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South African Journal of Information Management is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 1560-683XVerify ISSN ↗2078-1865Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | 220 / 541 | 59th | Q2 |
| Information Systems and Management | 106 / 222 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 305 / 519 | 41st | Q3 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 202 / 317 | 36th | Q3 |
| Management Information Systems | 98 / 143 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
South African Journal of Information Management is Q2 in Communication (rank 220 of 541), Q2 in Information Systems and Management (rank 106 of 222) and Q3 in Information Systems (rank 305 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
South African Journal of Information Management 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$601 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.
South African Journal of Information Management is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1560-683X and its online ISSN is 2078-1865.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Information Management field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Information Management has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 2.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #90 of 511 Scopus journals in Communication.
South African Journal of Information Management published 51 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 61. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (92.9%), Kenya (2%) and Malawi (1%). 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.
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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