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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	57
2	Information Processing & Management	56
3	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	47
4	Government Information Quarterly	46
5	Journal of Knowledge Management	44
6	Information & Management	41
7	Information Systems Research	40
8	Telecommunications Policy	39
9	Telematics and Informatics	37
10	MIS Quarterly	33
11	Information Technology & People	32
-	Journal of Enterprise Information Management	32
13	Scientometrics	29
14	Library Hi Tech	28
-	Information Systems Journal	28
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	28
17	Journal of Global Information Management	25
-	European Journal of Information Systems	25
-	Ethics and Information Technology	25
20	Journal of Academic Librarianship	24
-	Journal of Management Information Systems	24
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	24
-	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology	24
24	Journal of Informetrics	23
-	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	23
26	Qualitative Health Research	22
27	Journal of Information Technology	21
-	Online Information Review	21
-	Journal of Organizational and End User Computing	21
30	Information and Organization	20
31	Information Technology for Development	19
32	Journal of the Association for Information Systems	18
-	Profesional de la Informacion	18
-	Social Science Computer Review	18
-	Learned Publishing	18
36	Journal of Health Communication	17
-	Information Development	17
-	Journal of Information Science	17
-	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	17
-	Knowledge Management Research & Practice	17
-	Aslib Journal of Information Management	17
42	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	16
43	Journal of Documentation	15
44	Electronic Library	14
-	Information Society	14
46	Information Technology & Management	13
-	Research Evaluation	13
48	Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association	11
-	Library & Information Science Research	11
50	Journal of the Medical Library Association	10

-	Health Information and Libraries Journal	10
52	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems	9
-	Journal of Global Information Technology Management	9
-	Data Technologies and Applications	9
55	Library Quarterly	8
-	Information Technology and Libraries	8
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	8
58	Libri-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies	7
-	MIS Quarterly Executive	7
-	Portal-Libraries and the Academy	7
61	Journal of Scholarly Publishing	6
-	Reference Services Review	6
63	Transinformacao	5
-	Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica	5
-	Serials Review	5
66	Knowledge Organization	4
-	Informacios Tarsadalom	4
-	Investigacion Bibliotecologica	4
-	Library Trends	4
70	Restaurator-International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material	3
-	Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science	3
72	Informacao & Sociedade-Estudos	2