Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR)
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) was established in 2000 by Dr. Robert Chi and Dr. Melody Kiang from the College of Business, CSULB.
JECR is high-quality, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research journal with paper and electronic publication. The study "Global Perceptions of Journals Publishing E-commerce Research," Communications of the ACM, Volume 45, Issue 5, has ranked JECR as #4 in overall quality in publishing E-Commerce research. The study "Academic Perceptions of Electronic Commerce Journals: Rankings and Regional Differences," by Ku et al., published in Feb. 2018, surveyed 162 Information Systems scholars worldwide ranked JECR as the top 2 journals among comprehensive E-Commerce journals.
In 2011, JECR was selected for coverage in the Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences (CC/S&BS) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) by Thomson Reuters and in Scopus by Elsevier. The 2020 Impact Factor of JECR is 2.861. In addition, JECR has been constantly ranked as Q1 (best quartile) journal by Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) since 2014. The College of Business and Dean Solt have always been very supportive of the journal. You can find the College of Business and California State University Long Beach's name show on top of the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate.
Since the journal's inception, Dr. Kiang has been serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Dr. Robert Chi is currently serving as Co-Editor in Chief, and Dr. Mohamed Abdelhamid from the Information Systems department also serves on the journal's editorial board. Each year, the journal receives more than 200 manuscripts for publication consideration, and the final acceptance rate is around 10%-15%.
JECR publishes papers in all business-related disciplines. The journals that frequently cite JECR articles include the International Journal of Information Management, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Behavior & Information Technology, Information Technology & People, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and the International Journal Hospitality Management, etc.
As the journal continues to grow its quality and recognition in the E-Commerce discipline, it will also help to demonstrate the impact of the College of Business and the California State University Long Beach
2020 Journal Impact Factor 2.861 and 5-year journal impact factor trend - the change from 2019 to 2020 is dramatic
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