Welcome
We have prepared this document to assist you as you prepare your articles for submission to
the Journal of Information Warfare.
To begin with, please make sure that the proofing language for your article is set to
Australian English (Select “Review” from the tabs at the top of the Word screen; then click
on the “Language” icon, and select “English (Australia)”); however, take care to maintain the
original spelling when quoting material or referring to a specific title, organisation, proper
noun, etc. For instance, American English writers would use ‘defense’ while an Australian
author would use ‘defence’; likewise, Finland has a ‘Defence Ministry’, but the U.S. has a
‘Department of Defense’.
JIW’s style sheet is adapted from the Harvard style, as detailed in the Snooks & Co. 6th
edition of the Style manual for authors, editors and printers (2002). While many of our
conventions follow Snooks to the letter, others do not. Authors should use the information
below. If a question arises that is not addressed in this document, consult the Style manual or
contact Marla Weitzman at [email protected] or [email protected].
JIW Style Guide
The information below illustrates the appearance and format for page one and all the
subsequent pages of your paper. (In the example, Instructions for Authors is formatted
as the paper’s title should be; AN First represents the initials and last name of the first author,
etc.)
Instructions for Authors
AN First1, IB Second2
1
School of Computer and Security
Science Edith Cowan University
Perth, Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
2
School of Justice and Business Law
Somewhere University
Anywhere, United States of
Abstract: The abstract should summarise the contents of the paper in between 40 and 100
words.
Keywords: Information Management, Information Operations, Perception Management
(Two blank, 12-pt TNR lines should separate the Keywords section from the Introduction.)
Introduction
The text should adhere to the following format:
Submissions should be made in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman 12-pt font.
Margins should be set at 2.54 cm (1 in.) on top, bottom, left, and right.
Justify right and left margins.
Use single spacing. (Do not use the “Before” and “After” functions available under
“Paragraph”> “Indents and Spacing” except to insert a 3-pt space between figures,
tables, and charts and their labels.
Insert one 12-pt blank line between the top margin and the first line of your paper,
which should consist of your title.
The Title of the Paper should be in TNR 14-Pt Font, Bold typeface. It should
use upper- and lower-case letters, and it should be centred.
Leave 2 (12-pt) blank lines after the title of the paper.
The second line of text (Times New Roman 12 pt) should contain author’s(s’)
name(s). Do not use first names (only initials without periods). Separate the authors’
names with commas. Centre the text.
Use superscript numbers to key each name to the affiliation that matches it (order of
names and affiliations should also match).
Leave 1 blank line after the author’s(s’) name(s).
The third through fifth lines of text (Times New Roman 12 pt, italic, centred) should
provide the name of affiliation(s) for the first author (or the authors whose affiliation
is the same as the first author): for example, the name of his or her university or
organisation, his or her department (if applicable), and the location of that affiliation
(city, state, country, for instance).
Insert a blank space between the affiliation information and the author’s e-mail
address.
The e-mail line should be in italic, 12-pt, TNR font:
E-mail: [email protected]
If there is more than one author or affiliation, leave 1 blank line between author
affiliation sections.
If two or more authors are from the SAME institution, then the name of the
organisation should only occur ONCE. E-mail addresses for all the authors should
appear on the same line, in order of the authors’ appearance on the author line.
Separate these e-mail addresses with semi-colons:
[email protected] Leave 2 blank lines after the e-mail address(es).
The Abstract should follow those two blank lines. It should be italicised and be no
longer than 100 words. The aim is to provide a concise overview of your paper.
Leave 1 blank line after the abstract.
Include a (horizontal) list of Keywords contained in your article. The Words Should
Be in Italics, and Each Significant Word (other than prepositions, articles, and
coordinating conjunctions) Should Begin with a Capital Letter.
Leave 2 blank lines after Keywords before commencing your paper with the
Introduction. Each Major Section of Your Paper should be in TNR 14-pt,
Bold typeface. Capitalise Each Major Word of Each Major Section
Heading.
Leave 1 line between paragraphs, after figures and diagrams, before and afterblocked-
off quotations, before and after lists set apart from the text of the paper (with or
without bullets or numbers), and between sections.
Each Minor section of your paper should be in TNR 14-pt, bold typeface.
Capitalise only the first letter of the first word in the heading and any proper nouns,
acronyms, etc.
Text should be written in the third person.
The remainder of this document reviews some of our guidelines and provides more detailed
information and examples.
Additional Information
As papers are published both in a hard-copy format and online, please do not use auto-
formatting or any other style. Please adhere to the style as specified; variation may mean your
article is not included for publication. Also, if you use a bibliographic tool to prepare your list
of references, please turn that field off before you submit your article.
