The International Journal of Risk Management (IJRM) is a refereed international journal whose focus is on exchanging information on risk related theory and its applications, including project risk management, supply chain risk management, risk attitude and behavior, and risk management in finance, accounting, engineering, marketing, auditing, law, procurement and contracting, business and economics, etc. The objective is to provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners across the many relevant disciplines and industries to discuss some related problems and learn from each other’s work. The readership includes professionals, academics, researchers, and managers.
IJRM publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes commentaries and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.
Subject Coverage:
Both quantitative and quality research methodologies such as modeling, optimization, algorithms, simulation, questionnaire surveys, event studies, case studies are welcomed. Suitable topics for papers include but are not limited to:
• Risk management tools and methods
• Life cycle risk management
• Risk identification, analysis and control
• Expert systems in risk management
• Real options in risk management
• Multi-criteria decision making in risk management
• Outsourcing decisions with uncertainty
• Risk-based decision-making and risk ranking
• Dynamic risk management
• Terrorism and crisis management
Specific Notes for Authors
Reference style
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: “..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....”
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] G. Xie, J. Zhang, K.K. Lai, Risk avoidance in bidding for software projects based on life cycle management theory, International Journal of Project Management 24 (6) (2006) 516-521.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York, 1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 1999, pp. 281–304.
On submission
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Conference papers should be substantially revised or improved from their earlier versions (e.g., published in a conference proceeding) with at least 30% new materials or results to comply with the copyright regulations.
All papers are formatted in an electronic word version, i.e. *.doc. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions, or submit it to editor-in-chief directly.
Disclaimer
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