About the Journal

IRIE (International Review of Information Ethics), ISSN 2563-5638 (formerly published under ISSN 1614-1687 between 2004 and 2017) is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal. It is a publication of the University of Alberta in partnership with IBICT - Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology with editorial support from IBICT’s Graduate Program in Information Science, developed in association with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Focus and Scope

IRIE was launched in 2004, and it envisions an international and intercultural discourse concerning the ethical impacts of information technology on human practices and thinking, social interaction, science, research, and society. After 15 years of publication under the leadership of IRIE Founders, Editor-in-Chief Professor Rafael Capurro, alongside Dr. Felix Weil, whose operational management of IRIE was critical to its success, and Professor Thomas Hausmanninger, IRIE was re-launched in 2020 at the University of Alberta with support from Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell, Canada CIFAR AI Chair. The Kule Institute for Advanced Study facilitated the redevelopment of the journal at the University of Alberta. 

For two decades, the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) has led the field in exploring new frontiers of ethics and technology. Having covered topics ranging from robotics to religion, IRIE has ventured into some of the most thought-provoking conversations of the digital age.

Frequency: biannual
Submissions: continuous flow.
Languages: English
Evaluation system: double-blind peer review.
Article Processing Charges: no charge fees for article submission, processing, or publication.
Deposit Policy: IRIE allows the deposit of preprint and postprint versions of articles in personal pages or digital repositories of open access. It is recommended to deposit preprint versions in dedicated open/non-commercial repositories, such as arXiv, e-LIS, EmeRI, LIS Scholarship Archive, SciELO Preprints, and SocArXiv. In the act of manuscript submission, where works have been previously deposited as a preprint, we ask that authors must inform IRIE, through the “Comments to the Editors” field, of the deposit date, URL, and DOI (when available) of the manuscript generated by deposit. Manuscripts of this nature will be evaluated in the single-blind model, according to IRIE Peer Review Policy.

Address & Contacts

International Center for Information Ethics
Kule Institute for Advanced Study
3-37 Arts & Convocation Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2R3