The current study aims to identify the recent research trend of electronic commerce research and report theoretical background used in the electronic commerce research articles. By searching the five electronic commerce research journals, Research listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) database in a seventeen years period between January 2000 and December 2016, we found 1,205 electronic commerce research articles. By analyzing these articles, the current study maps the trend and

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... eals the highly influence research article. The current study also reveals theories that used in the electronic commerce research articles. The results provide fundamental insights on the recent research of electronic commerce.