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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	66
2	Information Processing & Management	59
3	Telematics and Informatics	44
4	Information & Management	43
5	Government Information Quarterly	41
6	Telecommunications Policy	40
7	Journal of Knowledge Management	39
8	Information Systems Research	35
9	Information Technology & People	32
-	Journal of Enterprise Information Management	32
-	Library Hi Tech	32
12	Scientometrics	31
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	31
14	MIS Quarterly	30
15	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	27
16	Journal of Global Information Management	26
17	Journal of Organizational and End User Computing	23
-	European Journal of Information Systems	23
-	Journal of Management Information Systems	23
20	Ethics and Information Technology	22
21	Journal of Informetrics	21
-	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	21
-	Information Systems Journal	21
-	Journal of Academic Librarianship	21
25	Online Information Review	20
26	Qualitative Health Research	19
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	19
28	Information Technology for Development	18
-	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Journal of Information Technology	18
31	Journal of the Association for Information Systems	17
-	Learned Publishing	17
-	Information and Organization	17
-	Journal of Information Science	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
36	Knowledge Management Research & Practice	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	Journal of the Medical Library Association	16
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	16
-	Journal of Documentation	16
41	Information Development	15
42	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	14
43	Library & Information Science Research	13
-	Information Technology & Management	13
45	Information Society	12
-	Research Evaluation	12
47	Electronic Library	11
48	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems	10
-	Reference Services Review	10
-	Health Information and Libraries Journal	10

51	Library Quarterly	9
52	Journal of Global Information Technology Management	8
-	Information Technology and Libraries	8
54	Portal-Libraries and the Academy	7
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	7
56	MIS Quarterly Executive	6
-	Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies	6
58	Serials Review	5
-	Journal of Scholarly Publishing	5
60	Restaurator-International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material	4
-	Transinformacao	4
-	Knowledge Organization	4
-	Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica	4
-	College & Research Libraries	4
65	Library Trends	3
-	Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science	3
-	Investigacion Bibliotecologica	3
68	Reference & User Services Quarterly	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie	2
-	Informacios Tarsadalom	2
71	Informacao & Sociedade-Estudos	0