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Annals of Library and Information Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR).
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Publisher: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 193 / 296 | 34th | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 870 / 1022 | 14th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
Annals of Library and Information Studies is Q3 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 193 of 296) and Q4 in Computer Science Applications (rank 870 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Annals of Library and Information Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 34th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.225, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 19.
Annals of Library and Information Studies is published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR). Its print ISSN is 0972-5423 and its online ISSN is 0975-2404.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Annals of Library and Information Studies has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #192 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Annals of Library and Information Studies published 44 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 70. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 75 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (71.6%), India (15.3%) and United Kingdom (3.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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