About the Journal

Journal of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management

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The Journal of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (JIRKM) is an official publication of the Society of Information Retrieval Malaysia (PECAMP). JIRKM is a refereed journal published annually; dedicated to the exchange of the latest research and practical information in the field of information retrieval and knowledge management.

e-ISSN

2289-2664

TYPES OF ARTICLES

Full Research Article; Review Article; Rapid Communication Article; Case reports

PEER-REVIEW PROCESS

Single-blind Peer-review process

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The journal article only accepts English-language content.

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE/FREQUENCY

Two issues (June; December) in one volume per year.

PUBLICATION/ARTICLE PROCESSING FEE
Free of cost.

SCOPE

1. Information Retrieval

  • Search and ranking
  • Content recommendation, analysis and classification
  • Machine Learning and NLP for Search and Recommendation
  • Humans and interfaces
  • Evaluation
  • Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics, and Explainability (FATE) in IR

2. Knowledge Management

  • Business intelligence and competitive intelligence
  • Electronic records and document management
  • Information processing and information management
  • Information organization, taxonomies and ontology
  • Intellectual capital
  • Knowledge creation, retention, sharing and transfer
  • Knowledge discovery, data and text mining
  • Knowledge management and innovations
  • Knowledge management education
  • Knowledge management tools and technologies
  • Knowledge management measurements
  • Knowledge professionals and leadership
  • Learning organization and organizational learning
  • Practical implementations of knowledge management

3. Applied IR and KM

  • Local, mobile, social and multimedia search
  • E-commerce
  • Enterprise
  • Education
  • Healthcare, life and medical sciences
  • Law, social and behavioural sciences
  • IR in other domains
  • KM in other domains

LICENCING TERM AND OPEN ACCESS POLICY

JIRKM is an open access journal. The articles on this site are available in full-text and free of charge to the readers.

All articles that are published by JIRKM are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Creative Commons License

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Authors
1. Standards for Reporting
Authors responsible for original research reports should provide a precise and truthful description of the conducted work, accompanied by an impartial discussion of its importance. The paper must accurately represent the underlying data, and it should include comprehensive information and references to enable replication of the study by others. Engaging in fraudulent or knowingly misleading statements is deemed unethical and will not be tolerated.

2. Access and Retention of Data
Authors are requested to submit the raw data along with their paper for editorial evaluation. Additionally, authors should be willing to grant public access to this data, whenever feasible. In any case, authors should be prepared to retain the data for a reasonable duration after publication.

3. Originality and Avoiding Plagiarism
Authors must guarantee that their work is entirely original, and if they have utilised the ideas and/ or words of others, proper citation or quotation should be applied.

4. Publication of Overlapping or Duplicate Work
Generally, authors should refrain from publishing manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. It is considered unethical publishing behaviour and is not acceptable to submit the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.

5. Crediting the Sources
Authors must consistently provide appropriate recognition to the work of others. It is essential to cite publications that have significantly influenced the development of the reported work.

6. Attribution of Authorship
The authorship of a paper should be confined to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study being reported. All those who have made significant contributions should be credited as co-authors. In cases where others have participated in significant aspects of the research project, their contributions should be acknowledged, or they can be listed as contributors. The corresponding author bears the responsibility of ensuring that all appropriate co-authors are included, and no inappropriate co-authors are added to the paper. Additionally, the corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the paper and have consented to its submission for publication.

7. Transparency and Handling of Conflicts of Interest
In their manuscript, all authors are required to disclose any financial or other significant conflicts of interest that could potentially influence the outcomes or interpretation of their work. Additionally, all sources of financial support for the project should be clearly stated.

8. Errors in Published Works
If an author identifies a substantial error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is their responsibility to promptly inform the journal editor or publisher. The author should collaborate with the editor to issue a retraction or correction for the paper as required.

9. Risks and Involvement of Human or Animal Subjects
In cases where the research involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that possess any unusual inherent hazards, the author must explicitly identify and describe them in the manuscript.

Editors
1. Equitable Treatment
Editors at any time should evaluate manuscripts based solely on their intellectual content, without considering the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

2. Privacy and Non-Disclosure
The editor, along with any editorial staff, must maintain strict confidentiality and refrain from disclosing any information regarding a submitted manuscript to anyone except the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher, as deemed appropriate.

3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Any unpublished materials revealed in a submitted manuscript must not be utilised in an editor’s own research without obtaining the explicit written consent of the author.

4. Decisions on Publishing
The journal’s editorial board holds the responsibility of determining which submitted articles should be published. These decisions should be driven by the validation of the work and its significance to researchers and readers. While making these decisions, the editors may follow the policies set by the journal’s editorial board and adhere to applicable legal requirements concerning issues such as libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may also seek input from other editors or reviewers during this process.

5. Manuscript Evaluation
The editor is responsible for conducting an initial assessment of each manuscript to ascertain its originality. Furthermore, the editor should implement a fair and judicious peer review process. In the selection of peer reviewers for papers under consideration, the editor should choose individuals with the relevant expertise and should avoid those with potential conflicts of interest.

Reviewers
1. Involvement in Editorial Decisions
Peer review plays a vital role in assisting the editor in making editorial decisions. Additionally, the editorial communication with the author during this process can also help the author in enhancing the quality of the paper.

2. Timeliness
Any selected referee who believes they lack the qualifications to review the research presented in a manuscript or foresees difficulties in conducting a prompt review should inform the editor and decline the review request.

3. Objectivity in Reviews
Reviews must be conducted in an objective manner. Personal criticism of the author is not acceptable. Referees should express their opinions clearly, providing supporting arguments.

4. Confidentiality
Manuscripts received for review should be treated as confidential materials. Reviewers must not disclose or discuss the content with others, unless explicitly authorised by the editor.

5. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of privileged information or ideas acquired during the peer review process and refrain from exploiting them for personal gain. Reviewers should decline to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the papers.

6. Citation and Source Identification
Reviewers should identify pertinent published work that has not been cited by the authors. If the authors claim that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported, they must provide the relevant citation. Additionally, reviewers should inform the editor of any significant similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published paper known to them personally.