About the Journal

Purposes of the Journal

The aims of the journal are to publish high-quality scholarly papers with academic rigor in theoretical and practical studies in order to enhance human knowledge/skills in and promote beneficial applications of Innovation Methods, especially Intelligent Innovation Methods and their integration with and applications in the related fields. Readership of the Journal include anyone who is interested in the fields and topics of the Journal.

Focus and Scope

"Systematic Innovation" is a set of knowledge/tools/methods which can enable systematic development of innovative problem solving, strategy setting, and/or identification of product/process/service innovation opportunities. IJoSI is a doubly blinded peer review, open access online journal with lag prints which publishes original research articles, reviews, and case studies in the field of Innovation Methods emphasizing on Systematic Innovation and applications of Artificial Intelligence. This international journal is dedicated to the field of Innovation Methods.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

I. Strategic & Business Aspects of Innovation Methods:

1. 1. Systematic identification of opportunities and issues in Business Model/ Product/ Process/ Service Innovation.)
   2. Systematic innovation Strategies, Methods, or Tools for Business Model/ Product/ Process/ Service improvements.
   3. Systematic identification or exploitation of Trends for Business or Technology innovation.

II. Technical Aspects of Innovation Methods:

1. 1. TRIZ-based systematic innovation:
      • Research and Development of TRIZ-based theories and tools.
      • TRIZ-based opportunity identification and problem-solving applications.
      • Theories, applications, and techniques in TRIZ-based education/teaching.
   2. Non-TRIZ based systematic Innovation:
      • Nature or bio-inspired methods/tools for Systematic Innovation.
      • Theories, tools, or applications of systematic innovative opportunity identification or problem solving such as: Lateral Thinking, Vertical Thinking, 6 Thinking Hats, etc.
   3. Random Innovation Methods/Processes
   4. Theories/Knowledge/Tools which is integrated with or related to Systematic Innovation such as: IP/Patent Management or Techniques, Neural Linguistic Programming, Axiomatic Design, VA/VE, Lean, 6 Sigma, QFD, etc.

III. Integration of Innovation Methods with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Design/Manufacturing/Services, or Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI)

1. 1. Theories or applications of innovative methods in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Design/Manufacturing/Services.
   2. Intelligent or computational systems supporting innovation or creative reasoning
   3. Development of theories/methods/tools for Computer-aided Innovation.
      • Knowledge Management, Text/Web Mining systems supporting innovation processes.
      • Forecasting or Road mapping issues for CAI.

IV. Patent Technical Analyses and Management Strategies

1. 1. Theories and applications for patent technical analysis, including patent circumvention, regeneration, enhancements, deployments.
   2. Patent strategies and value analysis

V. Theories, methodologies, and applications of engineering design that are original and/or can be integrated with innovation methods.

1. 1. Education/Training aspects of engineering design integrated with innovation methods
   2. Theories and applications of design tools, related to or can be integrated with innovation methods.

 

Peer Review Process

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence to the producers of the work. IJOSI employees a strict Peer review methods to maintain standards of quality, improve performance, and provide credibility. The detailed review process is represented in the form of a flow chart Click Here.  

As soon as the Editorial Office receives a submitted manuscript and the Copyright Agreement Authorization form, the Executive Editor will forward the manuscript to an appropriate Associate Editor based on the paper content and initiate the review process. The Associate Editor examines the submitted paper to determine whether it falls within the scope of IJOSI or not. If it does, the Associate Editor selects a slate of referees to perform paper review.

Referees are normally asked to respond within four weeks. If they are late, reminders are sent. If the Associate Editor cannot have the timely response from the referee, the manuscript is then sent to an alternative referee. The Associate Editor evaluates reviews when they come in. If a review is deemed lacking in critical quality, i.e. the technical and scientific strengths or shortcomings of the work have not been adequately addressed, then an additional review is sought.

Copies of the reviews (at least two) are referred to the Associate Editor who examines all materials and recommend a course of action or decision. The decision is forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief for final approval and is then conveyed to the author by the Editorial Office.

