Information for Prospective Authors
The
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is a high-quality, peer-reviewed
interdisciplinary research journal dedicated to advance theory, research, and
practice in Electronic Commerce. It
provides an international forum for researchers and professionals to share
their knowledge and report new advances on all topics related to Electronic
Commerce. JECR focuses on Electronic
Commerce related issues, including its theoretical foundation, infrastructure
and advanced technologies. It publishes original empirical research,
theoretical and methodological articles, evaluative and integrative reviews,
field research, business surveys, and application papers of interest to a
general readership.
Prior
Publication Policy
A
submission based on a paper appearing elsewhere (such as conference proceedings
or newsletters) must have major value-added extensions to the earlier version.
For conference papers, it should have at least 30% new material. The new material should be content material,
not just the addition of proofs or a few more performance figures.
JECR
Review Information
Type
of Review: Double blind with respect to authors and reviewers; however, it is
possible that a reviewer may have seen an earlier version of the research in
the form of a conference paper, a paper presented at a research seminar, or a
working paper.
·
Number
of External Reviewers: Two to three
·
Average
Time Required for Review: About three months
·
Reviewers'
Comments to Authors: Yes
·
Feedback
to Reviewers: Yes, copy of reviews
·
Fees
Charged to Review Manuscript: No
·
Percentage
of Invited Articles: None
Guide
for Authors
Submission:
In order to speed up the reviewing process, authors are required to send their
papers as a word document (in Microsoft Word format) attached to an e-mail to
Professor M.Y. Kiang, E-mail: mkiang@csulb.edu
or a corresponding guest editor for special issues (see special issue
link). If this is not possible, then
please send the paper to:
Dr. Melody Kiang
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research
Information
Systems Department
Submission
of a paper certifies that none of the contents are copyrighted, published or
accepted for publication by another journal, or submitted to another journal
while under review by Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. The Editor does not accept responsibility for
loss of papers submitted. Upon acceptance of an article, author(s) will be
asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Journal.
Manuscript
Guidelines
All
manuscript should be prepared according to the following manuscript guidelines
and saved as a word document (in Microsoft Word format).
1.
Page Set-up
·
Margins:
1” on all sides
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Text:
justified and single column (except title, author, and some headings, as
specified below)
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Spacing:
Double spaced for initial submission; single-spaced for final submission
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Paragraphs:
First line indented ¼”, no additional space before or after
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Font:
Times New Roman 10 point (except title, as specified below)
2.
Language: Papers must be in English.
3.
Manuscripts should be printed on one-side, double spaced, with wide
margins. All pages should be numbered consequently. Except in unusual cases, manuscripts should
not exceed 20 journal pages, including figures, tables, appendix and
references.
Content
and Structure
The
following information should also be provided:
1.
The first page of the manuscript
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Paper
Title. FULL TITLE (centered, all caps, bold, Times New Roman 12 point), two
blank lines
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Author
name(s). Do not include author name(s) elsewhere in the paper except in a
biography or reference list.
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Author
Affiliation and Department
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Author(s)
address(es)
·
Author(s)
e-mail addresses
·
To
facilitate blind review, indications of authorship should appear only on this
page.
2.
The second page of the manuscript
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Paper
Title
·
An
abstract of not more than 200 words that provides a brief, comprehensive
summary of the content of the manuscript; and
·
Keywords:
Select 3-5 words or phrases to be used for indexing
3.
The third page of the manuscript s
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Paper
Title
·
Beginning
of paper
Headings
Headings
should be clearly defined. Authors should show each heading's level of
importance as following:
·
TITLE
OF PAPER (centered, all caps, bold, Times New Roman 12 point)
·
ABSTRACT
(centered, all caps, bold, Times New Roman 10 point)
·
Heading
Level 1 (left justified, bold, with initial caps and numbered using, Times New
Roman 10 point, with one blank line
above the heading)
·
Heading
Level 2 (left-justified, not bold, with initial caps and numbered using Times
New Roman 10 point, with no blank line above the heading)
Footnotes,
Tables & Figures
1.
Footnote(s) should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively
throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals.
2. Table(s)
·
Should
be left-justified in body of text and numbered consecutively in the text in
Arabic numerals
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Each
table should have a brief, explanatory title above the table
·
Explanatory
notes to a table (e.g., probability levels, explanations of abbreviations,
etc.) should appear below the table
·
One
blank line above and below each table.
·
Text
should be Times New Roman of maximum 10 points
3.
Figure(s)
·
Figures
such as graphs, line drawings, photographs, charts should be centered in body
of text and numbered consecutively in
the text in Arabic numeral
·
Each
figure should have a brief, explanatory title below the figure
·
Explanatory
notes to a figure should appear in the figure
·
One
blank line above and below each figure
·
Text
should be Times New Roman of maximum 10 points
Reference
A
list of references is required at the end of the paper. References must be complete, i.e., include,
as appropriate, volume, number, month, publisher, city and state, editors, last
name & initials of all authors, page numbers, etc. For all references, use full
justification; single space; indent ¼” except first line of each
reference.
Below
are some general directions:
·
Order:
References should be ordered alphabetically (in text and Reference section)
according to authors' or editors' last names
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References
in text: These must be included in
Reference section and vice versa. References in text should be of the format
[Name Year]. Example [Fetscherin et al. 1995; Smith 1996]
·
Use
of et al.: Authors may not use "et
al." in the list of References. The
names of all authors and editors must be listed. If you are using End Notes, please check your
references to ensure that the settings are correct and that all authors are
listed in the references.
The
following are examples of different types of references. Please pay special
attention to punctuation and capitalization.
Agarwal,
R. and
Ajzen,
I. and M. Fishbein, Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior, NJ,
Barclay,
D., C. Higgins, and R. Thompson, “The Partial Least Squares Approach to Causal
Modeling: Personal Computer Adoption and Use as an Illustration,” Technology Study, Vol. 2:285-309, 1995.
Chi,
R.T., M.Y. Kiang, and B. Sun, “Case-Based Model Base Management Systems,” Proceedings of the Third International
Conference on Decision Support Systems, Vol. 2:595-601, Hong Kong, June
1995.
Chi,
R.T., E. Turban, and M.Y. Kiang, “A Proposed Framework for Distributed
Intelligent Agents in Decentralized Organizations,” Organizational Intelligence - Artificial Intelligence in
Organizational Design, Modeling, and Control, Robert Blanning and David
King (eds.), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, pp. 172-182, 1996.
Tam,
K.Y. and M.Y. Kiang, "Managerial Applications of Neural Networks: The Case
of Bank Failure Predictions," Management
Science, Vol. 38, No. 7:926-947, July 1992.
Grammar,
Style and Proof
Please
use high-quality grammar and style. Authors should employ the services of a
professional editor if they need assistance. The responsibility for detecting
errors lies with the author. It would be
helpful for the authors to scrutinize past issues of the journal prior to
preparing manuscripts for submission.
Any manuscript that does not conform to the above instructions may be
returned for the necessary revision before publication.
Copyright
and Use Agreement
Authors
whose papers are accepted sign a form that transfers copyright to the JECR.
This form can be downloaded
from JECR website. The completed form should be returned to the
Editor before the article is published.