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<p align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Special Issue: Blockchain for Information Systems Management and
Security</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Information Processing & Management Journal</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:blue;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-processing-and-management/call-for-papers/special-issue-blockchain" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;color:blue"><font size="3">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-processing-and-management/call-for-papers/special-issue-blockchain</font></span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Call for Papers.</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">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.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research
contributions in all major areas </span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of
Blockchain-Information systems, which include, but not limited to:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font>
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<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology
and cybersecurity for Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies for
Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Recent development and emerging trends using
Blockchain for securing Information systems.</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* New models, practical solutions and
technological advances related to Blockchain</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Theory of Blockchain for Information systems</span></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">* Blockchain-based security of financial Information systems</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Blockchain-based security of health Information systems</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Blockchain-based security solutions of smart
cities Information systems</span></span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Blockchain</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for Internet of Things
(IoT) <span style="background:white;margin:0px">Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Authentication and authorization in
Blockchain.</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Applications of blockchain technologies in
digital forensic for Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies</span></span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">* Blockchain for Artificial Intelligence.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">* Scalability and efficiency of blockchain-based Information
systems</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware
security</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Implementation challenges facing blockchain
technologies</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Blockchain-based threat intelligence and
threat analytics techniques</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Blockchain-based open-source tools for
Information systems</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Vulnerabilities of smart contracts</span><br>
<span style="background:white;margin:0px">* Open issues and trends in Blockchains</span></span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:105%"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Submission Guideline:</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Papers should be
submitted electronically using the Elsevier submission system to Information
Processing & Management (</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:blue;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.evise.com/profile/#/IPM/login" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;color:blue">https://www.evise.com/profile/#/IPM/login</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">) 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></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Guest Editors:</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Yaser Jararweh, Duquesne University,
USA, <a href="mailto:jararwehy@duq.edu" target="_blank">jararwehy@duq.edu</a></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Sandra Hirsh, San Jose State University, USA,
<a href="mailto:Sandy.hirsh@sjsu.edu" target="_blank">Sandy.hirsh@sjsu.edu</a></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Yin Yang, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar,
<a href="mailto:yyang@hbku.edu.qa" target="_blank">yyang@hbku.edu.qa</a></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada,
<a href="mailto:Moayad@gnowit.com" target="_blank">Moayad@gnowit.com</a></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey,
<a href="mailto:oozkasap@ku.edu.tr" target="_blank">oozkasap@ku.edu.tr</a></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:110%"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Tentative Schedule:</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:red;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Deadline for Submissions:
June 15, 2020 (Firm and final Extension)</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:110%"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Authors First
Notification: August 15, 2020</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:110%"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Revised papers
Submission: October 15, 2020</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:110%"></span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Final Acceptance:
December 1, 2020</font></span></p><p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:110%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3"><br></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;color:black;line-height:110%"></span></p>
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