Aim and Scope
Journal of Digital Technology and Society is an International Journal publishing refereed scholarly articles, position papers, debates, short communications, and reviews of books and other publications. Established in 2023, the Journal focuses on societal issues that are impacted and anchored to the design, use, management, of frontier digital technologies, with a particular emphasis on cultural, social, cognitive, economic, political, geopolitical, ethical, and philosophical implications.
Journal of Digital Technology and Society seeks to promote an understanding of the potential, transformative impacts and critical consequences of frontier digital technology for societies. Digital technological innovations, including new sciences such as biotech, nanotech and neuroscience, offer a great potential for societies, but also pose existential risk. As digital technology is used almost in all the technological developments, the journal is not restricted to a particular technological area.Further, the impacts are recognised to be domestic (within a country) and global.
Rooted in the human-centred tradition of science and technology, the Journal acts as a catalyst, promoter and facilitator of engagement with diversity of voices and over-the-horizon issues of arts, science, technology and society. It aims to promote a critical and analytical dialogue among the public by providing scholarly analysis of the digital technological impacts on the society.
Editor
Amir Ullah Khan, Professor, MCRHRDI, Government of Telangana, India
Managing Editor
Arun Teja Polcumpally, Associate Fellow, Center for Development Policy and Practice
Call for Papers – Journal of Digital Technology and Society
The Journal of digital technology and Society is an annual journal published by the Center for Development Policy and Practice, Hyderabad. It’s curtain raiser issue (Inaugural issue) will be published during the Digital Citizen Summit, 2023. Digital Citizen Summit (DCS), 2023, will be organised on November 2, 3, and 4 of 2023. The journal is an integral part of the annual summit, and all the selected papers will be invited to present their findings at the conference.
DCS 2023 is being organised on November 2-4, and the conference will be held on November 4, 2023.
Date: November 2, 2023
Venue: Hyderabad
All the papers are requested to be sent to arun@cdpp.co.in with a clear subject line “Journal submission - DCS”
Process of selection:
All interested parties must send a brief synopsis of their paper (1000 words max) by April 30. The decision regarding the acceptance of the synopsis will be announced by Mat 5, 2023. Final papers are expected by July 10, 2023.
Kindly note that all the submissions should be original and should not have been submitted to other journals. All the papers will undergo double blind peer review.
| Date | Action | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 10 | Release of call of Papers |
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| April 30 | Deadline for the receipt of the synopsis | 1000 word synopsis should be sent |
| May 5 | Declaration of acceptance of the synopsis | Proposals that are selected for the conference will be intimated via email of their selection |
| July 10 | Final paper submission | 5000 – 8000 words, including references |
| September 20 | Closing of the Journal Issue | Final manuscript with revisions in the manuscripts as per the reviews |
| October (1st week) | Final Acceptance of the papers |
Submission Types and Format
1. Original Research
This category of submission includes articles that are underpinned by theoretical, methodological, conceptual, or philosophical foundations. The word count can range between 8000 – 10000 words.
2. Open Forum
The Open ForumSection may also include strategic ideas, critical reviews and potential implications for society of current research. The word count ranges between 5000 – 7000.
3. Short Essays
Short Essays are opinionated column on trends in technology, arts, science and society, commenting emphatically on issues of concern to the research community and wider society. The word range is 2000 – 3000.
4. Review Essays
Review essays are written by critically analysing a scholarly work. This should include dissection of the core argument made by the work chosen and provide its implications for further research or application. The word count for this section would be 2000- 2500.
5. Book Reviews
Book reviews should range between 1000 – 1500 words
The submissions that fall under the category of original research, open forum, short essay, and review essay should have the following structure
1. Abstract (200- 300 words)
2. Key words
3. Introduction should contain the main arguments made in the paper.
4. Body of the paper
Authors are free to be creative in this section but have to stick to the academic standards.
5. Follow APA style formatting. Intext citations are required.
Book review format
1. Heading will be the book title followed by the author’s name, publisher, and year of publication
2. The review will have citations in APA format (intext citations)
Process of Publication
This journal is going to be an annual publication.