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Reference and User Services Quarterly

American Library Association · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1094-9054

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.111

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,747

Total Citationsi

9,760

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Systems; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,747

Publisher OrgAmerican Library Association

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Library Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1094-9054

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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

122

311

2016

168

369

2017

104

283

2018

126

217

2019

2020

2021

2024

2025

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.

Information SystemsQ4

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesInformation Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Library Science and Information LiteracyLibrary Science and AdministrationWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesRace, History, and American SocietyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsDigital Games and MediaThemes in Literature AnalysisDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementMusic History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Reference and User Services Quarterly

Is Reference and User Services Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Reference and User Services Quarterly: 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 and User Services Quarterly?

Reference and User Services Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Reference and User Services Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reference and User Services Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Reference and User Services Quarterly?