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Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 0163-9269Verify ISSN ↗1544-4546Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2004–2017 (also 1979–2002)).
What is the impact factor of Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian?
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian and what is its ISSN?
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 0163-9269 and its online ISSN is 1544-4546.
Is Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian for 38 years, between 1979 and 2017, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2017, 9 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 711 works and 4,502 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2017, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2017, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian published 17 papers in 2017; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 29. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2017. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2017
- Retracted papers 2 · 2.8 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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