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Informing Science

Informing Science Institute · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1521-4672

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-09-12). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.616

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.467

Total Worksi

446

Total Citationsi

9,389

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Informing Science publishes scholarly articles that provide insight into the complexities of informing clients. Submissions should illuminate ways to improve and provide fresh insights useful in developing theories. Various fields, including information systems, library science, journalism in all its forms, and education, contribute to this discipline.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications446

Publisher OrgInforming Science Institute

OA Since2015

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informing Science Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-4672

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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

474

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 SciencesQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Big Data and Business IntelligenceInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationKnowledge Management and SharingTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourComplex Systems and Decision MakingResearch Data Management PracticesInterdisciplinary Research and CollaborationOnline and Blended LearningOpen Source Software InnovationsDigital Marketing and Social Media

Frequently asked questions about Informing Science

Is Informing Science a predatory journal?

Informing Science was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2016-09-12). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Informing Science?

Informing Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.616.

Is Informing Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Informing Science is indexed in Scopus.