The next Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) Global Journal will be published in late November 2024, and the organisation is calling for papers from risk and resilience management professionals, as well as academics from related fields, who would like to share their experiences and insights.

Call for Papers

Theme: Human Factors and Human-Centric Risk Management
While submissions on all aspects of risk and resilience are welcome, the ISRM is particularly encouraging a focus on human factors and human-centric risk management.

Articles will be selected based on relevance, quality, and significance. At the editor’s discretion, some articles may also be chosen for inclusion in future journal issues.

Deadline for submission

The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 18 2024. Submissions can either be opinion pieces or peer-reviewed articles, guidelines for which are detailed below.

Submission guidelines

Authors are required to submit with their papers:

• a suitable high-definition professional headshot;
• a brief biography (approx. 100 words);
• and two or three quotes/extracts from the paper that best captures its key points.

Opinion pieces should adhere to the following:

• To be original in content, and to provide appropriate references where other content is indeed included. The responsibility for originality and plagiarism issues remains with the author, not the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM).
• Make a contribution to business practice, and have not been previously published elsewhere.
• Provide opinions and insights, as well as practical information on how to deal with contemporary risk and resilience management issues.
• Not be commercial in nature (i.e. advertising or publicising a service or product)
• Author/s to include a statement regarding conflicts of interest.
• Artilcles should be submitted in Word and double spaced.
• Harvard referencing should be utilised as appropriate.
• Suggested paper length: 800 to 1500 words

Peer-reviewed articles should adhere to the following:

All of the guidelines above, plus:

• Answer the “so what” question.
• Address the implications/impacts for business practitioners, supported by appropriate practical examples (where applicable).
• Suggested article length/s:
• Empirical article <5,000 words excluding title page, abstract & references
• Review <4,000 words excluding title page, abstract & references
• Meta-analysis <4,000 words excluding title page, abstract & references
• Case history <3,000 words excluding title page, abstract & references

Role of ISRM Journal Peer Review Committee:

Reviewers may offer comments and suggestions for further revision, or reject the paper.
Final copy-editing may occur to ensure a professional standard is maintained.
Once the paper has been accepted for publication, the publication date will be advised.

Find the submission form, here

As the deadline is indeed approaching, we encourage those interested in submitting an article to make contact with us as soon as possible.

The Journal Editor is Dr Paul Johnston, contactable at paul.johnston@isrm.org.au, or on +61 419 724 632

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