JIP invites purchasing professionals, academicians and publishers to submit important announcements, original articles, guest columns and significant feature presentations. We also welcome surveys, book reviews and letters to the Editor. Technical discussions in highly specialized areas of expertise will be kept to an absolute minimum.

The publication is complemented by the Compendium of Internet Purchasing Initiatives which supports brief, timely and practical notices of global developments. We also sponsor JIBC-Forum, an electronic discussion group for purchasing experts, developers, academics and practitioners.

Authors with a particular expertise, who may be interested in becoming contributing editors to the JIP, please review file http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jip/coneds.htm.