Authors are required to thoroughly review the Research Ethics Guidelines and regulations concerning scientific misconduct published on the journal’s official website before submitting their manuscript:
https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/journal/process?ethics
Strategic Organizational Knowledge Management is fully committed to publication ethics and adheres to the principles, standards, and requirements established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All editorial and publication processes are conducted in accordance with the Executive Regulation of the Law on the Prevention and Combating of Fraud in Scientific Works.
Every submitted manuscript must be based on scientific originality, research integrity, and faithful citation of sources. Under no circumstances may a manuscript have been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal. Any form of data fabrication, result falsification, manipulation of analyses, paraphrasing intended to conceal plagiarism, use of unreliable sources, or presentation of misleading information constitutes research misconduct. Such violations will be handled in accordance with the ethical guidelines issued by the Ministry of Science.
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the research process is permissible only to the extent that such tools do not contribute to the generation of content, data, analyses, scientific interpretations, modeling, extraction of results, or the preparation of theoretical and empirical sections of the manuscript. AI tools may be used in a limited capacity for language editing or improving clarity of expression. However, authors retain full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the final content.
Any use of AI tools must be transparently disclosed in either the Acknowledgments section or the Methodology section of the manuscript. Under no circumstances may AI tools be listed as authors in the author byline. Authors should be aware that the journal employs similarity-detection software to assess textual originality, and all consequences arising from violations of research ethics principles remain the sole responsibility of the authors.
https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author?ct=t(member-insight-ai-feb-2023)
Submitted manuscripts must not be under review by another journal simultaneously and must not have been previously published elsewhere.
Authors are responsible for the scientific originality of the manuscript, the accuracy of data, compliance with intellectual property rights, and avoidance of plagiarism.
Submitted manuscripts may be examined using plagiarism and similarity-detection systems.
Any form of data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, plagiarism, unjustified addition or removal of authors, or concealment of conflicts of interest constitutes research misconduct and may result in manuscript rejection or ethical investigation.
Authors must report their research objectively, accurately, fairly, and free from personal or organizational bias.
According to the journal’s official scope statement:
https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/journal/aim_scope
Strategic Organizational Knowledge Management publishes only manuscripts that fall within the specialized field of organizational knowledge management and its related domains.
Primary areas of interest include:
Organizational Knowledge Management
Knowledge Strategies
Knowledge Planning and Architecture
Knowledge Management Technologies
Lessons Learned and Experience Documentation
Organizational Intelligence
Knowledge Needs Assessment
Knowledge Mapping
Knowledge Culture
Organizational Learning
Organizational Thinking and Research
Think Tanks and Knowledge Centers Management
Knowledge-Based Policy and Decision Support Systems
Manuscripts lacking a clear, direct, and scholarly connection to one or more of these subject areas will be rejected during the initial editorial screening.
The journal accepts three main categories of scholarly articles:
Articles presenting novel findings, innovative analyses, and contributions that extend the boundaries of knowledge in the field of knowledge management.
Studies designed to analyze the application of a model, theory, framework, or management tool within a real organizational or practical context.
Articles aimed at synthesizing existing research, analyzing emerging trends, and conducting systematic reviews or meta-analyses of previous studies.
Each submission must demonstrate scientific rigor, a clear methodological framework, and a strong connection to the journal’s thematic areas.
Authors may not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to multiple journals. Manuscripts must be entirely original and free from any unauthorized textual similarity.
https://www.elsevier.com/subject/next/guide-for-authors
Once a manuscript has been registered in the submission system, no changes to the author list—including addition, removal, or reordering of authors—will be accepted.
At least one author must hold the academic rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor.
All author information, including institutional affiliation, email address, academic position, and research role, must be accurate and verifiable.
Any discrepancy or attempt to modify author information after the review process has commenced will be considered an administrative violation.
If reviewers or members of the Editorial Board request revisions, the corresponding author must submit a revised version of the manuscript along with a comprehensive and detailed response report.
The response report must clearly demonstrate how each reviewer comment has been addressed, revised, or justified.
Complete information regarding the peer-review process, revision procedures, and operational policies is available on the journal’s official website:
https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/journal/process
Incomplete responses, superficial revisions, or failure to adequately address reviewer comments may result in manuscript rejection.
The journal reserves the right to make scientific, linguistic, and technical edits to ensure publication quality.
Before submitting a manuscript, authors are strongly advised to carefully study these guidelines and prepare their manuscript in accordance with the journal’s scientific, structural, and formatting requirements.
Compliance with these guidelines facilitates the review process, reduces formatting revisions, and improves overall manuscript quality.