Length of papers
Papers (title, abstract, main text) should normally not exceed 6000 words in length.
Longer papers may be rejected.
Font
Times New Roman, 12 pt, single spaced.
Major Headings should be set to Times New Roman font (14 pt) using
Title Case and Bold.
Minor headings should be set to Times New Roman font (14 pt) using
Sentence case and bold.
Only use “double quotation marks” for “actual quotes from other texts”; use ‘single
quotes’ to ‘highlight’ expressions; italicise words in languages other than English.
Layout
Margins should be set at 2.54 cm (1 in.) on top, bottom, left, and right.
All regular text is to be left and right justified. Graphics (tables, diagrams, figures,
etc.) and their labels should be centred.
Paragraphs should have a single 12-pt blank line between them.
New sections should have a single 12-pt blank line between them.
Leave a single 12-pt blank line before figures and tables; leave a single 3-pt blank line
before the label for the table or figure; leave a single 12-pt blank line between the
label and the text of the paper that follows the figure or table.
Do not indent paragraphs.
Do not number sections.
Do not use footers or headers.
Do not add page numbers.
Do not use Style.
Do not use borders/shading.
Do not use footnotes.
Do not use abbreviations such as ‘e.g.’ (use, instead, ‘for example’) or ‘i.e.’ (use,
instead, ‘that is’).
Do not shorten words; for example, ‘don’t’ should be ‘do not’.
In short, keep all formatting to the simplest form.
Diagrams
Use exhibits (tables, figures, diagrams, illustrations) only where necessary.
Each reference to an exhibit should use bold for the type of graphic and number:
‘Figure 1 represents . . .’.
Exhibit attachments should include a number and brief description in Times New Roman
10 pt, such as ‘Figure 1: Web portal development analysis’.
This identification should appear below the actual exhibit.
From the “Home”’ tab, select “Paragraph”; select “Indents and Spacing”. Set
“Before” to 3 pt.
Do not forget to label all exhibits.
Make sure that exhibits will print clearly in black and white.
Please ensure exhibits can be resized.
Please do not include scanned images from other publications.
Secure permission to include any images generated and/or published by others.
Documentation style
The documentation style for the Journal of Information Warfare is adapted from the Harvard
style, as detailed in the Snooks & Co. 6 th edition of the Style manual for authors, editors and
printers (2002). In general, this style calls for in-text citations and a reference list at the end
of the paper.
In-text citations
Citations should be in Harvard style.
The text itself and the in-text citation should provide readers with both author’s (or
authors’) name(s) and date of publication—for instance, ‘Smith (1979) was first to
note this trend’; or ‘Research conducted at the University of Texas, San Antonio first
identified this trend (Smith 1979)’.
Two or three authors of the same text are included in in-text citations: McFadden,
Jones, and Arnold (2010) or (McFadden, Jones & Arnold 2010). Note that ‘and’ is
used between the last names of the last two authors for references in the text of the
paper, while the ampersand replaces ‘and’ in parenthetical references.
More than three authors are referred to using et al.; thus, in-text references would
appear as follows: (Anderson et al. 1982) or Anderson et al. (1982). Note, however,
that the full list of authors’ names and initials must be given in the references’ section
at the end of the paper.
Multiple publications by the same author within the same year are differentiated with
small Arabic letters: Jones (1983a), (Jones 1983b).
In-text references for direct quotes (paraphrases and summaries) may also include the
page numbers where the quote (or borrowed material) can be found: Best (2007, p. 3)
or (Gupta 2007, pp. 110-1).
If the author is unknown or is an organisation, the full title or name of the
organisation should be given for the first in-text citation (National Security Agency).
Afterwards, a shortened version of the title, the organisation name, or acronym is used
(NSA 1985).
These examples of in-text citations are provided for quick reference:
One author of one text: (Langner 2011)
Two authors of the same text: (McFadden & Arnold 2010)
Three authors of one text: (Stouffer, Falco & Scarfone 2011)
More than three authors of a single text: (Tehranipoor et al. 2011)
Again, note that the names and initials of all the authors should appear in the
reference list.
When there is more than one author and the authors are identified in the text,
use and instead of the ampersand to connect their names: ‘McMinn and Butts
(2012) have argued. . .’.
But
When the authors are identified in the parenthetical reference but not in the text,
use the ampersand between their names: ‘Experts now believe the opposite is true
(McMinn & Butts 2012)’.
To cite two or more works at one point in the text of the article, use one in-text
parenthetical reference: (McFadden & Arnold 2010; Tehranipoor et al. 2011). Note
that the citations are separated by semi-colons.
