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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8), DOAJ. Published by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.
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ISSN 2287-4577Verify ISSN ↗2287-9099Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 131 / 296 | 55th | Q2 |
| Information Systems and Management | 115 / 222 | 48th | Q3 |
| Information Systems | 330 / 519 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 131 of 296), Q3 in Information Systems and Management (rank 115 of 222) and Q3 in Information Systems (rank 330 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2, 55th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.245, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 13.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is published by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information. Its print ISSN is 2287-4577 and its online ISSN is 2287-9099.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #244 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 27. 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.
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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