KM4D Journal
Updated: 1 September 2017
About
The Knowledge Management for Development Journal is a peer-reviewed, community-based journal on knowledge management for development – for and by development practitioners, researchers and policymakers - and is closely related to the KM4Dev community. The Journal publishes research papers, case studies, interviews, stories and 'community notes' which have a knowledge management component and relate to international development. Development in this specific context relates to such topics as aid/assistance to developing countries, international cooperation and poverty alleviation. Examples of relevant sub-sectors include health, agriculture, education, gender empowerment, policy issues, and so forth.
Practical information
- The KM4D Journal uses the Open Journal Platform System. It is available in three language interfaces:
- English http://journal.km4dev.org/en
- French http://journal.km4dev.org/fr
- Spanish http://journal.km4dev.org/es
- Call for papers are shared on the KM4dev website http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4djournal
- KM4D Journal editors use this platform for internal purpose KM4D Journal - Editors' Workspace
Past issues
The list of recent and forthcoming issues can be found here: List of issues
Copyright issues and access model
The copyright of the articles published in this journal remains the property of the authors. For liability reasons, the title belongs to the Foundation for the Support of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal. The journal is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License.
This journal is currently an open access journal as it has a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. From the BOAI definition [1] of "open access", we support the rights of users to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles." However, some of the content (2009-2012) is only available on the Taylor and Francis website. Within the next few months, this issue too will become available on the OJS.
[1] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm#openaccess
The journal is produced by volunteers. If you would like to contribute to the journal in any way, kindly send an e-mail to km4dj-editors@dgroups.org
