International Journal of Mobile Communications  (IJMC)
ISSN (Online): 1741-5217  -  ISSN (Print): 1470-949X

Published in 6 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

The objectives of the IJMC are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of mobile communications. The IJMC aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJMC is an outstanding outlet that which can shape a significant body of research in the field of mobile communications and in which results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, and also industry.

   Readership

Professionals, academics, researchers, and managers in the field of mobile communications.

   Contents

IJMC publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes, commentaries, and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.

   Subject Coverage

Although the possible set of paper topics is large and we encourage submission on any area within the scope of mobile communications, the following areas are particularly suitable (but not exhaustive):

• Integrated mobile marketing communications
• Telematics
• Wireless advertising/wireless CRM
• Pervasive computing technologies
• Incoming and outgoing wireless links
• Efficacy of mobile communications
• Teaching mobile communication applications
• Critical success factors for mobile communication diffusion
• Metric mobile business enterprise
• Mobile communication security issues and requirements
• PDAs in health services delivery
• Interaction and integration in mobile communications
• Location management for mobile communications
• Business models for mobile communications
• E-commerce
• Digital office
• Groupware
• Roomware
• Mobile ad hoc networking
• Nomadic communication
• Portable communications
• Cross-cultural mobile communication issues
• Wireless information assurance
• Mobile and handheld devices in the classroom
• Tele-learning

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted). All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted manuscript. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors is available.

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Dr. June Wei

Please include in your submission the title of the Journal

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. June Wei
Associate Professor
University of West Florida
Department of Management and Management Information Systems
College of Business
Building 76 Room 116, 11000 University Parkway
Pensacola FL 32514
USA
jweiuwf.edu

Senior Editor

Prof. Dr. Sang M. Lee
Eminent Scholar and Department Chair
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Management Department
209 CBA
Lincoln NE 68588-0491
USA

Associate Editors

Prof. Georgios Doukidis
Professor of Information Systems, ELTRUN The E-business Center
Athens University of Economics and Business
Department of Management Science and Technology
47A Evelpidon Street
11362 Athens
GREECE

Dr. Joseph Kabara
University of Pittsburgh
748 IS Bldg
135 N. Bellefield
Pittsburgh PA 15260
USA

Prof. Dr. Mitsuru Kodama
Nihon University
Department of Management
College of Commerce
5-2-1 Kinuta Setagaya-ku
Tokyo 157-8570
JAPAN

Prof. Dong-Her Shih
MIS Department
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
123, Sec. 3, University Road
Touliu, Yunlin 640
TAIWAN

Prof. Dr. Xiaobo Wu
Director, National Institute for Innovation Management; Executive Dean
Zhejiang University
School of Management
Hangzhou, 310058
CHINA

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Majed Al-MashariMa
Dept of Information Systems
King Saud University
P.O.Box 1178
Riyadh 11543
SAUDI ARABIA

Dr. Omar Younis AlaniOm
University of Salford
School of Computing, Science & Engineering
Salford M5 4WT
UK

Dr. Habib M. AmmariHa
The University of Texas at Arlington
Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Arlington, TX 76019
USA

Associate Prof. Dr. Per AnderssonPe
Director, Center for Information and Communication Research
Stockholm School of Economics
The Economic Research Institute
P.O. Box 6501
S-113 83 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Dr. Raffaello BaloccoRa
Assistant Professor
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
via Garofalo, 39
20127 Milano
ITALY

Prof. Dr. Stuart J. BarnesSt
Chair in Management
University of East Anglia
School of Management
Norwich NR4 7TJ
UK

Dr. Rachid BenlamriRa
Associate Professor and Chair of Department
Lakehead University
Department of Software Engineering
955 Oliver Rd
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1
CANADA

Dr. Saad BiazSa
Auburn University
107, Dunstan Hall
Auburn AL 36849-5347
USA

Prof. William BuchananWi
Napier University
School of Computing
10 Colinton Road
Edinburgh EH10 5DT
UK

Dr. Alain Yee-Loong ChongAl
University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus
Nottingham University Business School
199 Taikang East Road
Ningbo 315100
CHINA

Dr. Jyoti ChoudrieJy
Reader in Information Systems
University of Hertfordshire
Management, Learning and Organisation
Business School
DeHavilland Campus
Hatfield AL10 9AB
UK

Dr. Ioanna ConstantiouIo
Copenhagen Business School
Department of Informatics
Howitzvej 60, # 5.12
DK 2000 Frederiksberg
DENMARK

Dr. Ibrahim DeveliIb
Erciyes University
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
38039 Kayseri
TURKEY

Prof. David E. DouglasDa
Sam M. Walton College of Business
University of Arkansas
Business Building 204
Fayetteville, AR 72701
USA

Dr. Xiaowen FangXi
Associate Professor
DePaul University
School of Computing
College of Computing and Digital Media
243 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
USA

Dr. Leslie D. FifeLe
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Computer Science Department
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
USA

Dr. Jerry FjermestadJe
Associate Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
School of Management
Newark, NJ 07102
USA

