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Annals of Library and Information Studies

National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) · India

ISSN0972-5423eISSN0975-2404

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.225

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.385

Total Worksi

470

Total Citationsi

2,476

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources. Topics: information science, scientometrics, bibliometrics, library science

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications470

Publisher OrgNISCAIR

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0972-5423 / 0975-2404

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

125

2020

2021

528

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 SciencesQ3

Computer Science ApplicationsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesComputer Science Applications

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Library Science and Information Literacyscientometrics and bibliometrics researchLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Science and Administration

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Library and Information Studies

Is Annals of Library and Information Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Library and Information Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Annals of Library and Information Studies?

Annals of Library and Information Studies 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 0.24.

Is Annals of Library and Information Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Library and Information Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Library and Information Studies?