Blocked-off quotations or items
Should you choose to include a quotation of some length (more than 30 words) or to insert a
list into your paper, please place the text in a free-standing block of single-spaced lines.
Blank lines should separate the block quote or list from the text that immediately
precedes it and the text that immediately follows it.
The text of the material should be indented one-half inch from the left margin.
There is no need for quotation marks with blocked-off quotations, unless they appear
in the original.
End the material with a period. For quoted material, be sure to include a parenthetical
citation after the period. (Jones 148)
References
The References’ list should appear at the end of the article and, using the Harvard style of
documentation, should provide sufficient description to enable the reader to locate all
publications referred to in the text.
The first reference should appear immediately beneath the References heading (no
line space); leave a single 12-pt blank line between subsequent entries.
References should be arranged in alphabetical order by surname of first-named
author, then date.
References to government or corporate entities as authors should appear and be
alphabetised on the reference list by full title (such as ‘National Security Agency’) but
be followed by abbreviations, acronyms, etc., if applicable, in parentheses ‘(NSA)’.
Multiple works by the same author(s) should be arranged in chronological order; as
noted above; multiple works published in the same year should be distinguished by
small Arabic letters after the date (2009a; 2009b) and arranged on the citation list in
alphabetical order based on a letter-by-letter analysis of title (excluding words such as
‘the’, ‘a’, ‘an’, etc.).
Unpublished works or private communications are to be mentioned within the text
but may be omitted from the reference list.
References to electronic documents should include date viewed and the appropriate
Universal Resource Locater (URL): viewed 7 December
2017,
<http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/cse571-07/ftp/ids.pdf>.
Names of countries should be abbreviated using the guidelines found at
<www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/country_code_list.htm>.
Please ensure that all the references in the text are in the list of references at the end
(and vice versa).
The following entries are provided for easy reference:
A book with a single author.
Walzer, M 1977, Just and unjust wars, Basic Books, New York, NY, US.
A book or other monograph with additional publication details.
Stouffer, K, Falco, J & Scarfone, K 2011, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
security, Special Publication 800-82, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, US.
A chapter or article within a book with editors.
McMinn, L & Butts, J 2012, ‘A firmware verification tool for programmable logic
controllers’, Critical infrastructure protection VI, J Butts & S Shenoi (eds), Springer-
Verlag, Heidelberg, DE, pp. 58-69.
A work whose author or first author is the same as the first author of the
previous item on the reference list.
——2005, A thousand plateaus: capitalism and schizophrenia, forward and trans.
Brian Massumi, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, US.
If more than one author is the same in two consecutive entries, but their names appear
in a different order in the second entry OR additional authors are also listed and
change the authors’ order of appearance in the second entry, provide all the authors’
names and first initials in the second entry.
An article by a single author appearing in a journal with both (or either)
volume and issue numbers.
Langner, R 2011 ‘Stuxnet: dissecting a cyberwarfare weapon’, IEEE Security and
Privacy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 49-51.
If issue number is not given, simply move from the volume number to inclusive page
numbers: vol. 9, pp. 49-51.
An article in a journal with more than three authors, volume, and/or issue
number information.
Tehranipoor, M, Salmani, H, Xuehui, Z, Xiaoxiao, W, Karri, R, Rajendran, J &
Rosenfeld, K 2011, ‘Trustworthy hardware: Trojan detection and design-for-trust
challenges’, Computer, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 66-74.
A work with corporate authorship.
Dell 2012, Lifecycle of an Advanced Persistent Threat, viewed 19 September 2013,
<http://www.redteamusa.com/PDF/Lifecycle%20of%20an%20Advanced%20Persistent%
20Threat.pdf>.
SmartLabs Technology 2007, Insteon developer's guide, 2nd edn, 16 August, viewed
11 May 2017, <http://cache.insteon.com/pdf/INSTEON_Developers_Guide_
20070816a. pdf>.
Threat Analysis Group (TAG) 2010, Threat, vulnerability, risk—Commonly mixed
up terms, 3 May, viewed 12 August 2017,
<https://www.threatanalysis.com/2010/05/03/ threat-vulnerability-risk-commonly-
mixed-up-terms/>.
A government publication.
HM Government (UK), National strategy 2016-2021, viewed 1 August 2017,
<https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5672
42/national_cyber_security_strategy_2016.pdf>.
United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) 2017, United States Defense
Intelligence Agency report: Building a military to support great power aspirations,
Defense Intelligence Agency, viewed 2 August 2017, <http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/
Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Russia%20Military%20Power
%20Report%202017.pdf>.