Dr. Ping GaoPi
Lecturer in Development Informatics
University of Manchester
Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
School of Environment and Development
Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
UK

Dr. Dimitrios GeorgoulasDi
Aston University
Adaptive Communications Networks Research Group
Birmingham, B4 7ET
UK

Prof. Dr. Torsten J. GerpottTo
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Mercator School of Management
Lotharstr. 65
D-47057 Duisburg
GERMANY

Dr. George M. GiaglisGe
Associate Professor
Athens University of Economics and Business
Department of Management Science and Technology
Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33
GR-11362 Athens
GREECE

Dr. Kenneth W. Green, Jr.Ke
LeMay Professor of Technology
Southern Arkansas University
Department of Management, Marketing, and Management Information Systems
College of Business
P.O. Box 9410
Magnolia, AR 71754
USA

Prof. Dr. Svenja HagenhoffSv
Professor of E-publishing and Digital Markets
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Katholischer Kirchenplatz 9
91054 Erlangen
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Lynn R. HeinrichsLy
Elon University
College of Business
2186 Campus Box
Elon NC 27244
USA

Dr. Karen E. JamesKa
Management & Marketing Department
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
1 University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
USA

Prof. Dr. Dušan LesjakDu
International School for Social and Business Studies
Mariborska cesta 7
3000 Celje
SLOVENIA

Prof. Dr. Binshan LinBi
BellSouth Corporation Professor
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Department of Management and Marketing
BE321, College of Business Administration
Shreveport LA 71115
USA

Dr. Xin (Robert) LuoXi
Assistant Professor of MIS & IA
The University of New Mexico
Anderson School of Management
MSC05 3090
1924 Las Lomas NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
USA

Mr. J. Kevin McCotterJ.
Regional Director
BellSouth Corporation
3115 Dee Street, Room 100
Shreveport LA 71105
USA

Prof. Dr. Robert J. McQueenRo
University of Waikato
Department of Management Systems
PO Box 3105
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND

Prof. Prakash MirchandaniPr
University of Pittsburgh
Katz Graduate School of Business
358 Mervis Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA

Prof. Dr. Keng-Boon OoiKe
Dean, School of Business & Management/School of Accounting & Finance
Linton University College
Persiaran UTL, Bandar Universiti Teknologi Legenda
Batu 12
71700 Mantin, Negeri Sembilan
MALAYSIA

Dr. Ant OzokAn
Associate Professor & Director of Research
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department of Information Systems
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
USA

Dr. Lou E. PeltonLo
College of Business Administration
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 311396
Denton, Texas 76203-1396
USA

Dr. Anan PhonphoemAn
Associate Professor
Kasetsart University
Department of Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
50 Phaholyothin Rd., Bangkhen
Bangkok 10900
THAILAND

Prof. P.L. Patrick RauP.
Tsinghua University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Beijing, 100084
CHINA

Prof. Eusebio ScornavaccaEu
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
P. O. Box 600
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Prof. Tom SeymourTo
North Dakota State Senator; Board of Directors, SRT Communications, Inc.; Professor of Business Information Technology
Minot State University
College of Business
Minot, ND 58707
USA

Dr. Yao Y. ShiehYa
Clinical Professor
University of California
Department of Radiological Sciences
Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive
Orange CA 92868
USA

Prof. Dr. Jung Pil ShimJu
Mississippi State University
Department of Management & Information Systems
P.O. Box 9581
302P McCool Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
USA

Dr. Dong-Hee ShinDo
Sungkyunkwan University
Department of Interaction Science
International Hall
53 Myeongnyun-dong 3-ga, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-745
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Dr. Keng SiauKe
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of Management
209 College of Business Administration
Lincoln NE 68588-0491
USA

Prof. Joseph TanJo
Wayne C Fox Chair of eBusiness Innovation and Professor of eBusiness/eHealth Informatics
McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business
5229 Cass Avenue
Hamilton, ON
CANADA

Dr. Philip Manwah TsangPh
Professor and Vice-President (Research and Academics)
Caritas Institute of Higher Education
#12 Cain Road
HONG KONG

Prof. Klaus TurowskiKl
Chair of Business Information Systems
University of Augsburg
UniversitatsstraBe 16
86135 Augsburg
GERMANY

Prof. Athanasios VasilakosAt
Senior Deputy Secretary-General, International Society of Biological Medicine; Professor
University of Western Macedonia
Department of Computer and Telecommunications Engineering
GR 50100 Kozani
GREECE

Prof. Sung-Shun WengSu
Dean of College
National Taipei University of Technology
College of Management
Graduate Institute of Information and Logistics Management
Taipei
TAIWAN

Dr. Heng XuHe
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology
307C IST Building
University Park, PA 16802
USA

Prof. Dr. Jiaqin YangJi
Professor of Management
Georgia College & State University
Management Department
Campus Box 11
Milledgeville, GA 31061
USA

Dr. Yufei YuanYu
Professor of Information Systems
McMaster University
Michael G. DeGroote School of Business
DSB A-204
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4
CANADA