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Journal of Library and Information Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by National Taiwan University, Department of Library and Information Science.
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ISSN 1606-7509Verify ISSN ↗2309-9119Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Taiwan University, Department of Library and Information Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 203 / 296 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
Journal of Library and Information Studies is Q3 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 203 of 296), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Library and Information Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 31st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.136, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 4.
Journal of Library and Information Studies is published by National Taiwan University, Department of Library and Information Science. Its print ISSN is 1606-7509 and its online ISSN is 2309-9119.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Library and Information Studies has an h-index of 1 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #244 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Journal of Library and Information Studies published 2 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 4. 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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