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GitHub用于判断稿件是否适合JAIS期刊，提供选题匹配、理论贡献评估、方法论标准及拒稿风险等决策支持。
Trigger Scenarios
作者指定JAIS为投稿目标
需评估理论型或方法多元的IS论文适配度
查询JAIS拒稿风险及替代期刊
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill journal-of-the-association-for-information-systems -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "journal-of-the-association-for-information-systems",
"description": "Use when targeting Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) or deciding whether a theory-rich, methodologically broad information-systems manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics."
}
Journal of the Association for Information Systems (journal-of-the-association-for-information-systems)
Journal positioning
The Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) is the flagship journal of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and a member of the AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of eight. It is known for theory-rich, methodologically broad IS scholarship: it welcomes conceptual and theory-development papers as well as empirical work across behavioral, economic, design-science, and qualitative traditions. JAIS is a natural home for ambitious theoretical contributions and methodological pluralism in IS. The readership is the global AIS research community.
This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the JAIS / AIS site and the editorial submission system.
When to trigger
- The author names JAIS (or the AIS flagship / Senior Scholars' Basket) as the venue.
- A theory-development, conceptual, or methodologically diverse IS paper needs the association's flagship home.
- An empirical or design IS paper with a strong theoretical ambition needs a pluralistic outlet.
- The author needs JAIS's desk-reject risks and a credible Basket / INFORMS alternative list before submitting.
Scope & topic fit
- IS theory development and conceptual contributions, including new constructs, frameworks, and theoretical integrations.
- Behavioral IS, economics of IS, and design science across organizational, individual, and societal levels.
- Qualitative and interpretive IS research with rigorous theory-building.
- Methodological and meta-theoretical contributions to the IS discipline.
Method & evidence bar
- A substantial theoretical contribution is central; JAIS is receptive to papers whose contribution is conceptual rather than empirical, provided the theorizing is rigorous.
- Empirical work (quantitative, qualitative, design-science) must meet its genre's rigor standards and serve a clear IS theoretical contribution.
- Qualitative/interpretive work needs transparent methods and a credible path from data to theory.
- Methodological pluralism is welcome, but the IS contribution and theoretical logic must be explicit.
Structure & house style
- The front end frames an IS theoretical problem or tension and develops the contribution with explicit logic.
- Conceptual papers build arguments carefully; empirical papers are transparent about method and link evidence back to theory.
- Appendices/online supplements carry instruments, proofs, coding schemes, or design details.
- The discussion states the theoretical contribution and its implications for IS research and practice.
Official-submission checklist
- Before giving submission-ready advice, read
../../resources/source-basis.mdand../../resources/official-source-map.md; start from the official source anchors for this journal family, then cite the current journal-specific page you checked. - Search the live site for "Journal of the Association for Information Systems author guidelines / submission guidelines" and follow the current AIS/publisher version, including any genre/department statements.
- Re-check word/length limits, abstract format, anonymization for double-blind review, and reference style.
- Re-check the current open-science, data/code availability, and disclosure/ethics policies.
- If the live official instructions conflict with this skill, the official instructions win.
Pre-submission self-check
- One sentence stating the IS theoretical contribution — conceptual or empirical.
- The theorizing follows explicit logic; the contribution is not "first to study X."
- Method (if empirical) matches the genre and meets that genre's rigor standards.
- Evidence (or argument) links clearly back to the theoretical contribution.
- Length, abstract, anonymization, references, and open-science policy match the current JAIS guide.
Common desk-reject triggers
- An empirical study with no IS theoretical contribution, or a "first to study X" framing.
- A conceptual paper that restates existing theory without a genuine advance.
- A method/analytics paper with no IS theory, or qualitative work with opaque methods.
- A paper that is really management, CS, or economics framed as IS.
Re-routing decision
- Behavioral/design IS for the field's premier outlet →
mis-quarterly. - Quantitative/economic IS with an INFORMS audience →
information-systems-research. - Management-of-IS, IT business value, IS strategy →
journal-of-management-information-systems. - Broad quantitative management →
management-science(IS department); computational/ML-for-OR with no IS theory →informs-journal-on-computing.
Output format
[Fit] High / Medium / Low (one-line reason)
[Target] Journal of the Association for Information Systems
[Topic tags] <2–3 closest topics + genre: conceptual/empirical/DSR>
[Method/evidence] <is the IS theoretical contribution at JAIS's bar?>
[Top risk] <the single most likely reason for rejection>
[Official items to re-check] <submission system / genre statement / blinding / open-science / data-code>
[Re-route suggestion] <if not a fit, a better-matched venue>
Version History
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