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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY

ELSEVIER INC · US

ISSN0740-624XeISSN1872-9517

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.575

H-Indexi

157

SNIPi

3.197

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Science & Library Science; E-learning; Law; Library and Information Sciences; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELSEVIER INC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0740-624X / 1872-9517

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

9.3k

2019

5.6k

2020

2021

4.6k

2022

2.9k

2023

1.6k

2024

545

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.

E-learningQ1

LawQ1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Media and PoliticsPublic Policy and Administration ResearchPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionICT Impact and PoliciesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourHuman auditory perception and evaluationInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingLocal Government Finance and Decentralization

Frequently asked questions about GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY

Is GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY: 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 GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY?

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY 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.

Is GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY?