For Authors

Author Guidelines

The Journal of Information and Technology Ethics (JITE) welcomes original and high-quality scholarly manuscripts addressing the ethical, social, legal, professional, and policy dimensions of information and technology.

Authors should review the journal's Aims & Scope and relevant policies before submission.

Before You Submit

Before submitting a manuscript, authors should ensure that:

The manuscript falls within the journal's Aims & Scope.
The work is original and has not been published previously.
The manuscript is not under consideration by another journal.
All authors have approved the submitted version.
All required supporting documents are available.
The manuscript complies with the journal's editorial and publication policies.

Submission of a manuscript confirms that all authors agree to its submission and publication if accepted.

Manuscript Length

JITE does not impose strict word limits; however, manuscripts should be concise, complete, and appropriate for the selected article type.

Article Type	Recommended Length
Original Research Article	Up to 12,000 words
Review Article	Normally up to 12,000 words*
Short Communication	Up to 3,500 words
Case Study	Up to 6,000 words

*Longer review articles may be considered with prior approval from the Editor-in-Chief where scientifically justified.

Word counts generally exclude the abstract, references, tables, figures, and supplementary materials.

Online Submission

All manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) online submission system.

Email submissions are not normally accepted unless specifically requested by the Editorial Office.

Double-Anonymous Peer Review

JITE follows a double-anonymous peer-review model. Authors must therefore submit a separate Title Page and anonymized manuscript.

Title Page

The Title Page should be submitted as a separate file and should include the following information, where applicable:

Article title
Full name of each author
Institutional affiliation(s) of each author, including department, institution, city, and country
Corresponding author details, including full name and correspondence address
Official/professional email address of each author
ORCID iD of the corresponding author (required); ORCID iDs of co-authors are strongly encouraged
Funding Statement, including funding agency and grant number, where applicable
Conflict of Interest Statement
CRediT Author Contribution Statement, where applicable
Acknowledgements, where applicable
Ethics Approval Statement, where applicable
Informed Consent Statement, where applicable
Consent for Publication Statement, where applicable
Data Availability Statement, where applicable
Clinical Trial Registration Number, where applicable
Preprint information, including DOI or persistent link, where applicable

For studies where a particular declaration does not apply, authors may state “Not applicable” where appropriate.

Important: Information that could identify the authors should appear on the Title Page and should not be included in the anonymous manuscript where doing so would compromise double-anonymous peer review.

Anonymous Manuscript

The manuscript submitted for peer review must be fully anonymized to support the journal's double-anonymous peer-review process.

Authors should:

Remove all information that directly or indirectly identifies the authors or their institutions.
Avoid self-identifying statements within the manuscript.
Anonymize references to institutions, ethics committees, funding sources, datasets, repositories, or project details where disclosure could reveal author identity, where appropriate.
Remove identifying information from file properties, document metadata, comments, and tracked changes.
Ensure that the file name itself does not contain an author's name or institutional information.

Information removed solely for anonymization may be restored to the manuscript after acceptance.

Authors should review the anonymized file carefully before submission. Manuscripts that contain identifying information may be returned for correction before peer review.

Research Ethics

Detailed requirements regarding ethical approval, informed consent, and research involving human participants or animals are provided in the Ethical Requirements page.

Plagiarism Screening

Submitted manuscripts may undergo similarity screening as part of the journal's initial editorial assessment. Any concerns identified will be evaluated in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Research Integrity policies.

Editorial Process

Manuscripts undergo initial editorial assessment and, where suitable, double-anonymous peer review. Revised manuscripts may undergo further evaluation before a final editorial decision.

Accepted manuscripts proceed to copyediting, production, and publication. Detailed information is available in the Peer Review Policy.

The final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief.

Contact

For questions regarding manuscript submission, please contact:

Editorial Office
Journal of Information and Technology Ethics (JITE)
Email: editor.jite@scholarvista.in

Manuscript Preparation

Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with the following formatting requirements before submission.

File Format

Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
Editable files only
PDF files are not accepted as the primary manuscript.

Page Layout

Paper Size: A4
Margins: 2.54 cm (1 inch) on all sides
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12 pt
Line Spacing: 1
Text Alignment: Justified

Language

Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct academic English.

Manuscript Structure

Arrange the manuscript in the following order:

Title
Abstract
Keywords (4–6)
Introduction
Literature Review (where applicable)
Materials and Methods / Methodology
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References

Additional sections such as Acknowledgements, Appendices, or Supplementary Materials may be included where appropriate.

