International Journal of Business Information Systems
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran
- ISSN online
- 1746-0980
- ISSN print
- 1746-0972
- 12 issues per year
- CiteScore 1.8 (2023)

Business information systems (BIS) can be defined as systems integrating information technology, people and business. BIS bring business functions and information modules together for establishing effective communication channels which are useful for making timely and accurate decisions and in turn contribute to organisational productivity and competitiveness. This paradigm shift leads to global outsourcing, strategic alliances and partnerships to be competitive in terms of price, quality, flexibility, dependability, responsiveness. IJBIS highlights new strategies, techniques, tools and technologies for developing suitable BIS.
Topics covered include
- Economic models for information systems
- Data mining, data warehousing and information logistics
- Geo-BIS
- Language technology for BIS
- Mobile e-business, web services for e-business, e-commerce
- Legal information systems
- Business intelligence
- Knowledge management
- Decision support systems
- Strategic information systems
- Artificial intelligence, expert systems, multimedia
- Accounting information systems
- Balanced scorecard, performance measures/metrics
- IT/IS evaluation, internet standards/protocols/communications
- ERP and supply chains; CRM
Objectives
The main objectives of IJBIS are to promote the research and practice of new strategies, tools, techniques and technologies for the design, development and implementation of BIS. This will help improving the organisational competitiveness in both service and manufacturing industries around the world. IJBIS aims to help professionals working in the field of BIS, academic educators, industry consultants, and practitioners to contribute, to disseminate and to learn from each other’s work. The global dimension is emphasised to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the accelerating technological changes and changes in global economy. IJBIS aims to act as a forum for exchanging innovative ideas and sharing research and practical experiences in BIS. IJBIS will publish high quality articles in all areas of BIS.
Readership
IJBIS is a forum to help professionals, academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers, working in the field of BIS, to discuss the important ideas, concepts and disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.
Contents
IJBIS publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Also, IJBIS will publish system development and applications papers. Special Issues devoted to important topics in BIS will occasionally be published.
IJBIS is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- ACM Digital Library
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- io-port (FIZ Karlsruhe)
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- RePEc
IJBIS is listed in:
- Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Editor in Chief
- Gunasekaran, Angappa, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
(an.gunasekarangmail.com)
Editorial Board Members
- Back, Barbro, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
- Backhouse, James, London School of Economics, UK
- Bansler, Jørgen P., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Choobineh, Joobin, Texas A&M University, USA
- Chu, Bei-Tseng (Bill), UNC Charlotte, USA
- Finnie, Gavin, Bond University, Australia
- George, Joey, Florida State University, USA
- Gill, Sam S., San Francisco State University, USA
- Gottlob, Georg, Vienna University of Technology/TU Wien, Austria
- Grover, Varun, Clemson University, USA
- Gulla, Jon Atle, IDI Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Hackney, Raymond, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Harrison, Alan, Cranfield University, UK
- Irani, Zahir, Brunel University, UK
- Jeffcoate, Judith, University of Buckingham, UK
- Johnson, Margaret, Stanford University, USA
- Johnston, Robert B., University of Melbourne, Australia
- King, William, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Klashner, Robb, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
- Kochikar, Vivekanand, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India
- Kunnathur, Anand S., University of Toledo, USA
- Lee, Jae Kyu, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- Lee-Post, Anita, University of Kentucky, USA
- Love, Peter E.D., Edith Cowan University, Australia
- Massey, Anne, Indiana University, USA
- Mathiassen, Lars, Georgia State University, USA
- Ngai, Eric W.T., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Oberweis, Andreas, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- Palley, Michael, City University of New York, USA
- Panigrahi, Prabin Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India
- Poo, Danny, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Raghunathan, Sankaran P., National Management School, India
- Raman, Ramakrishnan, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, India
- Ramaprasad, Arkalgud, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
- Rapp, Birger, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Rolland, Erik, University of California, USA
- Rolland, Knut H. R., Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
- Sato, Osam, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan
- Savage, Arline, Cal Poly State University, USA
- Shea, Timothy, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, USA
- Sheffield, Jim, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Sondheimer, Norman, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, USA
- Spalanzani, Alain, University of Pierre Mendes-France (UPMF), France
- Sutton, Steve G., University of Melbourne, Australia and University of Central Florida, USA
- Syed, Mahbubur Rahman, Minnesota State University, Mankato , USA
- Talluri, Srinivas, Michigan State University, USA
- Tribolet, José M., Instituto Superior Técnico- U.T.L, Portugal
- Tyrväinen, Pasi, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Vlachopoulou, Maro, University of Macedonia, Greece
- Wieringa, R.J., University of Twente, Netherlands
- Wilson, David W., University of London, UK
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Journal news
The online pharma baby boom
28 January, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic left few facets of life untouched tragically in so many cases. It also had a major impact on economics and shopping habits in particular. While e-commerce emerged at a time when the children of the Baby Boomer generation, Gen X, were first logging on, before the Millennials ever had a bank card and before Gen Z was even born, perhaps even before silver surfers were to be minted, it became the domain of the younger tech-savvy users. See footnote for generational definitions. As the pandemic hit, Gen X and the Baby Boomers, many of whom had opted out after the dot-com bubble burst, found themselves opting back in out of necessity especially as online pharmaceutical platforms became de rigueur for dealing with the aches and ailments of the ageing internet players. A study in the International Journal of Business Information Systems has looked closely at specific elements that inspire trust among older consumers, especially when purchasing medicines online. After all, this is an area of e-commerce fraught with safety concerns. Trust in this sector is more than just a buzzword. It does not matter so much if the latest gadget or fashion accessory does not live up to expectations, but when your life-saving pills and potions fall short…well, it could be game over [...]
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