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Journal of Education for Library and Information Science

University of Toronto Press · Canada

ISSN0748-5786

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

0.283

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.917

Total Worksi

1,548

Total Citationsi

16,675

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Library and Information Sciences; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,548

Publisher OrgUniversity of Toronto Press

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?

University of Toronto Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0748-5786

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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

333

2019

229

2020

270

2021

265

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

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Library Science and Information LiteracyLibrary Science and AdministrationWeb and Library ServicesOnline and Blended LearningDigital and Traditional Archives Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Education for Library and Information Science

Is Journal of Education for Library and Information Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Education for Library and Information Science: 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 Journal of Education for Library and Information Science?

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.283.

Is Journal of Education for Library and Information Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Education for Library and Information Science?