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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE is indexed in Web of Science (ESCI), DOAJ. Published by FORUM PRESS.
ISSN 0256-8861Verify ISSN ↗2304-8263Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: FORUM PRESS
WoS · ESCIOpen Access
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Is SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE indexed in Scopus? No — SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE? SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Is SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Is SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE open access? Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex
31
h-index
3.41
2-yr mean citations
144
i10-index
622
works indexed
4,292
total citations
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE published 22 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 25. 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 2026-09-24.
Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct
- Scopus statusNot in the Scopus source list
- Retracted papers None recorded
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