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jais-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether a question fits the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and which of its seven manuscript categories to target. Locks the IS phenomenon, the unit of analysis, and the category before theory work begins; it does not build the theory (jais-theory-development) or invent citations.

When to use

• deciding if a question fits JAIS
• selecting JAIS manuscript categories
• locking the IS phenomenon
• locking the unit of analysis
• confirming IT artifact is theoretically load-bearing
• comparing JAIS to sibling journals
• scoping manuscript length to category

When not to use

• building the theory
• inventing citations
• jais-theory-development

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