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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	67
2	Information Processing & Management	56
3	Information & Management	44
4	Telematics and Informatics	42
5	Government Information Quarterly	41
6	Telecommunications Policy	40
-	Journal of Knowledge Management	40
8	Information Systems Research	36
9	Information Technology & People	33
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	33
11	Library Hi Tech	32
12	Journal of Enterprise Information Management	31
-	MIS Quarterly	31
14	Scientometrics	30
15	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	27
16	Journal of Global Information Management	25
17	Ethics and Information Technology	23
-	European Journal of Information Systems	23
19	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology	22
-	Journal of Informetrics	22
-	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	22
-	Journal of Management Information Systems	22
23	Journal of Organizational and End User Computing	21
-	Aslib Journal of Information Management	21
-	Information Systems Journal	21
-	Journal of Academic Librarianship	21
27	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	20
-	Online Information Review	20
29	Qualitative Health Research	19
-	Information Technology for Development	19
31	Information and Organization	18
32	Learned Publishing	17
-	Journal of Information Science	17
-	Journal of the Association for Information Systems	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
-	Journal of Health Communication	17
-	Journal of Information Technology	17
38	Knowledge Management Research & Practice	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	16
41	Journal of the Medical Library Association	15
-	Information Development	15
-	Journal of Documentation	15
44	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	14
45	Research Evaluation	13
46	Information Society	12
-	Electronic Library	12
-	Information Technology & Management	12
49	Library & Information Science Research	11
50	Reference Services Review	10

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