How special issues work at IISTJ
What a conference special issue is, what organising committees are responsible for, and how submissions are reviewed and published.
A conference special issue is a curated collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at an academic conference and published together within the journal. Although the collection has its own theme and organising committee, submissions still follow IISTJ’s standard peer-review and publication standards.
Proceedings reach a wider audience through indexing alongside regular journal issues.
Conferences bring researchers together around a shared research frontier.
Accepted papers can follow a publication path coordinated with conference dates.
Papers remain subject to the same independent review standards as regular submissions.
Organising committees are expected to uphold journal scope, confidentiality, fair review, conflict disclosure, and publication ethics. They must not pressure authors for irrelevant citations or participate in decisions where conflicts exist.
Successful conferences usually require active promotion. Organising committees may promote the call for papers through direct outreach, academic networks, events, mailing lists, societies, or institutionally appropriate channels while maintaining scholarly neutrality and inclusiveness.
Conference paper submissions should follow the same editorial standards as regular submissions. Where an organising committee member is an author, or a conflict of interest exists, an alternative editor or editorial board member should oversee the process and the final decision.
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