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Information Processing and Management is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 16.8), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 0306-4573Verify ISSN ↗1873-5371Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,670 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Technology | 2 / 83 | 98th | Q1 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 6 / 296 | 98th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 24 / 519 | 95th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 48 / 1022 | 95th | Q1 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 11 / 225 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1975–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 16.8.
Information Processing and Management is Q1 in Media Technology (rank 2 of 83), Q1 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 6 of 296) and Q1 in Information Systems (rank 24 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Information Processing and Management is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences 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 16.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.845, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 149.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,670 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Information Processing and Management is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0306-4573 and its online ISSN is 1873-5371.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
It was rated B in the 2022 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Information Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Information Processing and Management has an h-index of 191 and a 2-year mean of 7.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 54 Scopus journals in Media Technology.
Information Processing and Management published 475 papers in 2025. 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 87 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (71.3%), Finland (2.7%) and Hong Kong SAR China (2.5%). 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. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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