Information Science & Library Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	65
2	Information Processing & Management	57
3	Government Information Quarterly	44
-	Information & Management	44
5	Journal of Knowledge Management	41
6	Telematics and Informatics	40
7	Telecommunications Policy	39
8	Information Systems Research	36
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	36
10	Information Technology & People	32
11	Journal of Enterprise Information Management	31
-	Scientometrics	31
-	Library Hi Tech	31
-	MIS Quarterly	31
15	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	28
16	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	24
17	Ethics and Information Technology	23
-	Information Systems Journal	23
-	Journal of Global Information Management	23
-	Journal of Management Information Systems	23
21	Journal of Informetrics	22
-	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology	22
-	Journal of Academic Librarianship	22
24	European Journal of Information Systems	21
25	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	20
-	Journal of Organizational and End User Computing	20
-	Online Information Review	20
28	Qualitative Health Research	19
-	Aslib Journal of Information Management	19
-	Journal of the Association for Information Systems	19
31	Information and Organization	18
-	Information Technology for Development	18
-	Journal of Information Technology	18
34	Journal of Information Science	17
-	Learned Publishing	17
-	Social Science Computer Review	17
-	Information Development	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
39	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	16
-	Knowledge Management Research & Practice	16
-	Journal of Health Communication	16
-	Journal of the Medical Library Association	16
43	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	15
-	Journal of Documentation	15
45	Electronic Library	13
46	Library & Information Science Research	12
-	Information Technology & Management	12
-	Research Evaluation	12
49	Information Society	11
50	Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association	10

-	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems	10
-	Reference Services Review	10
53	Health Information and Libraries Journal	9
-	Library Quarterly	9
55	Data Technologies and Applications	8
-	Journal of Global Information Technology Management	8
-	Portal-Libraries and the Academy	8
-	Information Technology and Libraries	8
59	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	7
60	MIS Quarterly Executive	6
-	Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies	6
62	College & Research Libraries	5
-	Journal of Scholarly Publishing	5
-	Knowledge Organization	5
-	Serials Review	5
66	Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science	4
-	Restaurator-International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material	4
-	Transinformacao	4
-	Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica	4
70	Investigacion Bibliotecologica	3
-	Library Trends	3
-	Informacios Tarsadalom	3
73	Reference & User Services Quarterly	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie	2
75	Informacao & Sociedade-Estudos	0