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Reference Librarian

Routledge · United States

ISSN0276-3877

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.43

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.578

Total Worksi

1,988

Total Citationsi

10,726

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,988

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0276-3877

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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

129

2019

2020

112

2021

2022

2023

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Library Science and Information LiteracyWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Science and AdministrationLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesLibrary Science and Information Systems

Frequently asked questions about Reference Librarian

Is Reference Librarian a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Reference Librarian: it is indexed in 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 Reference Librarian?

Reference Librarian is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.43.

Is Reference Librarian indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reference Librarian is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Reference Librarian?