Publication Plan

PUBLICATION PLAN FOR IFKAD 2026 IS IN A PREPARATION PHASE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING  

Submitted contributions (extended abstracts) will be subjected to a double-blind peer review.  All papers of accepted contributions, if conditions met, will be taken in consideration for inclusion for IFKAD publications as listed below.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Papers will be considered for below listed publication IF, and only if,

  • the received paper is fully in line with submission requirements and template.
  • full paper must be received within indicated cut-off deadline
  • registration and fee payment is completed from at least one of the authors

Papers which don’t meet any of the above mentioned conditions will be automatically excluded without additional notice.

IFKAD PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Book of Papers (ISBN) – includes all submitted full papers based on extended abstracts review and acceptance
  2. Official IFKAD Proceedings (ISBN, ISSN) – includes editorial selection from all papers received, based on full paper reviews and overall evaluation. IFKAD Proceedings will be submitted to Clarivate WoS for evaluation and indexing.
  3. IFKAD Knowledge Insights (Springer Volume, Scopus indexed) – editorial selection will be made and authors of selected papers will be invited to re-submit revised version of their IFKAD paper (specific requirements will be provided with invitation).


OTHER PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES:
Following the conference, authors of selected high quality papers will be advised to submit, if interested, after substantial revision and improvement according to journals’ requirements and guidelines, their papers for following Special Issues and regular issues high-impact international academic journals, where they will undergo the traditional double blind peer review process (selection for these publications is entirely handled by editorial team of each listed journal/SI):

  • Knowledge Management Research and Practice (KMRP)
  • Measuring Business Excellence (MBE)
  • International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development (IJKBD) (see more info)
  • Urban Science – SI “Urban Regeneration: Organizing Creativity, Innovation, and Change” (see details and call)

Journals and special issues related to IFKAD 2026 will be added/updated upon confirmation form the Chief-Editor(s)

For further information about publication ethics and editorial board of IFKAD, see Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement