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Information Development

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1741-6469

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.511

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.076

Total Worksi

2,404

Total Citationsi

21,722

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Science & Library Science; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 133 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,404

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-6469

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

879

2019

698

2020

1.7k

2021

641

2022

105

1.3k

2023

117

826

2024

178

611

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 SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourLibrary Science and Information LiteracyICT in Developing CommunitiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringICT Impact and PoliciesLibrary Science and AdministrationDigital Marketing and Social MediaE-Government and Public Services

Frequently asked questions about Information Development

Is Information Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Information Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Information Development?

Information Development 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 3.18.

Is Information Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Information Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Information Development?