ISSN 0718-1876
online version

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

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The Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAER) has been created to allow researchers, academicians and other professionals an agile and flexible channel of communication in which to share and debate new ideas and emerging technologies concerned with this rapidly evolving field. Business practices, social, cultural and legal concerns, personal privacy and security, communications technologies, mobile connectivity are among the important elements of electronic commerce and are becoming ever more relevant in everyday life.

JTAER will assist in extending and improving the use of electronic commerce for the benefit of our society.

The Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (ISSN 0718-1876) is published quarterly. The intended audience includes academicians, researchers and professionals in computer science, information management, telecommunications, business administration, sociology, law, financial services, as well as specialists in the field of electronic commerce.

The journal's abbreviated title is J. theor. appl. electron. commer. res., the form that should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, and bibliographical references and strips.

The articles published in the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research are indexed or summarized by:

• Cambridge Scientific Abstract (CSA) – Technology Research Database, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts , Electronics and Communications Abstracts
• EBSCO
• INSPEC
• SCOPUS (Elsevier Bibliographic Databases)
• PROQUEST
• SciELO (http://www.scielo.cl)
• RedALyC (http://redalyc.uaemex.mx)
• DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de)
• ACM Portal (http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm)
• DIALNET (http://dialnet.unirioja.es/)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/)
• Latindex Directory (http://www.latindex.org)
•The Index of Information Systems Journals (http://lamp.infosys.deakin.edu.au/journals/)

• The copyright is granted from the author to the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (Universidad de Talca) when the article is accepted for publication.
  
• The articles published in the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research can be reprinted or used in part or completely by others, in the terms specified by the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license.

The publication of this journal is financially supported by:

• University of Talca
  Faculty of Engineering