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                              Call for Papers
    International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research
                                 (JITSR)


The Editorial Board of the International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (JITSR) would like to invite you to submit a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. 

JITSR publishes findings that help advance knowledge in all aspects of standards and standardization in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). JITSR is an authoritative information source for the diverse community of IT standardization researchers. The journal targets researchers, scholars, policymakers, ICT managers and ICT standards professionals.

Coverage
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Topics to be discussed in include (but are by no means limited to) the following: 
- standardization and innovation 
-	standards, intellectual property rights and antitrust law
-	open standards, open source, open innovation
-	standardization policies and regulation
-	national, regional, international, and corporate standards strategies 
-	standards in support of technology convergence
-	adoption, implementation and diffusion of standards
-	standardization management 
-	standards setting processes and organisations 
-	economics of standards
-	impact of standards (e.g., on innovation, competition or other aspects)
-	standards legitimacy
-	standards education
-	history of standardization
-	standardisation for developing countries
-	conformity assessment 

Submissions
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Please note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Significantly extended conference papers are acceptable. 
All submissions will be forwarded to at least 2 members of the Editorial Review Board for double-blind peer review. JITSR aims at a turn-around time of 4-8 weeks for reviews. 

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to 
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/team/kai-jakobs/


Editor-in-Chief
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Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., Germany

Associate Editors
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Knut Blind, Berlin U. of Technology & Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany and Erasmus U., NL
J. Carl Cargill, Adobe Systems Inc., USA
Tineke Egyedi, Delft U. of Technology, The Netherlands
Richard Hawkins, U. of Calgary, Canada
Ken Krechmer, USA
Timothy Schoechle, U. of Colorado - Boulder, USA
Mostafa Hashem Sherif, AT&T, USA
Henk de Vries, Erasmus U., The Netherlands
Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, Scotland

International Editorial Review Board
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Majed Al-Mashari, King Saud U., USA
Rudi Bekkers, Eindhoven U. of Technology, The Netherlands
Peter Buxmann, Darmstadt U., Germany
Simao Campos Neto, ITU, Switzerland
Vladislav V. Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., Lithuania
Stephan Gauch, Humboldt U., Germany
Ricardo Goncalves, UNINOVA, Portugal
Ian Graham, U. of Edinburgh, UK
Jean-Christophe Graz, U. of Lausanne, Switzerland
Manfred Holler, U. of Hamburg, Germany
Eric Iversen, NIFU-STEP, Norway
Heejin Lee, Yonsei U., Korea
Martin Libicki, Rand Corporation, USA
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve U., USA
Eric Monteiro, Norwegian U. of Science & Technology, Norway
Roy Rada, U. of Maryland, USA
Jan Smits, Technical U. of Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eva Söderström, U. of Skoevde, Sweden
Michael Spring, U. of Pittsburgh, USA
Kees Stuurman, U. of Tilburg, The Netherlands
Klaus Turowski, Otto-von-Guericke-U. Magdeburg, Germany
Geerten van de Kaa, Delft U. of Technology, The Netherlands
Marc van Wegberg, U. of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jack Verhoosel, TNO, The Netherlands
Francesco Virili, U. of Cassino, Italy
Henk de Vries, RSM Erasmus U., The Netherlands
Willem Wakker, ACE Consulting, The Netherlands
Martin Weiss, U. of Pittsburgh, USA
Tim Weitzel, U. of Bamberg, Germany

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Kai Jakobs

RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: +49-241-80-21405
Fax:  +49-241-80-22222
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<http://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/team/kai-jakobs/>

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