The primary criterion for initial acceptance is the alignment of the manuscript with the objectives, disciplinary scope, and scientific themes of Strategic Organizational Knowledge Management.
The manuscript should address topics such as:
Knowledge Management
Organizational Knowledge
Knowledge Strategies
Organizational Learning
Intellectual Capital
Knowledge Innovation
Knowledge Governance
Knowledge Systems
Policies and Processes Supporting Knowledge Management
Other knowledge-related issues within organizations
Originality, innovation, scientific quality, and practical relevance constitute the principal criteria for manuscript evaluation.
A manuscript must present:
A clearly defined research problem
A well-articulated knowledge gap
A valid research methodology
Well-supported findings
Defensible theoretical and/or practical contributions
Submitted manuscripts should be grounded in reliable, current, and relevant sources. The use of recent domestic and international literature, especially articles indexed in reputable scientific databases, is strongly recommended.
All cited sources must appear both in the text and in the reference list according to APA style.
Manuscripts should be prepared as:
Original Research Articles
Review Articles
Case Studies
Review articles will be considered for peer review only when they are comprehensive, analytical, methodologically rigorous, and provide a critical synthesis of the literature.
The title should be concise, precise, clear, and reflective of the main content of the research.
It should communicate:
The research problem
The primary objective
The key variables or concepts
The principal findings
Authors should avoid overly general, ambiguous, promotional, or excessively lengthy titles.
Persian titles should preferably contain between 10 and 20 words.
Abbreviations should not be used unless they are universally recognized.
During submission, the full names of all authors must be provided.
Adding a new author after the review process has begun is generally not permitted unless exceptional circumstances exist and approval is granted by the Editor-in-Chief.
The following information must be provided for each author:
Academic rank
Department or research group
Faculty or research center
University or organization
City
Country
Email address
The corresponding author must be clearly identified and will be responsible for all scientific and administrative communications regarding the manuscript.
The abstract must contain between 150 and 250 words and should be structured.
It should accurately represent the entire manuscript by concisely presenting the research problem, objective, methodology, principal findings, discussion, and conclusions.
Purpose:
Clearly state the research problem, knowledge gap or practical need, and the main objective of the study.
Methodology:
Briefly describe the type of research, research approach, population or participants, sampling method, data collection instruments, data analysis methods, and validity/reliability criteria.
Findings:
Report the most important results directly and in relation to the research objectives or questions without extensive interpretation.
Discussion:
Interpret the findings in relation to the literature, theoretical framework, and research gap, and explain their theoretical, managerial, or practical implications.
Conclusion:
Present the main message, final contribution, scientific value-added, and, where appropriate, limitations and future recommendations.
References, footnotes, unnecessary abbreviations, and information not discussed in the manuscript should not be included in the abstract.
Provide at least five precise and indexable keywords.
Keywords should:
Reflect the main concepts of the manuscript.
Avoid duplication of words used in the title whenever possible.
Avoid overly broad, ambiguous, or non-specialized terms.
Articles submitted to Strategic Organizational Knowledge Management must follow the structure outlined below:
The Introduction is the first substantive section of the manuscript and should provide the necessary context for understanding the research problem.
The section should:
Introduce the research problem.
Explain its theoretical, practical, organizational, or policy significance.
Clarify why the study was undertaken.
Identify the knowledge gap or unresolved issue.
Explain how the study addresses that gap.
Statement of the research problem and general context
Explanation of scientific, organizational, or practical significance
Brief overview of the current state of knowledge
Identification of the research gap or practical need
Presentation of research objectives, questions, or hypotheses
Explanation of the study’s novelty and scientific contribution
Brief description of the remaining sections of the manuscript
The Introduction should not become an extensive literature review nor present research findings.
This section should be analytical, problem-oriented, and closely aligned with the research objectives.
Its purpose is not merely to summarize sources but to organize existing knowledge, critically evaluate previous studies, and establish the research gap.
The section should examine:
Key concepts
Relevant theories
Approaches
Models
Domestic and international studies
Authors should explain how each concept or theory relates to the research problem and contributes to the development of the theoretical or conceptual framework.
Previous studies should be reviewed according to a coherent structure, such as:
Thematic
Chronological
Methodological
Theoretical
Hybrid approaches
Merely listing studies is insufficient.
Authors should critically analyze:
Strengths
Weaknesses
Limitations
Contradictions
Research gaps
A summary table of previous studies is recommended.
Such a table may include:
Author and publication year
Research objective
Methodology
Population or data
Key findings
Relevance to the present study
The section should conclude with a clear statement of the research gap and the manuscript’s theoretical, methodological, or practical contribution.
