Topics & Qualitative Criteria

Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business is a quarterly journal which aims at advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce. Electronic Markets is primarily devoted to publishing original scientific research articles on topics intricately caught up in the world of electronic markets.

The EM issues include special themes, as well as a general research section where we keep a watchful eye on several other areas. For the general research section we welcome any submission which covers the area of Electronic Markets. A further type of articles is the position paper. We invite well-known scholars in various areas of electronic markets and business networking to write a position paper on a salient isfsue of their choice.

If you are not sure whether your manuscript fits Electronic Markets please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Team. 

See the Aims and Scope section for further information about topics covered in the journal.

To submit an article, please see our submission page for instructions and templates.

Qualitative Criteria for Acceptance of Articles

Papers are accepted with the understanding that they have not been published, submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.

In general, research papers should contribute to new knowledge in the field of Electronic Markets and need to include

• The formulation of a research gap,
• The description of research question and methodology,
• A section on how this research connects to prior research,
• The research model itself with a profound discussion of the insights and
• Conclusions regarding the application of the research, on the validation of the results as well as implications for academia and practice.

Position papers focus on introducing new ideas in the discussion. They
connect to a relevant problem in the area of Electronic Markets and develop a novel standpoint. Contrary to research papers which need to comply with rigor regarding the research methodology, position papers need to convince two associate editors of Electronic Markets with a systematic and convincing argumentation. Often, position papers are qualitative and more practice oriented in nature.

Special Theme Section

The special sections are collections of articles on a specific topic as announced in a call for papers. The number of articles varies but is typically about 3 to 5 papers. For more details of our special theme interests, please have a look at our open calls for papers.

General Research Section

Each Electronic Markets is complemented by articles covering a wide variety of subjects within the electronic commerce field. These articles cover material of substance and emphasize concepts and principles. An article sets the background, defines fundamental concepts and approaches, and explaines the significance or application of a particular technology or result by means of well-reasoned text and pertinent graphical material, as well as links to the scientific literature which has already been published on the subject of the article and - in most cases - presentation of new scientific evidence.