Journal of Electronic Commerce
Information for Contributors

Journal of Electronic Commerce is a refereed quarterly journal devoted to advancing the understanding and practice of electronic commerce. It serves the needs of researchers as well as practitioners and executives involved in electronic commerce. The Call For Papers is available.

The Journal aims to offer an integrated view of the field by presenting approaches of multiple disciplines.

The Journal accepts empirical and interpretive submissions that make a significant novel contribution to the field of economic commerce. Such contributions may present:

Submission of Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be submitted to

Dr. Vladimir Zwass
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Electronic Commerce
19 Warewoods Road
Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
USA

Email: zwass@alpha.fdu.edu

Form of Manuscripts

Five copies of manuscripts should be submitted. The text should be double-spaced, on one side of 8 1/2 * 11 good quality paper, allowing ample margins. All illustrations, tables, etc., should be placed on separate sheets, included with each copy.

Their approximate placement should be indicated in the text.

The covering letter should provide full affiliation, the mail and E-mail addresses, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author. Brief biographical statements of all authors should be included.

The title page should include the paper title and the names and affiliations of all the authors. Authors' names should not appear in the pages following the title page.

Every manuscript should contain an abstract (up to 150 words), and a set of key words and phrases to serve as indicators of the paper's content. A footnote on the first page should acknowledge any funding sources.

If the paper relies on the use of questionnaires or similar research instruments that are not included in the text, five copies of the instruments should be submitted.

All resubmissions should include five copies of the revised paper. Authors are encouraged to enclose a note explaining the revisions.

The final submission of an accepted paper should include three copies of the manuscript and a diskette with the complete text, including the biographical statements.

References

The reference list should be provided at the end of the paper. The references should be arranged alphabetically according to the name of the first author or editor, and numbered.

Citations in the text, referring to this list, should be made as numbers in square brackets, e.g., [9].

References should be provided as follows.

References to items in periodicals

These should take the form: author(s), title, journal (italicized or underlined), volume and issue numbers, date, inclusive pages. For all authors, last names are given first; likewise for editors, with the names followed by "(ed.)". The name of the last author ends with a period. More than two authors (but not editors) are separated by semicolons. The title has only the first word and proper names (or their derivatives) starting with capital letters, and it ends with the period. The date is given in parentheses. Example:

17. Davenport, T.H., and Beers, M.C. Managing information about processes. Journal of Management Information Systems, 12, 1 (Summer 1995), 57-80.

References to Books

Author(s) are specified in the same style as for periodicals. In the title, all principal words are capitalized and the title is italicized or underlined. The title ends with a period and is followed by city, ":", publisher, year.

Figures and Tables

In preparing an accepted manuscript for publication, figures should be submitted as original drawings, complete, and ready for photoreproduction. Tables submitted as cleanly printed copy may also be reproduced photographically. All lettering and figure elements should be large enough to readable when the figure has been reduced to fit the journal page. All figures and tables must be specifically referred to in the text. All figures and tables should have brief, descriptive captions.

Proofs and Reprints

Authors will receive page proofs of their papers, which should be returned to the publisher within three working days. Each author will receive a free copy of the issue in which his or her paper appears. Additional copies of the journal and/or reprints may be ordered at the time the proofs are returned.


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