International Journal of Business and Systems Research
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Jason C.H. Chen
- ISSN online
- 1751-2018
- ISSN print
- 1751-200X
- 6 issues per year
- CiteScore 0.9 (2021)

With the business environment becoming global, complex and rapidly changing, organisations and companies will need new business models, strategies, and systems to compete effectively and efficiently in their respective field. IJBSR is a refereed, multidisciplinary journal for bridging the latest advances in business and systems research. It provides an international forum for presenting authoritative references, academically rigorous research, and case studies. It publishes well-written and academically validated manuscripts in both theoretical development and application research.
Topics covered include
- Globalisation, business models/strategy/systems/infrastructure
- Strategic management/systems, outsourcing/offshoring
- Enterprise systems, business processes, systems/change management
- E-commerce, virtual enterprises/communities
- Knowledge management, organisational learning, value-based management
- Supply/demand chain management, production/operations systems
- Data analytics, business analytics, decision support system (DSS)
- Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems
- Information integration, IT governance/security, IS organisation
- Service-oriented architecture, enterprise service bus,service-component architecture
- Sustainable business, innovation management,modelling/simulation/analysis
- Marketing, CRM, trust, cross-cultural issues
- Technologies/standards, technopreneurship management
- Finance and fintech, accounting information systems, economics, economic systems
- Healthcare systems, medical applications
Objectives
IJBSR intends to establish an effective communication channel between decision- and policy-makers in business, government agencies, and academic and research institutions which recognise the important role effective systems may play in organisations. Specifically, IJBSR aims to be an outlet for creative, innovative concepts, as well as effective research methodologies and emerging technologies.
Readership
IJBSR attempts to attract professionals in business, government and technology who are interested in keep abreast of insights in new methodologies, technologies and their applications. IJBSR will also attract researchers in the academia who work in the field of systems management, engineering and business education to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.
Contents
IJBSR publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, and management reports. Occasional special issues devoted to important topics in business and systems research will also be published.
IJBSR is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Computer Database (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- RePEc
IJBSR is listed in:
- Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR)
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Editor in Chief
- Chen, Jason C.H., Gonzaga University, USA
(chengonzaga.edu)
Editors
- Kadadevaramath, Rajeshwar S., Siddaganga Institute of Technology, India
- Liu, Chung-Chu, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Associate Editors (Finance, Accounting and Economics)
- Ma, Jianyu, Robert Morris University, USA
- Nielsen, Steen, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Singh, Sonia, Toss Global Management, United Arab Emirates
- Singh, Vivek, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Associate Editors (Health Systems and Informatics)
- Chan, Chien-Lung, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
- Chang, Chi-Chang, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
- Flessa, Steffen, University of Greifswald, Germany
Associate Editors (Information Systems and Technology)
- Becerra-Fernandez, Irma, Marymount University, USA
- Chang, Victor, Aston University, UK
- Hung, Shin-Yuan, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
- Ishida, Shuichi, Tohoku University, Japan
- Karacapilidis, Nikos, University of Patras, Greece
- Weng, Sung-Shun, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Associate Editors (Management)
- Evangelista, Pietro, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
- Yawson, Robert M., Quinnipiac University, USA
Associate Editors (Management Science and Decision Science)
- Autran Monteiro Gomes, Luiz Flavio, Ibmec, Brazil
- Islam, Rafikul, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
- Shokoohyar, Sina, Seton Hall University, USA
- Yoon, Min-Suk, Chonnam National University, South Korea
Associate Editor (Marketing)
- Chu, Yun, Robert Morris University, USA
Associate Editors (Operations and Business Process Management)
- Choi, Jeong Hoon, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
- Dangayach, Govind Sharan, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India
