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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2013–2014 (also 2011)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Library and Information Science
Library and Information Science is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd..
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ISSN 1876-0562Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Library and Information Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2013–2014 (also 2011)).
What is the impact factor of Library and Information Science?
Library and Information Science has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Library and Information Science and what is its ISSN?
Library and Information Science is published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Its ISSN is 1876-0562.
Is Library and Information Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Library and Information Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Library and Information Science for 3 years, between 2011 and 2014, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2014, 12 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 220 works and 1,082 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2014, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2014, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Library and Information Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Library and Information Science has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
18
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
31
i10-index
220
works indexed
1,082
total citations
Library and Information Science published 56 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 108. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Library and Information Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2014. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2014
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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