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The purpose of this Editorial is to introduce a significant change in the way that EJKM will publish articles. As of this issue, the EJKM is entering into what is known as a "continuous publishing" mode, whereby we publish accepted papers as soon as possible in the current journal issue. Hence, this new issue begins with just two papers. As we accept more papers, we will add them to this issue for up to three months. Additionally, we will also start publishing more special issues and releasing them as soon as they become available as an article collection.
For our authors, the change benefits them because soon after we accept your paper, it will undergo a proofreading and typesetting phase, and soon appear in an issue. For most academics, the time that their article appears in print is the time that it counts for their university and national performance management systems. Thus, the changes we are making will help speed up the process from when an author submits a paper to when it appears in print.
The sooner the article is in print; the sooner it is made available to other researchers. By reducing the time to publish we are also helping get the work cited sooner because the research is more relevant than if there is a significant time lead of a year or more before articles traditionally appear in print. Earlier publishing will also benefit EJKM because more citations help raise its prestige and as Editor, I am working closely with our publisher on making EJKM a more widely recognized outlet for knowledge management, intellectual capital and intangibles research. As EJKM's prestige rises, then so too will submissions increase and the continuous publishing model will allow the number of acceptances to grow. However, the growth will not be at the expense of publishing quality...