KM4D Journal focuses on knowledge management in development. It includes diverse knowledge management approaches in development organizations, large and small, in the South and in the North, and aims to facilitate cross-fertilization between knowledge management and related fields.
KM4D Journal offers peer-reviewed practice-based cases, analysis and research concerning the role of knowledge in development processes, and provides a forum for debate and exchange of ideas among practitioners, policy makers academics and activists world-wide. By challenging current assumptions, it will seek to stimulate new thinking and to shape future ways of working.
The journal is strongly related to the KM4Dev community of practice but aims to promote KM knowledge and approaches in the wider professional development community. Wherever possible, we will link up with existing kindred communities or networks.
The KM4D Journal is produced by the KM4Dev-community and appears three times a year: in May, September and December.
Spontaneous contributions are welcome. Any manuscript submitted to the journal must not already have been published in another journal or be under consideration by any other journal, although it may have been deposited on a preprint server. Theoretical and practice-based contributions are welcome. Manuscripts that are derived from papers presented at conferences can be submitted unless they have been published as part of the conference proceedings in a peer reviewed journal. Authors are required to ensure that no material (including illustrations, photos, etc.) submitted as part of a manuscript infringes existing copyrights, or the rights of a third party. Submission of a manuscript to KM4D Journal implies that all authors have read and agreed to its content.
Section Policies
Contents
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Editorial
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Papers
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Case Studies
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Dialogues
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Interviews
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Stories
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Community Notes
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Reviews
Reviews of key or recent publications.
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Letters to the Editors
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Announcements
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Peer Review Process
For the purposes of KM4D Journal, it has been decided to have a peer support process rather than a traditional review process. There are a number of reasons for this:
1. The papers have been through a pre-selection process. The papers have been accepted, in principle, on the basis of the title and abstract.
2. One of the objectives of the journal is to encourage participation of authors who do not have experience of writing for mainstream journals. A peer support process will be better able to support inexperienced authors.
3. In addition, the peer support process will facilitate friendly, collegial contacts between authors and reviewers, supporting networking in the KM4D field.
Submitted articles will generally be reviewed by one expert. This expert will usually be a member of the Editorial Board but, in addition, other experts can be request to review a paper on a one-off basis. This is at the discretion of the Guest Editors for the issue concerned. Reviewers should be experts in their field either from profession or academic affiliation, and as such will be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Any suggested peer reviewers should not be members of the same organisation or research institution as the authors of the manuscript.
Publication Frequency
The KM4D Journal appears three times a year: in May, September and December.
Open Access Policy
KM4D Journal is an open access journal. All papers can be viewed and downloaded on this journal platform.
Editors
Sarah Cummings, Editor-in-Chief
Ewen Le Borgne - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia
Ivan Kulis - European Centre for Development Policy Management, The Netherlands
Lucie Lamoureux - KM4D Associates, Belgium
Denise Senmartin - Interdisciplinary Internet Institute, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Editorial Board
Chris Addison - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, The Netherlands
Sylvester Dickson Baguma - Uganda
Hugo Besemer - The Netherlands
Nicola J. Bidwell - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Meraka and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Valerie E. Brown - Australian National University
Bertha Camacho - Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development
Kemly Camacho - Sulá Batsú, Costa Rica
Charles Dhewa - Knowledge Transfer Africa , Zimbabwe
Deborah Eade - France
Urs Karl Egger - Pestalozzi Children's Foundation, Switzerland
Paul Engel - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), The Netherlands
Julie Ferguson - VU University, The Netherlands
Sebastiao Mendonça Ferreira - Peru
Manuel Flury - Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC)
Paul Hendriks - Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Allison Hewlitt - Canada
Gerd Junne - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hassan Kaya - North-West University, South Africa
Laurens Klerkx - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Kingo Mchombu - University of Namibia
Jean Mège - Save the Children, Côte d'Ivoire
Henk Molenaar - WOTRO Science for Global Development, The Netherlands
Katherine Morrow - Cree Health Board, Canada
Stephen Mutula - University of Botswana
Laxmi Pant - Univerisity of Guelph, Canada
Geoff Parcell - Practical KM Ltd, UK
Bernike Pasveer - University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rob van Poelje - PSO, the Netherlands
Mike Powell - IKM Emergent, UK
Ben Ramalingam - Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK
Rohit Ramaswamy - University of North Carolina, USA
Nathan Russell - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
Davy Simumba - Zambia
Simone Staiger-Rivas - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
Deependra Tandukar - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal
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