Tables

Number tables consecutively using Arabic numerals.
Provide a concise title above each table.
Submit tables as editable text, not images.
Cite all tables within the manuscript.

Figures

Number figures consecutively using Arabic numerals.
Provide a caption below each figure.
Submit high-resolution images.
Cite all figures within the manuscript.

Equations

Prepare equations using an editable equation editor.
Number equations consecutively where appropriate.

Abbreviations

Define abbreviations at first mention and use them consistently throughout the manuscript.

Units

Use the International System of Units (SI) wherever applicable.

Citation Style

JITE follows the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition referencing style.

In-text Citations

Single author: (Smith, 2024)

Two authors: (Smith & Kumar, 2024)

Three or more authors: (Smith et al., 2024)

Narrative citation: Smith (2024) reported that...

Reference List

Arrange references alphabetically by the surname of the first author and format them according to APA 7th Edition.

Authors are encouraged to include DOIs for all references whenever available.

Final Manuscript Check

Before submission, authors should ensure that:

The manuscript follows the journal's formatting requirements.
All tables and figures are cited within the text.
References are complete and correctly formatted.

Publication Fees

The Journal of Information and Technology Ethics (JITE) follows a Gold Open Access publishing model.

Current Fee Policy

At present, the journal does not charge any fees for:

Manuscript submission
Editorial processing
Peer review
Article publication

Authors are not required to make any payment during the editorial or publication process.

Future Publication Fees

The journal reserves the right to introduce Article Processing Charges (APCs) or other publication fees in the future to support journal operations and publishing services.

Any future publication fees will be:

Clearly announced on the journal website before implementation.
Applicable only to manuscripts submitted after the effective date of the revised policy.

Contact

For questions regarding publication fees, please contact the Editorial Office at editor.jite@scholarvista.in .

Ethical Requirements

Research involving human participants or animals must comply with applicable ethical standards and relevant institutional or national regulations.

Where required, authors should provide evidence of approval from the appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board.

Reporting Guidelines

Authors should follow recognized reporting guidelines appropriate to the study design or research methodology used in their manuscript.

Where applicable, authors should identify the reporting guideline used and provide any relevant checklist or supporting documentation requested during editorial assessment.

Appropriate reporting helps improve the clarity, transparency, completeness, and reproducibility of published research.

CRediT Author Contributions

Where appropriate, JITE encourages authors to describe individual contributions using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).

The contribution statement should accurately reflect the roles performed by each author and should be agreed upon by all authors before submission.

The CRediT statement should be included on the Title Page so that author-identifying information is not included in the anonymous manuscript during double-anonymous peer review.

Data Availability

Authors should provide a Data Availability Statement where applicable.

The statement should explain whether the data supporting the findings are publicly available, available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, subject to ethical or legal restrictions, or not applicable to the study.

Where research data are deposited in a repository, authors should provide an appropriate persistent identifier or repository link when available.

Preprint Policy

JITE permits consideration of manuscripts that have previously been made available as preprints, provided that the manuscript has not already been formally published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Authors must disclose relevant preprint information during submission, including the preprint DOI or persistent link where available.

Authors remain responsible for ensuring that submission of a preprint does not conflict with applicable copyright, licensing, institutional, funder, or other obligations.

Supplementary Files

Authors may submit supplementary or supporting files where these materials provide information that is useful to the evaluation, interpretation, or reproducibility of the manuscript.

Supplementary materials may include datasets, appendices, questionnaires, instruments, multimedia files, additional tables or figures, reporting checklists, code, or other relevant supporting documentation.

Submitted supplementary files should be clearly named, appropriately described, and free of author-identifying information where necessary for double-anonymous peer review.

AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy

Any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies during manuscript preparation must be appropriately disclosed by the authors.

Artificial Intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors and do not assume responsibility for the content of submitted manuscripts.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships that could influence the editorial process or interpretation of the research.

Relevant conflicts of interest should be declared clearly as part of the manuscript submission.

Author Appeals

Authors who disagree with an editorial decision may submit an appeal. Appeals are considered fairly and independently.

Submission of an appeal does not guarantee reversal of the original editorial decision.

The journal also provides fair procedures for handling complaints and appeals relating to editorial decisions or publication ethics.