The methodology section should clearly, accurately, and systematically describe the research process so that readers and reviewers can evaluate methodological rigor, validity, and appropriateness.
The section should address:
Research type
Research philosophy and approach
Research strategy
Population or participants
Sampling method
Sample size or number of participants
Data collection instruments and procedures
Research implementation stages
Data analysis methods
Software utilized
Validity, reliability, credibility, or trustworthiness criteria
Research ethics considerations
Specific requirements for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies should be reported accordingly.
This section presents the results obtained from data analysis.
Findings should be:
Accurate
Systematic
Evidence-based
Consistent with research objectives, questions, or hypotheses
Authors should avoid extensive interpretation, value judgments, or conclusions beyond the data.
Quantitative studies should report:
Descriptive statistics
Statistical test results
Coefficients
Significant relationships
Effects
Tested models
Qualitative studies may present:
Codes
Themes
Categories
Dimensions
Conceptual patterns
Final models
Selected participant quotations
Tables and figures should appear as close as possible to their first citation in the text.
All tables and figures must be cited within the manuscript.
Table titles should appear above tables, while figure and chart titles should appear below them.
The Discussion section is devoted to interpreting findings and explaining their significance in relation to the research problem, theoretical literature, and previous studies.
Authors should explain:
How findings address the research gap
How findings align with or differ from previous studies
Theoretical implications
Managerial implications
Strategic implications
Practical implications
The Discussion should not merely repeat the Findings section.
Unsupported generalizations and claims beyond the evidence should be avoided.
Unexpected or contradictory findings should be explained using sound scholarly reasoning.
The Conclusion should provide a coherent and purposeful synthesis of the entire manuscript.
No new data, findings, or references should be introduced.
Paragraph 1: Brief review of the research objective and key findings.
Paragraph 2: Main message, scientific contribution, and theoretical or practical implications.
Paragraph 3: Limitations, future research directions, and practical recommendations.
The conclusion should be concise, clear, and grounded in the study findings.
Authors may acknowledge individuals or organizations that provided scientific, technical, organizational, or administrative support but do not meet authorship criteria.
Acknowledgments should be concise, accurate, and free of exaggeration.
Authors must disclose all financial support, grants, contracts, and institutional sponsorship associated with the research.
If no funding was received, the following statement may be used:
"This research received no financial support from any public, private, or non-profit funding agency."
Authors must disclose any financial, organizational, professional, personal, or intellectual conflicts of interest related to the research.
If none exist, the following statement may be used:
"The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding this article."
The specific contribution of each author must be clearly stated.
Use of the CRediT taxonomy is recommended.
Author roles should comply with the journal’s authorship guidelines:
https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/page_59.html
Possible roles include:
Conceptualization
Methodology
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Original Draft Preparation
Review and Editing
Visualization
Supervision
Project Administration
All sources cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list.
Likewise, no source should appear in the reference list unless cited in the text.
References must follow APA style.
The use of current, peer-reviewed, and reputable sources is strongly recommended.
Where available, DOI numbers or valid URLs must be included.
Persian references should be presented in English translation or transliteration within the References section and followed by the notation: (In Persian).
When necessary, research instruments, questionnaires, interview protocols, supplementary tables, statistical details, coding schemes, or additional explanations may be included as appendices.
Appendices must be directly relevant to the manuscript and contribute to a better understanding of the study.
All tables, figures, and charts must be numbered separately.
Table titles must appear above the table.
Figure and chart titles must appear below the figure or chart.
Tables must be editable and should not be inserted as images.
Figures and charts must be of publication-quality resolution suitable for both print and electronic dissemination.
All tables and figures must be cited within the text.
Explanatory notes should appear below the table or figure, not in the title footnote.
Figure titles should not be embedded within image files and must instead appear in the manuscript text.
Before submission, authors must ensure full compliance with the journal format and guidelines.
The manuscript should be carefully reviewed for:
Language and grammar
Spelling
Referencing
Numbering of tables and figures
Abstract quality
Keywords
Reference list accuracy
The corresponding author bears responsibility for the accuracy of:
Author information
Author order
Institutional affiliations
Email addresses
References
Data
Supplementary files
Manuscripts that fail to comply with the journal’s structural, formatting, writing-quality, or research ethics requirements will be returned to the authors for correction before entering the peer-review process.
Research measurements and units must conform to the International System of Units (SI).
Equations should be provided in editable format and sequentially numbered.
Footnotes should be used sparingly and numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript.
Figures should contain independent titles and explanatory captions, and unnecessary text within figures should be avoided.
Tables must be editable, free of vertical lines and shading, and numbered according to their order of appearance in the text.