In order to explore scientific writing in Information Systems (IS) journals, we adopt a combination of historical and rhetorical approaches. We first investigate the history of universities, business schools, learned societies and scientific articles. This perspective allows us to capture the...

In order to explore scientific writing in Information Systems (IS) journals, we adopt a combination of historical and rhetorical approaches. We first investigate the history of universities, business schools, learned societies and scientific articles. This perspective allows us to capture the...

The development of theoretical contributions is extensively discussed in management research. However, the processes of developing theories and their relationships to the processes of submitting. Reviewing and revising papers are relatively neglected, in particular in MIS. Work has already been...