Internationally, the academic ERP literature spans several levels: the ERP/enterprise-systems journals (JEIM, Enterprise Information Systems, IJEIS) are the most directly relevant; the leading IS journals of the „Basket of Eight“ (MISQ, ISR, JMIS, EJIS, JAIS) publish the most influential ERP studies; added to these are the conferences (ICIS, ECIS, HICSS) and the databases (AIS eLibrary, ACM, IEEE, Google Scholar) through which you find everything.
This list gathers important international academic ERP sources – verified and transparently labelled by ERP relevance, including an access note. No individual papers, no textbooks (those are on the books pages). The sources in the German-speaking region are on our page on academic ERP sources in the DACH region.
journal · Emerald · English · subscription/partly OA
A peer-reviewed journal on enterprise information systems, ERP adoption and implementation, digital transformation and IT management in information-intensive organisations.
Our take: One of the most directly ERP/enterprise-systems-focused academic journals.
journal · Taylor & Francis · English · subscription/hybrid OA
A peer-reviewed journal on the technical and application aspects of enterprise information systems – enterprise integration, extended enterprises and global supply chains.
Our take: A dedicated enterprise-information-systems journal; ERP and system integration at its core.
journal · IGI Global · English · subscription/partly OA
A peer-reviewed academic journal on enterprise information systems – design, development, implementation and organisational or technological impact, including ERP and supply chain.
Our take: A specialised EIS journal with a clear ERP connection.
journal · Springer · English · subscription/partly OA
A broad, top-tier IS/IT journal examining information systems from analytical, behavioural and technological perspectives; the scope explicitly includes enterprise modelling and integration.
Our take: A broad top journal in which enterprise-systems / ERP topics appear regularly.
journal · Emerald · English · subscription/partly OA
A peer-reviewed journal on how business processes are integrated and managed; ERP/enterprise-systems implementation is a recurring theme at the process–system interface.
Our take: A process-oriented journal; ERP implementation as a recurring theme (adjacent-strong).
journal · Elsevier · English · subscription/partly OA
An application-oriented research journal on ICT in industrial business processes – design, engineering, manufacturing, production management and supply chain. Enterprise modelling and ERP integration appear here.
Our take: Industry-oriented; relevant for the manufacturing and integration side of ERP.
journal · MISRC, University of Minnesota · English · subscription
One of the world's leading academic IS journals (AIS „Basket of Eight“). A broad IS scope; it has published landmark enterprise-systems / ERP studies.
Our take: A top IS journal; ERP is not its core, but it is the home of some of the most influential ERP studies.
journal · INFORMS · English · subscription
A premier academic IS journal on the design, management, use and impact of information technology. Enterprise-systems / ERP research appears as part of its broad scope.
Our take: A top IS journal (methodologically quantitative); ERP as one of many topics.
journal · Taylor & Francis · English · subscription/hybrid OA
One of the three top IS journals (with MISQ and ISR); covers the theory and practice of organisational and managerial information systems. It regularly carries influential ERP/enterprise-systems work.
Our take: A top IS journal; regular, influential ERP value-contribution and implementation research.
journal · Taylor & Francis (OR Society) · English · subscription/hybrid OA
A leading IS journal with a European perspective (AIS „Basket of Eight“), with a solid tradition of socio-technical and organisational ERP/enterprise-systems case studies.
Our take: A top IS journal with a strong track record of qualitative ERP-implementation research.
journal · Association for Information Systems (AISeL) · English · partly free
The flagship journal of the AIS, deliberately broad across topics, theories and methods. Enterprise-systems / ERP work appears as part of its scope; hosted in the AIS eLibrary.
Our take: The AIS flagship; broad, with conceptual and empirical enterprise-systems research.
conference · Association for Information Systems · English · proceedings via AISeL · annual
The world's leading annual conference of the Association for Information Systems and the central gathering of IS research. ERP/enterprise-systems papers appear regularly; proceedings via the AIS eLibrary.
Our take: The global leading IS conference; ERP research as part of the broad programme.
conference · Association for Information Systems (Europe) · English · proceedings via AISeL · annual
The leading annual IS research conference of the AIS European region, with a broad scope. Enterprise-systems / ERP topics recur; proceedings freely available via the AIS eLibrary.
Our take: The European leading IS conference; regular ERP papers, freely accessible proceedings.
conference · University of Hawaii · English · proceedings (IEEE/ScholarSpace) · annual since 1968
A long-running annual IS / system-sciences conference (since 1968), organised around minitracks – including recurring dedicated enterprise-systems / ERP tracks.
Our take: A broad, established conference with its own enterprise-systems minitracks – a good ERP source.
database · Association for Information Systems · English · mostly open access
The central digital repository of the IS discipline, with around 70,000 peer-reviewed papers: AIS journals and conference proceedings (ICIS, ECIS, AMCIS …). The first port of call for IS/ERP research.
Our take: The central, mostly freely accessible source for international IS/ERP research.
database · ACM · English · subscription/partly OA
A full-text platform for all ACM journals, transactions and conference proceedings, plus the ACM Guide to Computing Literature. It contains ERP-adjacent work from computer science and information systems.
Our take: A large computing database; ERP topics at the computer-science / IS interface.
database · IEEE/IET · English · subscription/partly OA
The digital library of IEEE/IET journals, conference proceedings and standards across electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. It includes scattered ERP and enterprise-systems papers.
Our take: An engineering/computing database; ERP is peripheral, but useful for integration and technology topics.
database/search · Google · multilingual · free
A free scholarly search engine indexing the full text and metadata of academic literature – journal articles, books, conference papers and preprints across all publishers and disciplines.
Our take: The simplest, free entry point to find ERP research across publishers.
We gather sources here in which international ERP research is published or can be found: ERP/enterprise-systems journals, leading IS journals, academic conferences and scholarly databases. We deliberately left out individual (quickly dated) papers and textbooks – you'll find the latter on our books pages. That keeps the list evergreen.
We transparently indicate how strong the ERP connection is: the ERP/enterprise-systems journals (JEIM, Enterprise Information Systems, IJEIS) are the most directly relevant; the top IS journals of the „Basket of Eight“ (MISQ, ISR, JMIS, EJIS, JAIS) are broad but publish the most influential ERP studies; computing databases (IEEE, ACM) are adjacent. That way you can see where ERP is central and where it is a sub-area. For each source we also note whether access is free, hybrid or paid.
We researched international academic ERP sources and verified each one individually: does it exist, is it active, and how strong is the ERP connection. We focus on established, evergreen sources. The sources in the German-speaking region are on a separate page.