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Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

Iowa State University Digital Press · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2162-3309

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.434

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.99

Total Worksi

394

Total Citationsi

2,520

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

JLSC publishes original articles, reviews, and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships, and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing, and scholarly communication initiatives.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Frequencyrolling basis, with a general issue for each year and occasional special issues

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications394

Publisher OrgPacific University Library

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Iowa State University Digital Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2162-3309

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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?

Portico

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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

164

2019

135

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

CommunicationQ2

Library and Information SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Research Data Management Practicesscientometrics and bibliometrics researchIntellectual Property LawWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Science and Information LiteracyAcademic Publishing and Open AccessScientific Computing and Data ManagementLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesPublishing and Scholarly CommunicationLibrary Science and Information Systems

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

Is Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication: 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 Librarianship and Scholarly Communication?

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.434.

Is Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.