[AISWorld] CFP: Special Issue on User Generated Contents

[Xitong Guo]

Call for Papers
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research
Special Issue: User Generated Contents

Guest Editors:
                  
Qiang Ye, Harbin Institute of Technology, yeqiang at hit.edu.cn
June (Zhuo) Cheng , Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Zhuo.Cheng at inet.polyu.edu.hk
Xitong Guo, Harbin Institute of Technology, xitongguo at hit.edu.cn 

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special edition of the journal focusing on User Generated Contents (UGC).

Introduction to the Special Issue:
With the rapid growth of Web 2.0 technologies, interaction among customers in social-media driven online-businesses has become increasingly more prevalent and important. Among diverse forms of social interactions, user-generated contents (UGC) are undoubtedly the most prevalent ones, which have fundamentally changed the way information is generated, diffused, and applied. Consumers are harnessing new ways of communicating with consumers and firms through UGC. UGC in emerging online platforms and communities is offering opportunities as well as challenges to business management. 
This special issue of JECR is designed to stimulate innovative research to advance our understanding of UGC and their impact on commerce and business. We invite papers that use a variety of approaches, including surveys, experiments, case studies, etc. from economic, technical and behavioral perspectives.
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
•	User Generated Contents in different areas of e-commerce
•	Impacts of UGC on customer behaviour
•	Impacts of UGC on firm operation and performance
•	Response of firms to UGC
•	Analysis of different forms of UGC
•	Process of UGC generating, distributing, consuming and related factors
•	Online reputation mechanism and UGC
•	Knowledge Management based on UGC
•	Cutting-edge technologies and methods for managing UGC
•	“Big data” and UGC

Important Dates:
Deadline for Full Paper Submission: Oct 1, 2013
Workshop for authors: summer, 2014
Paper acceptance decision: Dec, 31, 2014
Publication: Feb/May 2015

Submission Guidelines 
All submissions must follow the submission guidelines for the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (http://www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/s_guide.htm). The manuscript should be prepared in Microsoft Word format. The names, affiliations, and contact information (i.e., phone, fax, email addresses) of all authors should be provided only on the cover page.  Authors may submit completed manuscripts electronically at any time prior to the October 1st, 2013 deadline. Manuscripts and any questions should be directed email to any of the three guest editors and copy to jecr.ugc at gmail.com  :

Dr. Ye, Qiang
School of Management
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), 
Harbin, 150001, China 
E-mail: yeqiang at hit.edu.cn

Dr. June (Zhuo) Cheng
School of Accounting and Finance
Faculty of Business
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Hong Kong (SAR)
E-mail: Zhuo.Cheng at inet.polyu.edu.hk 

Dr. Guo, Xitong
School of Management
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), 
Harbin, 150001, China 
E-mail:  xitongguo at hit.edu.cn   

About JECR (Web site: http://www.jecr.org, ISSN: 15266133)
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is a quarterly peer-reviewed (double blind) journal with both paper and electronic publication.  It provides an international forum for researchers and professionals to share their knowledge and to report new advances on all topics related to electronic commerce theories and applications.  The Journal focuses on Electronic Commerce including its theoretical foundations, infrastructure, enabling technologies, and behavioral implications. 
A study entitled "Global Perceptions of Journals Publishing e-Commerce Research" has ranked JECR as #4 in overall quality and #9 in appropriateness in publishing e-Commerce research. This study also rates JECR the #1 online journal in e-Commerce research. This study was conducted by Bharati and Tarasewich at the University of Massachussetts and Northeastern University respectively, and was published on Communications of the ACM, Volume 45, Issue 5 (May 2002). JECR is indexed by several citation index services including Thomson Reuters’s Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).