I am writing to you in my capacity as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, or JITP (http://www.jitp.net). The journal is an interdisciplinary effort, with strong roots in the American Political Science Association (APSA). This September, we anticipate the APSA Council will approve the adoption of JITP as the Official Journal of the APSA's Organized Section on Information Technology & Politics. Our board features scholars from political science, geography, policy, and law, as well as computer and information science. http://www.jitp.net/m_editors.php?p=2 We seek new readers, reviewers and authors. To introduce you to the journal, the "Call for Submissions" is reproduced below. The journal welcomes a range of submission types: research papers, policy viewpoints, teaching innovation articles, workbench notes, review essays, and book reviews. Please consider JITP as you think about publishing your scholarship. JITP currently has over 525 scholars and practitioners in its reviewer database. We are averaging less than 90 days for the initial review of submissions and we provide as many as five reviews of your work. At last calculation the acceptance rate was 25%. On behalf of the JITP community, I strongly encourage you to join us to make this journal a success. Thanks, ~Stu > > ________________________________ > > > Call for Submissions > The Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP) seeks high-quality > manuscripts on the challenges and opportunities presented by information > technology in politics and government. The primary objectives of the > journal are to promote a better understanding of how evolving information > technologies interact with political and governmental processes and > outcomes at many levels, to encourage the development of governmental and > political processes that employ IT in novel and interesting ways, and to > foster the development of new information technology tools and theories > that can capture, analyze, and report on these developments. > > http://www.jitp.net (home page) > > http://www.jitp.net/m_archive.php?p=1 (archives) > > Submission Guidelines > Manuscripts should have significant theoretical and empirical roots, > preferably in both political science and IT, but should at least contain > significant content in both areas. We are particularly interested in > manuscripts in three areas: how information technology (IT) influences > politics and government; how politics and government influence the > development and use of IT; and how IT can be, or is being, used to advance > research and teaching about politics and government, particularly in > political science. > > JITP welcomes and strongly encourages submissions based on > interdisciplinary approaches including (but not limited to) information > and computer sciences, law, geography, communications, economics, and > sociology. We anticipate publishing articles on e-government, as well as > applications of information technology in campaigns, elections, and public > sector management. Other articles will examine the political economy of IT > and governance of the Internet. We also anticipate publishing articles on > forms of citizen interaction with government, from web logs ("blogs") at > the "net-roots" to hyperlinked transnational social movements. Finally, > we are interested how technology developments are advancing political > science research and instruction. > > http://www.jitp.net/m_mscript.php?p=2 > > Submission Types > JITP accepts a variety of manuscripts. Please review the descriptions > below and identify the submission type best suited to your intended > submission. > > http://www.jitp.net/m_submiss.php > > Research Paper > Research papers are theoretically driven, focusing on an intersection of > politics and IT and reporting substantial findings. > > Policy Viewpoints > Policy Viewpoints explore competing perspectives in an ITP policy debate > that are informed by academic research. > > Teaching Innovation > Teaching Innovation articles explore creative uses of information > technology tools to improve student learning in political science and > other related fields. Tutorials and papers that evaluate the > effectiveness of technology tools improving learning both are welcome. > > Workbench Note > Workbench Notes present a brief introduction and evaluation of one or more > novel ITP tools developed to gain analytical leverage over political > processes, or to advance political science instruction. > > Review Essay > An original theoretically guided essay linking three or more related > recent books to an important ITP subject area. > > Book Reviews > A review of a book, or other book-length document, such as a government or > foundation report. > > JITP uses a fully electronic Manuscript and Review System (MARS) and > review process that regularly produces decisions in as few as 60-75 days > of the original submission. You can submit manuscripts online or simply > join the reviewer community at: > > http://www.jitp.net/m_submit.php > > If you have questions or comments, please let me know. > > -- > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman > Assistant Professor > Department of Political Science > University of Massachusetts Amherst > 200 Hicks Way > Amherst, MA 01003 > > http://people.umass.edu/stu/ > stu@polsci.umass.edu > 413-545-5375 > > Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics > http://www.jitp.net > > Director, QDAP-UMass > http://www.umass.edu/qdap/ > > Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government > http://www.umass.edu/digitalcenter/ > -- > >