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Aslib Journal of Information Management

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1949

ISSN2050-3806eISSN1758-3748

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.779

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.265

Total Worksi

2,818

Total Citationsi

20,312

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library Science; Library and Information Sciences; Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2013)

Total Publications2,818

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-3806 / 1758-3748

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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

842

2019

1.5k

2020

1.1k

2021

1.4k

2022

945

2023

403

2024

289

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

Information SystemsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsInformation Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesInformation Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Marketing and Social MediaTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourKnowledge Management and Sharingscientometrics and bibliometrics researchImpact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its ImpactsInformation Retrieval and Search BehaviorPersonal Information Management and User BehaviorExpert finding and Q&A systems

Frequently asked questions about Aslib Journal of Information Management

Is Aslib Journal of Information Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aslib Journal of Information Management: 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 Aslib Journal of Information Management?

Aslib Journal of Information Management 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.

Is Aslib Journal of Information Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aslib Journal of Information Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aslib Journal of Information Management?