification on the manuscript submission and review process.
New Submissions
To submit an article to Decision Sciences please visit our Manuscript Cenral site. If you have not submitted via the site before you will need to create a user account before you can submit an article. Once you have logged in, click on "Corresponding Author Center" and then follow the instructions to submit your article.
