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misq-topic-selection

Use when shaping or stress-testing a research question for MIS Quarterly — confirming it is a genuine information-systems question, naming which of the four IS traditions (behavioral, design science, economics, organizational) it lives in, and choosing the matching manuscript category before any data are collected or any artifact is built.

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# Topic Selection & Genre Fit (misq-topic-selection)

## When to trigger

- The idea is interesting but you are not sure it is an *IS* question versus a generic management, marketing, or CS question
- You have a dataset, a platform, or a model and need a question worth a MISQ slot
- You cannot yet say which tradition the paper belongs to, or which submission category fits
- A colleague says "this could go to MISQ" and you need a fit test before committing months of work

## Is it an information-systems question?

MISQ publishes research on the development, use, impact, management, and economics of information technology — IT-based services, the management of IT resources, and the use and impact of IT with managerial, organizational, and societal implications. The IT artifact (a system, algorithm, platform, data, or digitally enabled practice) should be **central**, not incidental. If the technology could be swapped for "any treatment" without changing the theory, the paper is probably not an IS paper.

## Name the tradition — it decides everything downstream