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Journal of Information Literacy

CILIP Information Literacy Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1750-5968

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.753

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.938

Total Worksi

577

Total Citationsi

3,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education; Library and Information Sciences; E-learning.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications577

Publisher OrgChartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-SA

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?

CILIP Information Literacy Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1750-5968

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

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

185

2019

146

2020

199

2021

114

2022

119

2023

100

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.

EducationQ1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

E-learningQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

E-learningLibrary and Information SciencesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Library Science and Information LiteracyLibrary Science and AdministrationWeb and Library ServicesOnline and Blended LearningLiteracy, Media, and EducationEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesReflective Practices in EducationEducational Methods and Media UseEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentHealth Sciences Research and Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Literacy

Is Journal of Information Literacy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Information Literacy: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Information Literacy?

Journal of Information Literacy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.753.

Is Journal of Information Literacy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Information Literacy is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Information Literacy?