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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special Issue: Blockchain for
Information Systems Management and Security<span><span></span></span></span></p>

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Processing & Management Journal<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call
for Papers.</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a
revolutionary technology, Blockchain provides practical solutions to enable a
secure and decentralized public ledger that has a plethora of exciting new
applications in several areas, such as Information Systems (IS), Internet of
Things (IoT), e-health, manufacturing, financial services, supply chain and
logistics, etc. Blockchain technology has infiltrated all areas of information
systems such as financial IS, health IS, education IS and industrial IS.
Cybersecurity is an industry that has been significantly affected by this
technology, and maybe more so in the future with a decentralized information
sharing platform. Blockchain technology is defined as a decentralized system of
distributed registers that are used to record data transactions on multiple
computers. The reason this technology has gained popularity is that you can put
any digital asset or transaction in the blockchain, regardless of the
application context. Blockchain technology can be used to prevent data breach,
identity theft, cyber-attacks, intellectual property infringement or criminal
acts in transactions. This ensures that data remains private and secure. The
main goal of this special issue is to encourage both researchers and
practitioners to share and exchange their experiences and recent studies
between academia and industry in the field of Blockchain for information
systems management and security.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Researchers are
encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas of
Blockchain-Information systems, which include, but not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology
and cybersecurity for Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies for
Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Recent development and emerging trends using
Blockchain for securing Information systems.</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* New models, practical solutions and
technological advances related to Blockchain</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Theory of Blockchain for Information systems</span><span></span></span></p>

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security of financial Information systems</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain-based
security of health Information systems</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain-based security solutions of smart
cities Information systems</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for Internet of Things (IoT) <span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Authentication and authorization in
Blockchain.</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Applications of blockchain technologies in
digital forensic for Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain for
Artificial Intelligence.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Scalability and
efficiency of blockchain-based Information systems</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Applications of
blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Implementation challenges facing blockchain
technologies</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain-based threat intelligence and
threat analytics techniques</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Blockchain-based open-source tools for
Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Vulnerabilities of smart contracts</span><br>
<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">* Open issues and trends in Blockchains</span><span></span></span></p>

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Guideline:<span></span></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Papers should be submitted
electronically using the Elsevier submission system to Information Processing
& Management (<a href="https://www.evise.com/profile/#/IPM/login" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.evise.com/profile/#/IPM/login</span></a>)
and following the Journal submission guidelines. When submitting the manuscript
please select the article type “<b>VSI: Blockchain for IS</b>” as the Article
Type to ensure your manuscript be correctly assigned. Please submit your
manuscript before the submission deadline.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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Editors:<span></span></span></u></b></p>

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University, USA,  <a href="mailto:jararwehy@duq.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">jararwehy@duq.edu</span></a><span></span></span></p>

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Yang, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, <u><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a href="mailto:yyang@hbku.edu.qa" target="_blank">yyang@hbku.edu.qa</a></span></u><span></span></span></p>

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Schedule:<span></span></span></u></b></p>

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2020</span><span></span></span></p>

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15, 2020<span></span></span></p>

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15, 2020<span></span></span></p>

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2020<span></span></span></p>

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