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Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2018

ISSN2514-9350

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.601

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.092

Total Worksi

897

Total Citationsi

7,359

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication is concerned with innovation and developments in digital information, as they relate to global knowledge, communication and world memory. It publishes contemporary research and practice exploring how people and organizations interact in the digital information environment.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 179 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications897

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 Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2514-9350

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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

591

2019

867

2020

1.6k

2021

1.6k

2022

148

1.4k

2023

233

1.3k

2024

155

355

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDigital Marketing and Social MediaKnowledge Management and SharingOrganizational and Employee PerformanceJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorLibrary Science and Information Literacyscientometrics and bibliometrics researchMisinformation and Its ImpactsImpact of Technology on AdolescentsLibrary Science and Administration

Frequently asked questions about Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

Is Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication: 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 Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication?

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.77.

Is Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.