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Journal of Information Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.8), ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0165-5515Verify ISSN ↗1741-6485Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 33 / 296 | 89th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 97 / 519 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.8.
Journal of Information Science is Q1 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 33 of 296) and Q1 in Information Systems (rank 97 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Information Science 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 8.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.782, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 86.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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.
Journal of Information Science is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0165-5515 and its online ISSN is 1741-6485.
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 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.
Journal of Information Science has an h-index of 111 and a 2-year mean of 2.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #84 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Journal of Information Science published 72 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 142. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (35.3%), Italy (5%) and Spain (4.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 10 retracted papers are recorded (2.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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