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Information Society

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN0197-2243eISSN1087-6537

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.978

H-Indexi

116

SNIPi

1.756

Total Worksi

1,500

Total Citationsi

61,481

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Information Science & Library Science; Cultural Studies; Information Systems; Management Information Systems; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyFive No. A Year 2002-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,500

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0197-2243 / 1087-6537

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

688

2019

438

2020

768

2021

606

2022

223

2023

210

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Management Information SystemsQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationInformation Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement Information Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsICT Impact and PoliciesE-Government and Public ServicesInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationDigital Games and Media

Frequently asked questions about Information Society

Is Information Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Information Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Information Society?

Information Society is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.52.

Is Information Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Information Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Information Society?