Call For Papers
The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) would like to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. The following describes the mission, the coverage, and the guidelines for submission to IJEGR.
Mission
The mission of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) is to supply academicians, practitioners, and professionals with quality applied research results in the field of electronic/digital government, its applications, and impacts on governmental organizations around the world. This journal effectively and positively provides organizational and managerial directions with greater use and management of electronic/digital government technologies in organizations. IJEGR epitomizes the research available within e-government while exponentially emphasizing the expansiveness of this field.
Coverage
IJEGR encourages submissions that reflect the wide and interdisciplinary nature of e-government as a subject and manuscripts that integrate technological disciplines with social, contextual and management issues. Topics to be discussed in the journal include (but are not limited to) the following:
Accessibility and usability of e-government Web sites
Administrative reform through e-government
Assessment of e-government projects
Avoidance of technology pitfalls in e-government development
Building government-to-government enterprises
Citizen-centric services
Cyber public relations
Digital government and online education
Digital rights management
E-government and digital divide
E-government databases
E-justice, law enforcement, and cyber crime
Electronic government-to-business collaboration
Electronic government-to-government collaboration
Electronic healthcare (e-health) services
Electronic voting
Enterprise architecture at various levels of government
E-planning
Evaluation of methodologies, approaches, tools, and techniques used for designing and implementing e-government systems
Evaluation of public sector information systems
Future directions of electronic government
Governance and electronic democracy
Identity management, data protection, and citizens’ privacy
Immigration and digital government
Impacts/implications of electronic government
Implementing e-government systems in transition economics
Information availability and access in e-government
Information security in e-government
Innovative applications and best practices in e-government
Inter-agency information sharing in e-government and shared services
International integration/collaboration of e-government
IT management issues in e-government
Local e-government implementation and diffusion
Organizational and human factors influencing e-government adoption and diffusion
Public and private partnership management
Public sector and social inclusion/exclusion
Social issues and trust in e-government
Socio-economic factors influencing e-government adoption and diffusion
Strategic management of e-government
Technology adoption and diffusion in the public sector
Theories, conceptual models, and frameworks for public sector information systems
Transformational government and ICT enabled change in the public sector
Submission
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Interested authors must consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.asp prior to submission. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Carolyn Bailey
Editorial Manager
International Journal of Electronic Government Research
Email: IJEGR@brunel.ac.uk