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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	71
2	Information Processing & Management	59
3	Telematics and Informatics	45
4	Information & Management	42
5	Government Information Quarterly	39
-	Telecommunications Policy	39
7	Information Systems Research	34
8	Information Technology & People	31
-	Library Hi Tech	31
10	Scientometrics	30
11	MIS Quarterly	29
12	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	27
13	Journal of Global Information Management	24
14	European Journal of Information Systems	23
15	Journal of Management Information Systems	22
-	Qualitative Health Research	22
17	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	20
-	Journal of Academic Librarianship	20
19	Information Technology for Development	19
20	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	18
-	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Journal of Information Technology	18
23	Journal of Documentation	17
24	Journal of Information Science	16
-	Learned Publishing	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
27	Information Development	15
28	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	14
29	Research Evaluation	12
-	Library & Information Science Research	12
31	Electronic Library	11
-	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems	11
33	Information Society	10
34	Reference Services Review	9
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	9
36	Information Technology and Libraries	8
-	Library Quarterly	8
38	Journal of Global Information Technology Management	7
-	Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies	7
40	Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica	5
41	College & Research Libraries	4
-	Knowledge Organization	4
-	Serials Review	4
-	Journal of Scholarly Publishing	4
45	Investigacion Bibliotecologica	3
-	Restaurator-International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material	3
-	Transinformacao	3
48	Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie	2
-	Reference & User Services Quarterly	2