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Digital Library Perspectives

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN2059-5816eISSN2054-1694

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.564

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.964

Total Worksi

608

Total Citationsi

4,885

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications608

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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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?

Emerald Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2059-5816 / 2054-1694

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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

251

2019

815

2020

416

2021

234

2022

313

2023

232

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ1

EducationQ2

Information SystemsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Research Data Management PracticesDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementLibrary Science and Information LiteracyWeb and Library ServicesTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourLibrary Science and AdministrationDigital Humanities and ScholarshipData Quality and ManagementLibrary Collection Development and Digital Resourcesscientometrics and bibliometrics research

Frequently asked questions about Digital Library Perspectives

Is Digital Library Perspectives a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Digital Library Perspectives: 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 Digital Library Perspectives?

Digital Library Perspectives 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 Digital Library Perspectives indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Digital Library Perspectives is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Digital Library Perspectives?