Section Policies

Original Research Contribution (Research Article)

Original research contributions are double-blind peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers, and must adhere to scholarly standards in terms of originality, level of abstraction and justification. The journal imposes no restrictions regarding the research paradigm or research method and is open to submissions from all scientific fields. Note that submissions to this section may include large-scale (meta-)models, comprehensive language specifications, and other extensive artefacts.

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Research Note

Research notes intend to advance new perspectives and research directions, new theoretical lenses and methodological approaches. In contrast to full research papers, research notes primarily seek to stimulate discussions among the EMISAJ community by putting interesting and possibly controversial, non-mainstream thinking up for discussion. The intention of a research note is thus to act as an incubator for new thinking in conceptual modeling research. Authors should efficiently argue how and why their contribution is novel and interesting and why it should stimulate a discussion among the community. A research note typically ranges from 4 to 10 pages including figures and references. Research notes are reviewed by at least two reviewers.

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Industry/Experience Report

Submissions to this section will be reviewed by at least two reviewers with reviewing criteria adapted to the specific purposes of reports from for-profit, nonprofit and government organizations. Submissions to this category may, for example, discuss the application of modeling methods and languages and refer to a specific case in an organization. Ideally, submissions should entail a description of the practical problem(s), the specifics of the case, and a discussion of design alternatives and design decisions as well as of the lessons learned.

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Report on Tool and Tool Application

Reports on Tools and Tool Applications describe and evaluate software tools and tool applications in the journal's areas of interest, e.g., (meta-)modeling tools, tools for M2M- and M2T-transformations, and software architectures of such tools. A submission to this section should describe and justify the tool design including all relevant design objectives and requirements, design alternatives and decisions and its software architecture. The tool description should focus on the specific features of the tool and relate the tool to other tools and prior related work. It is strongly encouraged that the described tools are freely available (i.e. Libre/Free/Open Source Software at best). If this is not possible, they have to be made available to the reviewers for the reviewing process (contact the editorial office for an arrangement). Submissions to this section are double-blind peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers (with review criteria adapted to the specifics of this section), and must adhere to scholarly standards in terms of originality, level of abstraction and justification.

Open Submissions

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Reply to Published Article

The editorial board welcomes reply articles to previously published papers to foster scientific discourse. Submissions to this category are reviewed by the editors-in-chief.

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Invited Contribution

This journal section is reserved for contributions invited by the Editors-in-Chief. Submissions will be reviewed by the Editors-in-Chief but will not run through the regular peer review process. The "Invited Contribution" section is intended for position papers, keynote papers and the like.

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