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Journal of Information Ethics

McFarland and Company, Inc · United States

ISSN1061-9321

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.142

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

362

Total Citationsi

1,355

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Information Ethics confronts transdisciplinary issues arising from the information age, including the ethics of technologies like Caller ID and the transmission of sexually explicit materials via the Internet. It publishes in the areas of information ethics and the Internet, with academic fields including Library and Information Science and Philosophy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications362

Publisher OrgMcFarland & Company

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

McFarland and Company, Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1061-9321

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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

106

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

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.

PhilosophyQ3

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesPhilosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionEthics in Business and EducationLibrary Science and AdministrationCopyright and Intellectual PropertyLegal Education and Practice Innovations

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Ethics

Is Journal of Information Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Information Ethics: 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 Information Ethics?

Journal of Information Ethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.142.

Is Journal of Information Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Information Ethics is indexed in Scopus.