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Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1532-3277
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.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.161
H-Indexi
19
SNIPi
0.303
Total Worksi
1,315
Total Citationsi
2,917
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.22
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Hospital Librarianship provides a forum for research strategies, reporting research results, and quality improvement projects in hospital library settings. It also covers discussions of technological challenges and solutions, and articles on health care administration issues relevant to hospital librarians, such as managed care and health care economics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary Language—
1st Year Published2001
Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications1,315
Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis
Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Routledge
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1532-3277
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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
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
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Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
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
51
121
2019
50
191
2020
48
141
2021
47
54
2022
45
66
2023
40
23
2024
27
4
2025
14
0
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
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Science and AdministrationLibrary Science and Information LiteracySocial Media in Health EducationInnovations in Medical EducationElectronic Health Records SystemsLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Is Journal of Hospital Librarianship a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Hospital Librarianship: 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 Hospital Librarianship?

Journal of Hospital Librarianship is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.161.

Is Journal of Hospital Librarianship indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Hospital Librarianship is indexed in Scopus.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref