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Information Systems Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 16.7), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 4, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 1350-1917Verify ISSN ↗1365-2575Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$5,110 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 16 / 568 | 97th | Q1 |
| Software | 24 / 503 | 95th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 25 / 519 | 95th | Q1 |
| Stage | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Submission → first decision | 2 days |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 16.7.
Information Systems Journal is Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 16 of 568), Q1 in Software (rank 24 of 503) and Q1 in Information Systems (rank 25 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Information Systems Journal is indexed in the 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 16.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.351, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 122.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$5,110 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 Systems Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1350-1917 and its online ISSN is 1365-2575.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
It is graded 4 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 Systems Journal has an h-index of 140 and a 2-year mean of 8.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Information Systems Journal published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 92. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (19.2%), Australia (12.2%) and United Kingdom (11.6%).
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.
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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