General Information for Authors

We cordially invite original research contributions in the field of electronic markets and networked business. Please take the time to read carefully the following guidelines.

• By "original contributions" we mean that your paper is unpublished and not available online nor offline. In case an earlier version of your paper has been published, e.g. as conference paper, the editor must be informed about this fact by the time of submission and the original version must be referenced if the paper is accepted for publication.
  In order to be acceptable for publication in Electronic Markets, the earlier version needs to be revised substantially. The revisions and extensions should be summarized in a letter to the editor, who will decide whether the revisions are sufficient to justify a publication in Electronic Markets. Additionally, please make sure that your article is not submitted or under review elsewhere while under review for EM.
   
• The preferred article length for publications in Electronic Markets is around 5,000 words. Article should always be in the range of 3,500 to 6,500 words.
      
• Please make sure that you have read EM' copyright policies carefully before submitting an article in order to avoid problems during the review and publication processes. 
     
• All submissions to Electronic Markets are subject to an iThenticate check
  to avoid unethical use of content.

Your submission will be subject to review by at least two independent reviewers. Besides clarity of writing, grammar and style, your article will be evaluated according to relevance, strength of theoretical foundations and methodology, value of the paper for business, economy, or society, contribution of new knowledge and quality of conclusions. Explication of theoretical concepts and terms by examples or cases is a plus.

When conducting a submission please also read the three steps.