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isr-topic-selection
Use when shaping or sanity-checking a research question for Information Systems Research (ISR) — testing sociotechnical, intradisciplinary fit, IT-artifact centrality, the level(s) of analysis, and whether the question belongs at ISR versus MISQ, JMIS, or Management Science. Locks the question and genre; it does not build the mechanism (isr-theory-development).
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# Topic Selection & ISR Fit (isr-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have a phenomenon, dataset, or analytical model but are unsure it is an ISR question
- The idea may be "IT-adjacent" rather than genuinely about the design, use, valuation, or impact of IT
- You are choosing between ISR and a neighboring venue
- A colleague says "interesting, but is this IS, or just OB/econ/CS done with IT data?"
## The ISR fit test
ISR is receptive to phenomena on the **design, management, use, valuation, and impacts of information technology**, examined at **multiple levels of analysis** — individuals, groups, firms, networks, societies, and nations. Pressure-test on four dimensions:
1. **IT-artifact centrality.** The IT artifact (a system, platform, algorithm, digital infrastructure, data product) must shape the mechanism, not just supply the setting or the data. If you could swap "IT" for "any tool" and the story survived, fit is weak.