Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors MUST mail the manus to Nanna Kann-Rasmussen (see the page on editorial staff).

NTIK is involved with the most recent research within information studies and cultural mediation. The journal is interested in up-to-date research. NTIK strives to include the diversity within the field. Accordingly, we understand information studies and cultural mediation in their broadest sense. We welcome all submissions dealing with cultural institutions, information and media studies and communication.

Articles must adhere to the formal requirements specified below.

Length

Articles up to 8000 words. Book reviews up to 3000 words.

Language

Articles in English, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish are accepted.

Review process

Submitted articles are peer reviewed to ensure a high level of quality. Two peer reviewers are assigned to each article according to the subject. The journal uses double blind peer review. The editor decides on publishing after the review process and informs the contributor.

Abstract

The intention of the abstract is to provide a full, informative text about the article. It must be a short, standalone summary of the article.  The title and the abstract should be written in English (200-250 words). If the article is written in a Scandinavian language, title and abstract should be submitted in both a Scandinavian language and English.

Please assign 5-7 keywords to the article.

Preparing the text

Please state author´s title, affiliation and email address on the front page. Notice that the journal has only two levels in the hierarchy of headings. For emphasis, use italics.

Proofreading

The author must proofread the text before submitting.

References

The journal follows the practice recommended by the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Referencing

For references in the text:

• … the transformation history of different media (Drotner, 2011).
• Finnemann (1994) describes a number of …
• Hayles (2012, p. 29) highlights …

One work by two authors:

• … provides some particularly useful insights and illustrations (Burrows & Gane, 2006)

One work by multiple authors:

• According to Wildgaard et al. (2014) the scientific bibliometric research indicators …

Using more than one source to support an argument, mention the sources in alphabetical order separated by a semicolon:

• ... the meaning of the media (Drucker, 2008; Eisenstein, 1979; McKenzie, 1999; McLuhan, 1964; Weel, 2011).

Texts without author, use the first two-three words of the title in the same way as in the reference list:

•  ... treating TEI-documents (”Gentle introduction”, 2015)

Reference list

Sort references alphabetically by author name and year of publication.

Books:

• Kitchin, R. (2014). The data revolution: Big data, open data, data infrastructures & their consequences. London: SAGE Publications.

Anthologies:

• Høyrup, H., Nielsen, H.J., & Hjørland, B. (Eds). (2012). Viden i spil: Forskningsbibliotekers funktioner i forandring. Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur.

Book chapters:

• Andersen, J. (2015). What genre theory does. In J. Andersen (Ed.), Genre theory in information studies (pp. 1-12). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Electronic sources:

• Freakonomics (2010, October 29). E-ZPass is a life-saver (literally) [Blog post]. Available at http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/e-zpass-is-a-life-saver-literally/

Articles in journals:

• Mai, J.E. (2013). Ethics, values and morality in contemporary library classifications. Knowledge Organization, 40(4), 242-253.

Articles in online journals with more than one author:

• Lloyd, A., Kennan, M.A., Thompson, K. M., & Qayyum, A. (2013). Connecting with new information landscapes: Information literacy practices of refugees. Journal of Documentation, 69(1), 121-144. doi:10.1108/00220411311295351

Articles written by the same author

First, cite the single authored works, and then, in alphabetical order, the collaborative authorships.

• Thelwall, M. (2002). Research dissemination and invocation on the Web. Online Information Review, 26(6), 413-420.
• Thelwall, M. (2003). A layered approach for investigating the topological structure of communities in the Web. Journal of Documentation, 59(4), 410-429.
• Thelwall, M., Harries, G. & Wilkinson, D. (2003). Why do web sites from different academic subjects interlink? Journal of Information Science, 29(6), 453-471.
• Thelwall, M. & Smith, A. (2002). Interlinking between Asia-Pacific university Web sites. Scientometrics, 55(3), 363-376.

More about citations and references

American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6. ed.). Washington, D.C.: APA.

Guide to write references when information is missing:

http://blog.apastyle.org/files/missing-pieces---apa-style-reference-table.pdf

Footnotes and endnotes

Do not use footnotes for references. If needed you may use endnotes for comments.