Aims and Scope

The Journal of Digital Content Management (J Digit Content Manag) is an open access, double-blind, peer-reviewed quarterly journal, owned, managed, and published by Allameh Tabataba'i University since 2020. The Journal of Digital Content Management is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research on the management, organization, governance, preservation, dissemination, and intelligent use of digital content across diverse domains. The journal publishes high-quality theoretical, methodological, and applied research findings addressing the challenges and opportunities associated with the creation, storage, retrieval, analysis, security, and lifecycle management of digital information in an increasingly data-driven world.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, information scientists, computer scientists, librarians, archivists, knowledge managers, digital media specialists, publishers, and industry professionals to disseminate innovative research that enhances the accessibility, quality, interoperability, and long-term value of digital content.

The journal welcomes original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, methodological studies, case studies, technical reports, and evidence-based applied articles that contribute to the advancement of digital content management in academic, governmental, industrial, cultural, and commercial spheres.

The journal scope includes but is not restricted to the following areas:

1. Digital Content Lifecycle Management

• Digital content creation and publishing
• Enterprise content management (ECM)
• Content lifecycle management
• Digital asset management (DAM)
• Content modeling and architecture
• Metadata management
• Content interoperability and standards

2. Knowledge and Information Management

• Knowledge organization
• Information architecture
• Knowledge management systems
• Ontologies and semantic technologies
• Taxonomies and controlled vocabularies
• Information retrieval and discovery

3. Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Content

• AI-assisted content management
• Machine learning for content classification
• Natural language processing
• Automated metadata generation
• Intelligent document processing
• Recommendation systems
• Generative AI in content creation and governance

4. Digital Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Heritage

• Digital libraries
• Institutional repositories
• Digital preservation
• Archival science
• Research data management
• Cultural heritage digitization
• Long-term digital accessibility

5. Web, Social Media, and Multimedia Content

• Social media content management
• Multimedia information systems
• Image, audio, and video management
• User-generated content
• Digital storytelling
• Content personalization

6. Digital Publishing and Scholarly Communication

• Electronic publishing
• Open access and scholarly communication
• Digital publishing workflows
• Persistent identifiers and metadata
• Scientific data management

7. Data Governance, Security, and Ethics

• Information governance
• Digital rights management
• Privacy and data protection
• Cybersecurity for digital repositories
• Ethical and legal aspects of digital content
• Intellectual property management

8. Emerging Technologies

• Cloud-based content management
• Blockchain applications
• Internet of Things (IOT) data management
• Big data infrastructures
• Digital twins
• Human-computer interaction
• Smart information systems

Mission

The mission of Journal of Digital Content Management is to advance research and innovation in the management of digital information and content by integrating perspectives from information science, computer science, knowledge management, and digital technologies. The journal seeks to promote efficient, secure, intelligent, and sustainable approaches towards managing digital content throughout its lifecycle while supporting innovation in scholarly communication, business, education, government, and cultural heritage.