Description:
The International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) is dedicated to promoting the use and development of cybernetic and systems ideas within society. The journal aims to support high-quality articles in cyber-systemic theories, approaches and applications. The focus is the development and use... Show More
The International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) is dedicated to promoting the use and development of cybernetic and systems ideas within society. The journal aims to support high-quality articles in cyber-systemic theories, approaches and applications. The focus is the development and use of cyber-systemic ideas within society and less on literature reviews, although some instances may occur where such papers are accepted. Field research and research into real-world situations, particularly as these relate to topics in the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015, are encouraged. Papers are invited from practitioners, systems researchers, systems academics and cyberneticians All papers undergo a double-blind peer review process and the difference in style of practitioner papers from academic is acknowledged. Opinion papers are considered for publication at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.
Mission & Scope:
The International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) serves as a channel for a cross-section of articles from the spectrum of Cyber-systemic thinking. IJSS is committed to the publication and dissemination of high quality and well-researched articles on cybernetics and systems philosophy, theory, practice, models, concepts and methodologies to improving decision making and problem solving for... Show More
The International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) serves as a channel for a cross-section of articles from the spectrum of Cyber-systemic thinking. IJSS is committed to the publication and dissemination of high quality and well-researched articles on cybernetics and systems philosophy, theory, practice, models, concepts and methodologies to improving decision making and problem solving for the benefit of organizations and societies. The journal embraces all aspects of social, health and well-being, environmental and organizational issues and concerns, especially as these relate to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Coverage:
- Applied Artificial Intelligence Systems
- Applied Data Modeling
- Applied Systems Thinking
- Case Study Analysis of Systems Theory and Systems Practice
- Critical Systems Approaches
- Cyber-Systemic Applications in, about, and to Society
- Data Analytics and Social Systems
- Designing Self-Organizing Systems
- Educational Systems
- Holistic Leadership
- Management Practice
- Organizational Governance
- Planning and Decision Support Systems
- Social Care
- Social Organizations, Humans, and Others
- Social Systems
- Socially Responsible Organizational Systems
- Soft Systems Approaches
- System Dynamics
- Systemic Education
- Systemic Evaluation
- Systemic Methods for Social or Organizational Intervention
- Systemic Theory and Sustainable Development Goals
- Systems and Complexity
- The Viable System Model
- Urban Systems
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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
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However, through Green OA, IGI Global supports a Fair Use Policy, enabling authors to Post the final
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statement) of their chapter or article (NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK OR JOURNAL ISSUE), on the author or
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the work, even commercially, without asking prior permission from the publisher or author and so long as
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stating that the materials are original and unpublished elsewhere. The journal will not publish any
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This journal operates under the Hybrid Open Access model,
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Subscription-Based Publishing/Green Open Access:
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Article manuscripts receive the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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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
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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.
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International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) is editorially independent, with full authority of the journal's content falling to the Editor-in-Chief and the journal's
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Editor(s)-in-Chief Biography
Alfonso Reyes is a physicist and a system engineer from Los Andes University. He has a MSc in Computer Science (University of Maryland), a PhD in Management Cybernetics (University of Humberside, UK) and postdoctoral studies in Organizational Learning (University of Lincoln, UK). He has worked for the last thirty years in addressing organizational problems in the public sector, especially in the administration of justice from a cyber-systemic stance. He has been an international consultant for the Interamerican Development Bank and the Agency for International Development (USA) in applying management cybernetics to the public sector. He has published several papers on individual and organizational learning and self-organization from the point of view of second-order cybernetics. He was the chancellor of the Universidad de Ibagué in Colombia (2009-2016) and currently is the Dean of the Engineering School at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá (
https://uniandes.edu.co/en).