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Quick answers
Is Journal of Information Systems indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.
What quartile is Journal of Information Systems in Scopus?
Journal of Information Systems is Q2 in Information Systems and Management (rank 57 of 222), Q2 in Accounting (rank 61 of 191) and Q2 in Information Systems (rank 178 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Information Systems?
Journal of Information Systems 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 5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.731, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 52.
Who publishes Journal of Information Systems and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Information Systems is published by American Accounting Association. Its print ISSN is 0888-7985 and its online ISSN is 1558-7959.
Is Journal of Information Systems in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Journal of Information Systems?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Journal of Information Systems?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Accounting field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Journal of Information Systems open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Journal of Information Systems? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Information Systems has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 2.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 156 Scopus journals in Information Systems and Management.
76
h-index
2.42
2-yr mean citations
412
i10-index
1,376
works indexed
22,383
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#58 of 156Top 38%Information Systems and Management
#73 of 183Top 40%Accounting
#178 of 397Top 45%Information Systems
Papers published per year
Journal of Information Systems published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 76. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourFinancial Reporting and XBRLDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies
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.
Who publishes in Journal of Information Systems? — latest 92 articles, 2023–2026
In its latest 92 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (67.8%), Germany (9.6%) and Taiwan (4.3%). 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.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Information Systems? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 14 retracted papers are recorded (10.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers14 · 10.2 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
Author concentration67.8% of recent authorship from United States
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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