International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 6(4), 1-11, October-December 2010 1 Copyright © 2010, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Keywords: Academic Expertise, E-Government Research, International Journal of Electronic Government Research Proile, Institutions, Research Community 1. IntroductIon There are only few journals (namely, Electronic Government, an International Journal (EG), International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), Government Information Quarterly and Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TGPPP)) that publishes research on e-government. IJEGR A Proile of Scholarly community contributing to the International Journal of Electronic Government Research Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK AbstrAct This paper analyses the irst ive volumes of research published in the International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR). All 90 papers that appeared between the years of 2005 and 2009 are analysed by extracting information on the following variables: most active authors, gender of the contributors, academic expertise/research area, background (academic vs. practitioner), number of co-authors, universities associ- ated with the most publications, geographical diversity of the authors and occupations of the contributors. Findings suggest that there are very few authors contributing to more than one article in IJEGR. Findings also suggest that there are imbalances in terms of authors’ discipline, gender and background. Finally, this paper illustrates the institutions supporting electronic government research and countries and regions pro- moting e-government research and practice. The main contribution of this research lies in understanding the evolution and patterns of the electronic government research community. is one of two oldest outlets for such research and has already published substantial research in the area of e-government in its first five volumes. As described on its home page “The International Journal of Electronic Govern- ment Research (IJEGR) is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, international journal that publishes high-quality, original research about electronic government. The journal also serves as a forum for scholars and practitioners to present theoretical and philosophical discus- DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2010100101