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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

c/o Information Systems Institute
University of Leipzig
Grimmaische Str. 12
04109 Leipzig, Germany
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Ranking of EM

 Current  Rankings

Over the past few years, a few studies comparing scientific journals in the information systems but also specifically in the electronic commerce fields have been published in scientific outlets. Of these studies, we would like to highlight two of the most recent. In addition we would like to present you the current rank of EM in selected ranking lists. We start with a short overview of key metrics for EM obtained from analysis of Google Scholar citation data.

Metrics based on Google Scholar data

We used Harzing's Publish or Perish tool to obtain the following metrics by using EM's ISSN as a search phrase in the General citation search. Covering the publications since 1991, our journal's h-index is 35 and the g-index is 61.

For publications between 2003 and 2008 (last 5 years) the h-index value is 15 and the g-index value is 27.

Last update: Jan 22, 2009.

If you are interested in more information about these indexes we suggest reading: Anne-Wil Harzing and Ron van der Wal - Comparing the Google Scholar h-index with the ISI Journal Impact Factor.

Scientific Studies of Electronic Commerce Journals

In this area, we are aware of only one survey and related article, namely the study by Pratyush Bharati and Peter Tarasewich, published in the Communications of the ACM, entitled "Global Perceptions of Journals Publishing E-Commerce Research" (Communications of the ACM, Vol. 45, No. 5, May 2002, pp. 21-26).

Here the authors found that Electronic Markets ranked very highly among all scientific publications for e-commerce research. Specifically Electronic Markets was ranked:

  • 3rd globally for the quality of research it published, as perceived by e-commerce researchers worldwide, and
  • 7th globally regarding the appropriateness as a publication outlet for e-commerce research

out of a total of over 62 publications. These findings were based on a sample of 249 drawn from a total base of approximately 3,189 potential respondents. For more information, please see the full article.

Scientific Studies of IS Journals

In 2003, a study by Ken Peffers and Tang Ya was published in the Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, entitled "Identifying and Evaluating the Universe of Outlets for information Systems Research: Ranking the Journals" (Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2003, pp. 63-84). In this study, the authors' main aim was to identify the possible outlets for scientific research in the information systems field, and assess the value of these outlets to researchers.

In this study, Electronic Markets was identified as belonging in the core IS research journals group, and was ranked 29th out of 114 publications considered in this category for perceived value as a research outlet. This is a notable achievement since Electronic Markets was only marginally in the core IS journals group (52.14% of respondents identified it as a core IS research publication), but nevertheless managed to rank more highly than many journals which were more generally considered core IS publications.

The findings of this study are based on a sample of 1129 validated and non-duplicate responses which were collected between October 29, 2002 and January 15, 2003. The sample was drawn from a total base of approximately 3,069 potential respondents. For more information, please see the full article.