MIS Quarterly, 2008, Volume 32,
Issue 4, Page iii-xiii.
The authors offer opinions on scholarly periodicals in the field of information science, specifically this publication. They address the question of comprehensibility of written research versus its academic rigor. It is noted that information science has become an important part of businesses and other organizations, and that therefore research is of intense interest to persons without an academic background. The authors conclude, however, that scholarly periodicals are by and for scholars. They list other ways in which researchers can present their work to a more general audience.