A Review of Electronic Commerce Research in China

A literature review of electronic commerce research in China is presented in this paper. The articles are searched with the keyword “electronic commerce” separately from the core journals and the Engineering Index (EI) journals of the China Academic Journals Full-text Database at www.cnki.net. The distributions of articles published by the core and the EI journals by year and topics are analyzed. The top 10 EI journals for publication of EC articles are recognized. The main findings include: 1) both distributions by year from the core and EI journals in China show growth in general but with waves, which are different from the steady growth distribution of international journals; 2) the most heavily published EC research area is in the technological issues followed by the market topics in China journals; and 3) the most of top 10 EI journals for publication of EC articles are in the computer area followed by electronics, mechanical engineering, and system engineering.