 

Publication Frequency

The International Journal of Systematic Innovation is published online and in print 4 times a year.

 

Publishing and Copyright Statements

The Author(s) assign to IJoSI the copyright in the manuscript identified above and any supplemental tables, illustrations or other information submitted therewith that are intended for publication as part of the manuscript (the "Article") in all forms and media (whether now known or hereafter developed), throughout the world, in all languages, for the full term of copyright, effective when and if the article is accepted for publication. This transfer includes the right to provide the Article in electronic, print, and online forms and systems. With respect to supplemental data that the Author(s) wish to make accessible through a link in the Article, I hereby grant a non-exclusive license for such linking. If the Author(s) have agreed with IJoSI to make available such supplemental data on a site or through a service of IJoSI, the Author(s) grant a non-exclusive license for such publication, posting and making available, and further permit indexing and archiving. 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement

 

IJoSI's statement on Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based on Elsevier recommendations and with reference to Committee on Publication Ethics COPE's Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

A selection of key points is included below. The categorization is made on Duties of Editors, Duties of Reviewers and Duties of Authors. However in case of discrepancy the Editor in chief's decision will be final.

1. Duties of Editors

Fair play and Publication decisions

Submitted manuscripts will only be evaluated on the basis of their contributions and their relevance to the journal's scope. Authors' ethnic background, political orientation, nationality, gender, religious belief, or institutional affiliation are never taken into account during editorial process. All submitted manuscripts being considered for publication will undergo peer-review by reviewers who are experts in the field. The editorial board will decide whether or not the manuscript should be published based on reviewer's comments and its contents. Moreover, legal requirements such as libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism will also be considered.

Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and editorial board members will not take the liberty to use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their personal advantage. Editors will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the papers.

 

2. Duties of Reviewers

 Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their manuscripts. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of scientific endeavor.

 

Promptness

Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified to undertake the task or knows that a prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

 

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review are confidential documents and must be treated as such. They must not be shown to or discussed with others under any circumstances. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

 

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively and observations formulated clearly with supporting arguments. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

 

Acknowledgment of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation or argument that has been reported in previous publications should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.

 

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation. Reviewers must not use the material disclosed in a submitted manuscript in their own research or for their personal advantage without author's written consent. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

 

3. Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective and comprehensive, while editorial 'opinion' or perspective pieces should be clearly identified as such. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

 Originality and plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they have written and submit only original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

 Multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal.

 Authorship of the manuscript

Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate coauthors are included in the author list and verify that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

 Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Authors should-at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the cover letter)-disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the submission. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as educational grants or other funding, participation in author's organization, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, other equity interest, paid expert testimony, or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed in the acknowledgment section. (including the grant number or other reference number if any).

 Acknowledgment of sources

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

 Peer review

Authors are obliged to be listed on the reviewer list to participate in potential peer review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors' requests for raw data, clarifications, and proof of ethics approval, patient consents and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers' comments systematically, point by point, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal in a timely manner.

 Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the journal's editors or publisher and cooperate with them to either correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the authors' obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the paper.

 

 

Digital Preservation and Archiving Policy

The International Journal of Systematic Innovation (IJoSI) is committed to the preservation of and access to the published articles in electronic form and in print within the IJoSI journal. This Policy statement defines the extent of the IJoSI's archiving commitment and the relevant procedures for fulfilling this commitment.

IJoSI takes responsibility for an appropriate and secure distribution and safe-keeping of the archived records. A network device is set up for all journal contents backup. In case of any failure of the server, our IT personnel will solve the problem as soon as possible. The policy will be reviewed on a regular basis for up-to-date technology applications.

IJoSI is intended to be perpetual. In the case that IJoSI is no longer published, all efforts will be exercised to pass along the full archives to appropriate organization to make the contents continued accessible by the public.

 

IJoSI follows ISO 15489-1 standards for digital preservation and archiving.