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Foundations and Trends in Information Systems

Now Publishers Inc · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2331-1231

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.224

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.448

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

592

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Systems; Management Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications32

Publisher OrgNow Publishers

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Now Publishers Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-1231

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

Information SystemsQ3

Management Information SystemsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsManagement Information Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Big Data and Business IntelligenceInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationInformation Technology Governance and StrategyEthics and Social Impacts of AIMisinformation and Its ImpactsKnowledge Management and SharingDeception detection and forensic psychologyInnovation and Knowledge ManagementTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourSpeech Recognition and Synthesis

Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Information Systems

Is Foundations and Trends in Information Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foundations and Trends in Information Systems: it is indexed in 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 Foundations and Trends in Information Systems?

Foundations and Trends in Information Systems is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.224.

Is Foundations and Trends in Information Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foundations and Trends in Information Systems is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Foundations and Trends in Information Systems?