Description:
The International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is an academically rigorous outlet for research into crisis prevention, handling, and assessment in situations that include natural disasters, technological crises, and man-made disasters. It is focused on the design... Show More
The International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is an academically rigorous outlet for research into crisis prevention, handling, and assessment in situations that include natural disasters, technological crises, and man-made disasters. It is focused on the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of technologies and methodologies to support crisis response and management, and accepts high quality submissions on any qualitative or quantitative research methodologists involving these criteria. It also explores issues critical to the application of information systems to crisis response and management as well as covers all aspects of crisis management, from organizational issues to technology support to decision support and knowledge representation.
Mission & Scope:
The mission of the International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is to provide an outlet for innovative research in the area of crisis response and management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can utilize any accepted methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in nature. The journal will provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for advancing the... Show More
The mission of the International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is to provide an outlet for innovative research in the area of crisis response and management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can utilize any accepted methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in nature. The journal will provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for advancing the understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the use of tools and applications such as information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds.
Coverage:
- Case studies, research methods, and modeling approaches
- Collaborative and intelligent systems
- Command and control
- Communication Technologies
- Crisis planning, training, exercising, and gaming
- Data fusion, representation, and visualization
- Decision making and judgment
- Disaster risk reduction, risk management, ad-hoc, and sensor networks
- Early Warning Systems
- Emergency response systems
- Geographical information systems
- Globalization and development issues
- Healthcare and health information systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Humanitarian operations
- Information systems strategy
- Knowledge management and systems
- Systems interoperability information systems infrastructures
- Virtual teams and organizations
IGI Global holds its journals to the highest ethical practices.
View Full Editorial PolicyAs this journal is under the Hybrid Open Access model, authors can choose between Standard (Non-OA) publishing or Open Access publishing. Find the policies for the publishing models below:
- Standard (Non-OA) Publishing: If the author chooses to publish under the Standard (Non-OA) model, the article will be published under a Green OA model and the copyright of
their article will transfer to IGI Global under our Author Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement.
However, through Green OA, IGI Global supports a Fair Use Policy, enabling authors to Post the final
typeset PDF (which includes the title page, table of contents and other front materials, and the copyright
statement) of their chapter or article (NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK OR JOURNAL ISSUE), on the author or
editor's secure personal website and/or their university repository site. See the Fair Use Policy for sharing allowances conducive to Green Open Access.
- Open Access Publishing: If the author choses to publish under OA, the authors receive the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement. The copyright for the
work remains solely with the author(s) of the article. Others may distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon
the work, even commercially, without asking prior permission from the publisher or author and so long as
they credit the author for the original creation. All authors are required to sign an author's warranty
stating that the materials are original and unpublished elsewhere. The journal will not publish any
material that has been previously published elsewhere. Learn More
This journal operates under the Hybrid Open Access model,
allowing the author to choose between traditional, subscription-based publishing, or Open Access publishing.
Subscription-Based Publishing/Green Open Access:
Article manuscripts require no Article Processing Charge (APC) and require authors to transfer the copyright of the
manuscript to IGI Global. Manuscripts are published behind a paywall and must be purchased for use. See the
Fair Use Policy
for sharing allowances conducive to Green Open Access.
Open Access Publishing:
Article manuscripts receive the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
(CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement. The copyright for the work remains solely with the author(s) of
the article. Others may distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, without asking
prior permission from the publisher or author and so long as they credit the author for the original creation.
A one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) of US $2,300 must be paid AFTER the manuscript has gone
through the full double-blind peer review process and the Editor(s)-in-Chief at his/her/their full discretion
has decided to accept the manuscript based on the results of the double-blind peer review process. Learn
more about APCs
here.
Open Access Funding:
IGI Global recognizes that many researchers may not know where to begin when searching for OA funding opportunities. IGI Global recently
launched an
Open Access Funding Resources
page for researchers to browse. This page provides a comprehensive list of OA funding sources available for researchers to secure funds
for their various OA publications.
Author Services Inquiries
For inquiries involving pre-submission concerns, please contact the Journal Development Division:
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The International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is owned and published by IGI Global.
International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM) is editorially independent, with full authority of the journal's content falling to the Editor-in-Chief and the journal's
Editorial Board.
The In-House Editorial Office manages the publishing operations of the journal.
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Principal Contact
Grace Long
Managing Editor of Journal Development
IGI Global
Phone: (717) 533-8845 ext. 147
E-mail: glong@igi-global.com
Support Contact
Kayla Bishard
Development Editor - International Journal of Crisis Response and Management (IJCRAM)
IGI Global
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