The research component was added to ISOJ in 2004, five years after the creation of the conference. Due to the success of this addition, #ISOJ journal was launched on April 1, 2011 at the 12th ISOJ in Austin, Texas. The articles that are selected to appear in the journal are based on peer-reviewed research papers presented at the Symposium. #ISOJ Journal is co-edited by Professor Amy Schmitz Weiss, from San Diego State University, who is also the research chair of the conference; and Professor Rosental C. Alves, from the University of Texas at Austin, who is the founder and current director of the conference.