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PositioninG your PaPer for PubLiCation
Level 4: e Final Decision
Level 4 of the communication platform is the final decision. In this
level, the paper is inspected for the last time by the editor- in- chief.
e paper is then assigned a tentative publication date and the author
is notified.
Change in Authorship
JCIS: “Changed Authorship: Please be advised that JCIS does NOT
allow any re- submission or final submission with changed authorship
from the 1st submission.”
Authors should not change the authorship from the original sub-
mission. Occasionally, change of authorship request is (1) in the order
of author appearances for the final paper, and (2) adding an additional
author to the final revised paper (who was not on the original submis-
sion) who ...