{"id":4962,"date":"2026-03-18T12:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/?page_id=4962"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:44:35","slug":"policies-and-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/research\/policies-and-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies and Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4962\" class=\"elementor elementor-4962\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c41fb98 top-shape e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c41fb98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10319af3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10319af3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1976eabc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1976eabc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Policies and Guidelines<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec841b7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ec841b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38220da6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38220da6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cef94c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37cef94c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e336936 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e336936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239acddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"239acddf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publishing Conference Papers in AIS Journals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f619dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f619dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AIS believes that it is the best interests of the field for research to be first presented at a conference and then published in a more refined format in a journal. The conference review process and the presentation of the study to colleagues helps improve the research, so the research has the opportunity to be much more fully developed for review by journals. As a result, the AIS Policy on Conference and Journal Publication encourages conference papers to be published in journals. This policy applies to AIS conferences (so there are no copyright issues to prevent your AIS conference paper from being published in any journal (AIS or not)), and to AIS journals (so there are no restrictions preventing you from submitting your paper from any conference (AIS or not) to an AIS journal). Many non-AIS journals have policies similar to the AIS policy, so you can submit your AIS conference paper to them; this includes all the AIS Senior Scholars\u2019 Basket Journals (European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information Systems Research, Journal of the AIS, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of MIS, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and MIS Quarterly), as well as Decision Support Systems, Information and Management, Information and People, MIS Quarterly Executive, Systemes d\u2019Information et Management, Business &amp; Information Systems Engineering, International Journal of Knowledge Management, The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, The Australasian Journal of Information Systems, The Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology Management, Journal of Information Systems Education, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, and Information Systems Frontiers. (If your journal has a similar policy and you would like to include it here, please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/about-ais\/ais-council\/\">Vice President of Publications<\/a>.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd10af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd10af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AI Guidelines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159419f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"159419f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AIS has been looking closely at gen-AI developments over the past year. An AI-for-AIS task force was established and has been working on providing guidance to the association on issues relating to such things as the use of AI in research, in reviewing, in the eLibrary, and more. Based on input from the task force, the leadership team is seeking feedback on the provision of some guidelines to authors of AIS conference and journal submissions concerning uses of AI in the research process. The guidelines are intended to highlight potential uses of AI that, upon submission, do not require disclosure, as well as potential uses that, upon submission, should be disclosed. The enclosed table is an initial draft and we invite feedback on this table as we work to provide something that, we hope, will be helpful without being overwhelming. We invite your feedback.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635eb29 elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"635eb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aiusesinresearchv3-1.xlsx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">AI Guidelines Draft<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3a12e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d3a12e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Green Open Access Policy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-213f41a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"213f41a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AIS has a green Open Access Policy. Authors may immediately self-archive their articles without an embargo period when publishing in these AIS journals:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/jais\/\">Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/cais\">Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/pajais\">Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/thci\">Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/trr\">Transactions on Replication Research (TRR)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aisel.aisnet.org\/misqe\/\">MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQE)<\/a><\/p><p>AIS\u2019s self-archiving option pertains to the version of the article that received the official acceptance letter from the editor after successfully passing peer review (i.e., post-print or Author\u2019s Accepted Manuscript) or the final, official published version after the publisher has copy-edited, formatted and distributed it (i.e., version of record). Authors may self-archive the version of their research article that they choose on their website, or on a publicly-accessible institutional or subject-based repository<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87c1a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a87c1a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIS Research Code of Conduct<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c38b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c38b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AIS members are expected to adhere to the <a href=\"https:\/\/conduct.aisnet.org\/research-code-of-conduct\/\">AIS Research Code of Conduct<\/a>, which has been developed by the Research Conduct Committee (RCC), whose members are listed below, and endorsed by AIS Council.<\/p><p>The RCC has developed <a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AIS_RCC_Guidelines_for_Edit.pdf\">guidelines for journal editors and conference program chairs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/about-ais\/ais_policies\/guidelines-for-a-victim-dealing-with-plagiarism\/\">guidelines for victims of plagiarism<\/a>. These guidelines are designed to help individuals deal with situations where inappropriate scholarly conduct may have occurred.<\/p><p>All AIS journal editors and conference program chairs should review the Guidelines for Editors for advice on how to deal with suspected or potential scholar misconduct issues, including plagiarism.<\/p><p>If you think that someone may have plagiarized your work, please look at the Guidelines for Victims. These guidelines have been written with victims in mind and are informed by previous plagiarism cases. They provide actionable advice.<\/p><p>Finally, to understand how cases of scholarly misconduct are handled by AIS, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Excerpt_policy_5.4.3_-_Schol.pdf\">AIS Policy, 5.4.3 Scholarly Misconduct<\/a>. This policy explains how cases of scholarly misconduct are reported and handled, the ways in which the AIS investigates suspected cases of academic misconduct, the role of the RCC in this process, and the array of penalties that exist for scholarly misconduct.<\/p><p>We recommend that doctoral students and all new AIS members review all four of these documents.<\/p><p>Reports related to potential violations of the AIS Research Code of Conduct may be submitted confidentially and anonymously through the third-party <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ethicspoint.com\/domain\/media\/en\/gui\/74273\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAVEX EthicsPoint<\/a> online reporting platform. Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/conduct.aisnet.org\/\">conduct.aisnet.org<\/a> for additional information about the complaint resolution process and to file a report. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please contact the <a href=\"mailto:rcc@aisnet.org\">chair of the RCC<\/a>. or the <a href=\"mailto:president@aisnet.org\">president of AIS<\/a>.<\/p><p>The Research Conduct Committee:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Brian Fitzgerald, AVP Ethics (RCC Committee Chair)<\/strong><\/li><li>Marie-Claude Boudreau, VP Conferences<\/li><li>Michel Avital, VP Publications<\/li><\/ul><p>Quick Links:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/coi_journals-updated-final2.pdf\">New! AIS Council Discussion Point of Conflict of Interest (COI) in Research<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/conduct.aisnet.org\/research-code-of-conduct\/\">AIS Research Code of Conduct<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AIS_RCC_Guidelines_for_Edit.pdf\">Guidelines for Journal Editors and Conference Program Chairs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/about-ais\/ais_policies\/guidelines-for-a-victim-dealing-with-plagiarism\/\">Guidelines for Victims of Plagiarism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Excerpt_policy_5.4.3_-_Schol.pdf\">AIS Policy, 5.4.3 Scholarly Misconduct<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Infographic_Did-I-Plagiarize1.jpg\">Did I Plagiarize? 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