- Genc, Tolga, Marmara University, Turkey
- Lea, Bih-Ru, Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA
Editorial Board Advisor
- Liebowitz, Jay, Harrisburg University, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Agrawal, Rajeev, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
- Ahmed, Selim, World University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
- Arruda-Filho, Emílio José Montero, University of Amazon, Brazil
- Awoleye, Olusesan Michael, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- Biloslavo, Roberto, Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenia
- Bitencourt, Claudia Cristina, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Brazil
- Bourne, Mike, Cranfield University, UK
- Boyraz, Tolga, National Defense University, Turkey
- Bulgacs, Simon, University of Manchester , UK
- Ceci, Federica, Università G.d'Annunzio, Italy
- Chakraborty, Madhumita, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
- Chathoth, Prakash K., American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Cheffi, Walid, CBE-UAE University, United Arab Emirates
- Chen, Jeng-Her Alex, Yuan Ze University , Taiwan
- Chen, Shiou-Yu, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
- Chiun, Lo May, Universiti Mapaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
- Chun, Soon Ae, City University of New York , USA
- Crocco, Oliver S., Louisiana State University, USA
- Dey, Asoke, University of Akron, USA
- Disegna, Marta, Bournemouth University, UK
- Farouk (Abdel All), Sherine, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Filipe, José António, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
- Focacci, Antonio, University of Bologna, Italy
- Fu, Hsin-Pin, National Kaohsing University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Hung, Hsin-Min, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
- Jackson, Elizabeth L., Curtin University, Australia
- Johnson, William H.A., Pennsylvania State University- Erie, USA
- Joo, Jaehun, Dongguk University-Gyeongju, South Korea
- Kabak, Mehmet, Gazi University, Turkey
- Kamel, Hany, Qatar University, Qatar
- Kang, Tsan-Ching, Providence University, Taiwan
- Kaviani, Mohamad Amin, Islamic Azad University, Iran
- Keesling, Garland, Towson University, USA
- Koo, Tian-Lih, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
- Kwak, Soo Hwan, Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea
- Larsen, Bøje, Copenhagen Business School, CVL, Denmark
- Lee, Simon, Eastern Illinois University, USA
- Li, Yung-Ming, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- Lin, Angela, University of Sheffield, UK
- Liu, Xing, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
- Ma, Hongze, Accenture Oy, Finland
- Mahfooz, Yasser, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
- McPherson, Rebecca, Texas A&M University, USA
- Meena, M. L., National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
- Mitropoulos, Sarandis, Ionian University, Greece
- Nagano, Hiroyuki, University of Hyogo, Japan
- Ocampo, Lanndon A., Cebu Technological University, Philippines
- Osafo, Emmanuel, University of Minnesota, USA
- O’Neill, Liam, University of North Texas, USA
- Passaro, Renato, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
- Pauleen, David J., Massey University, New Zealand
- Petrillo, Antonella, University of Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
- Pokharel, Shaligram, Qatar University, Qatar
- Poulis, Efthimios, Buckinghamshire New University, UK
- Poulis, Konstantinos, Middlesex University, UK
- Radermacher, Franz Josef, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n), Germany
- Rahman, Md. Mahbubar, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Rhim, Hosun, Korea University, South Korea
- Salomon, Valerio A. P., Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
- Seppänen, Marko, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
- Sgroi, Filippo, University of Palermo, Italy
- Sharmelly, Rifat, Quinnipiac University, USA
- Shirmohammadi, Melika, Idaho State University, USA
- Smith, Alan D., Robert Morris University, USA
- Sofiyabadi, Javad, Islamic Azad University, Iran
- Tanifuji, Makoto, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
- Tarhini, Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Teng, Chia-Chi, Brigham Young University, USA
- Tomé, Eduardo, Universidade Europeia Lisboa, Portugal
- Tsai, Wen-Hsien, National Central University, Taiwan
- Tseng, Ling-Ming, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
- Wu, Hung-Che, Sun Yat-sen University, China
- Yagi, Tadashi, Doshisha University, Japan
- Youssef, Mayada Abd El-Aziz, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
- Yu, Wen-Bin “Vincent”, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
- Zhang, Yelin, Gonzaga University, USA
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