Collecting and sharing experiences and findings with the CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
As part of the experimental nature of the innovation activities at IdeaSquare, the CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ) was launched in 2016. A multidisciplinary publication, CIJ is devoted to the latest research in innovation experimentation, strategic innovation management, knowledge exchange and management, and innovation policy issues.
In 7 years, CIJ has published a total of 95 articles, a great number of which have shared the novel insights of experimentation-driven innovation research at IdeaSquare while also proposing testable new hypotheses derived from theories of innovation. To continue the good work done by Prof. Dr. Saku Juhani Makinen, who led the journal for 7 years, Matteo Vignoli took up the role of Editor-in-Chief in June 2023.
The goal of CIJ is to be intellectually challenging, providing evidence-based results that guide decision-making in managing social innovations.
What’s new?
In 2022, CIJ became a central platform for supporting the socio-economic research component embedded in ATTRACT Phase 2, and started publishing additional special issues in parallel to its regular ones. Then in 2023, the journal went from publishing 2 volumes a year —one regular issue and one special issue— to publishing 3, resulting in a total of 51 articles from 2021-2023. In addition, the journal inaugurated a new section called “Methodological Note and Data”, a special chapter dedicated to methodological papers aimed at inspiring innovation researchers to explore and embrace diverse applied methodologies in their work.
In 2023, IdeaSquare launched the CIJ Clinics initiative for researchers who are interested in being published in the journal. It consists of monthly, 2-hour online discussions in which potential authors and experienced academic writers exchange insights, ideas and queries related to the article writing and submission process. CIJ is an interdisciplinary, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that publishes short, original articles that quickly communicate the latest insights on a variety of topics around in-situ experimental innovation. CIJ is uniquely positioned to collect and test new innovation knowledge as IdeaSquare activities function as a reference point for findings published in the journal. CIJ encourages research that sits between and even goes beyond disciplinary lines, and welcomes submissions from diverse researcher backgrounds, disciplines and functional perspectives.
5 most cited articles of all times
- Impacts of a challenge-based innovation project course on the entrepreneurial intentions of multidisciplinary student teams
- How does organizational space help organizations cope with the challenges of ambidexterity and continue to innovate? A space reorganization experiment in a transitioning organization
- N2T ‘Need to Tech discovery’ tool: enabling interaction with scientists in CBI students’ projects
- Perceived difficulty of design thinking activities in co-located and remote environments
- Co-creating an idea lab: lessons learned from a longitudinal case study
CIJ lays out where great ideas come from and how breakthrough innovation processes take place.
CIJ’s manifesto:
Bold, Integrative,
Open, Connecting,
Experimental, Useful,
Misfit
IdeaSquare’s aim is also to promote CIJ as a platform for innovators of diverse backgrounds and disciplines, encouraging them to publish their experimental research and bring it closer to society.