United States Department of Defense (DoD) 2015, Cyber strategy, Washington, DC,
viewed 20 May 2016, <https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/features/2015/0415_cyber-
strategy/Final_2015_DoD_CYBER_STRATEGY_for_web.pdf >.
A work in a foreign language.
Dubov, D 2014, ‘Kibermogushchestvo kak bazis obespecheniia “tsifrovogo”
suvereniteta v sovremennom mire: Kliuchevie podkhody’ (‘Cyberpower as a
fundamental concept for digital sovereignty in the contemporary world: Key aspects’),
Oborona i bezopasnost’, vol. 4, no. 25, pp. 123-35.
An article from an online periodical.
Chapple, M 2011, ‘Anatomy of a spam attack’, BizTech, 7 December, viewed 18
August 2016, <http://www.biztechmagazine.com/article/2011/12/anatomy-spam-
attack>.
An article from an online periodical with an author, title of article and
periodical, date of creation or production, date of viewing, and URL.
Zetter, K 2010, ‘SCADA System’s hard-coded password circulated online for
years’, Wired, 19 July, viewed 21 April 2013,
<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/ siemens-scada/>.
A document within a website.
Santamarta, R 2012, Project basecamp: Attacking ControlLogix, Digital Bond,
viewed 21 April 2013, < http://reversemode.com/downloads/logix_report_
basecamp.pdf>.
Note that Basecamp and ControlLogix are capitalised because they are proper nouns.
Papers presented at conferences, etc. and published as proceedings.
Agrawal, D, Archambeault, B, Rao, J & Rohatgi, P 2003, ‘The EM side-channel(s)’,
Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems—CHES 2002: Proceedings of the
4th International Workshop, eds. BS Kaliski, Jr, CK Koc & C Paar, LNCS 2523, pp.
29- 45.
Boryczka, U. Probierz, B & Kozak, J 2016, ‘Automatic categorization of email into
folders by Ant Colony Decision Tree and social networks’, Proceedings of the 8th
KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies—KES IDT 2016,
Part II, Springer International Publishing, Cham, CH, pp. 71-81.
A work published as the proceedings of a conference in both print and online
forms.
Kocher, P, Jaffe, J & Jun, B 1999, ‘Differential power analysis’, Advances in
Cryptology—CRYPTO 2009: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International
Cryptology Conference, ed. S, Halevi, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, DE, pp. 789-792,
viewed 21 April 2013, <ftp://ftp.mrynet.com/pub/os/DEC/vmsone/vmsone.com/
~decuslib/vmssig/vmslt99b/net/dpa.pdf>.
For additional information, contact Marla Weitzman at [email protected] or
[email protected], or consult the style guide itself:
Snooks and Co. (rev.) 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Milton, Qld, AU.
Authors’ Responsibilities & Copyright
Authors are expected to ensure the accuracy of their papers. The publisher accepts no
responsibility for statements made by authors in written papers. Where relevant, authors are to
ensure that the contents of their papers are cleared for publication by, for example, their
employer, their client, the funding organisation, and/or the copyright owner of any material
which is reproduced. Authors retain the copyright of their papers.
Publication
The editors and/or reviewers reserve the right to refer papers back to authors for correction or
editing before publication.
Submission Details
Submissions should be made via e-mail to Elena Brigham ([email protected]).
Questions, comments, and concerns should be addressed to Marla Weitzman
([email protected]) or [email protected].
File types
Please submit your paper as a Microsoft Word file.
Files to send
Unless asked to do otherwise, please send only the following files:
1. Final paper prepared according to the specifications listed in the Author
Instructions.
2. Author Declaration Form, which appears on the last page of the Author
Instructions.
3. A short biography (of a few sentences) for each author.
4. A photo of each author that can be resized to 401 x 401 pixels, if necessary.
Questions
Publication or other general questions should be directed to Marla Weitzman
([email protected]), Elena Brigham ([email protected]), and Leigh Armistead
([email protected]) or [email protected].
Journal of Information Warfare
Author Declaration Form
Following notification of acceptance of a paper, the author(s) should submit a signed copy of
this declaration by e-mail to Elena Brigham ([email protected]). This
copy must be received before or along with the final ready-for-publication paper.
The undersigned warrant that
• s/he/they are the copyright holders for the paper,
• the paper is accurate in all factual respects,
• the contents have been cleared for publication by any organisation having the capacity
to preclude their publication, and,
• the approval of the copyright owner has been secured for any material which has
been previously published.
Paper title:
Author’s(s’) name(s):
Author’s(s’) signature(s):
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