Biblios

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1562-4730eISSN1562-4730

SJR Q4✓ 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.121

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.269

Total Worksi

505

Total Citationsi

898

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

El objetivo de Biblios es difundir trabajos sobre investigaciones empíricas o teóricas, relativas a cualquiera de las áreas de las Ciencias de la Información - Biblioteconomía, Documentación, Archivología, Museolog ía . Este enfoque abarca todos los ámbitos de estas áreas sin discriminación de ningún tipo. Biblios está abierta al envío de artículos e investigaciones de cualquier persona u organización si estos responden a los criterios descritos.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications505

Publisher OrgUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1562-4730 / 1562-4730

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Spanish

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

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Citations received

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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 SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Information Science and LibrariesBusiness and Management StudiesE-Learning and Knowledge ManagementInformation Architecture and UsabilityLibraries, Manuscripts, and BooksScience and Science EducationEducation and Digital TechnologiesEducational Technology in LearningEducational Innovations and TechnologyAdvertising and Communication Studies

Frequently asked questions about Biblios

Is Biblios a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biblios: 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 Biblios?

Biblios 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 0.37.

Is Biblios indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biblios is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.