On the afternoon of September 19, 2019, Prof. Marijn Janssen, the editor-in-chief of Government Information Quarterly (GIQ), which is among the Top 5 journals in library and information science field, was invited to visit our school. He brought a wonderful lecture about the writing style and submission issues of GIQ papers for teachers and students. Prof. Ruhua Huang, the associate dean of our school attended the lecture, and all seats of the conference room were occupied by a number of teachers and student representatives.

Prof. Marijn Janssen is the head of the Information and Communication Technology section of the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty of Delft University of Technology, Netherland. He ranks first in the global researchers in the field of E-government, and he was nominated as one of the 100 most influential persons in digital government worldwide in 2018. Besides, he is the editor-in-chief of GIQ and serves as organizing committee member and editorial board member in several international conferences and journals. He published more than 500 papers and hisH index is 53, with 11,000 times citations by other authors. His main research focuses onE-government, Open Governance, big and open linked data (BOLD).

In this lecture, Prof. Marijn Janssen first introduced the positioning of GIQ and its distribution of important topics, as well as the precautionsfor submission. And then, Prof. Marijn discussed the basic components and key points of academic papers. Prof. Janssen believed that a high-level paper should have a clear research scope, solid theoretical foundation, an in-depth literature review, and high academic value. Also, Prof. Janssen shared some findings during the review process and summarized some typical mistakes of rejected papers, such as too much information, spelling and grammar mistakes, unclear research questions, no innovative research results, not conform with journal’s positioning and requirements, and etc. All these issues should be noticed by contributors. The completion of the paper does not mean the end of this scientific research task, there are still some questions to be thought about before final submission, such as the quality of data, the type of reader, expected impact and so on. Finally, Prof. Marijn Janssen shared some personal experience of paper writing and illustrated a few tips to highlight the paper.

The interaction was actively during the Q&A session. Both teachers and students discussed with Prof. Marijn Janssen on their interest. The lecture was successfully concluded in warm applause, and the teachers and students who attended the lecture expressed that they had benefited greatly from the lecture.

Prof. Marijn Janssen introduces Government Information Quarterly (GIQ) journal to teachers and students.