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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Journal of Information Management	61
2	Information Processing & Management	57
3	Government Information Quarterly	45
4	Information & Management	44
5	Journal of Knowledge Management	41
6	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	40
7	Telecommunications Policy	38
8	Information Systems Research	37
9	Telematics and Informatics	36
10	MIS Quarterly	33
11	Library Hi Tech	31
-	Information Technology & People	31
13	Scientometrics	30
14	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	29
-	Journal of Enterprise Information Management	29
16	Journal of Strategic Information Systems	25
17	Information Systems Journal	24
-	Ethics and Information Technology	24
19	Journal of Academic Librarianship	23
-	Journal of Global Information Management	23
-	Journal of Informetrics	23
22	European Journal of Information Systems	22
-	Journal of Management Information Systems	22
-	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology	22
25	Journal of the Association for Information Systems	20
-	Online Information Review	20
-	Information and Organization	20
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	20
-	Journal of Organizational and End User Computing	20
-	Qualitative Health Research	20
31	Aslib Journal of Information Management	19
32	Journal of Information Technology	18
-	Information Technology for Development	18
-	Learned Publishing	18
-	Social Science Computer Review	18
36	Information Development	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
-	Journal of Information Science	17
-	Knowledge Management Research & Practice	17
40	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	16
-	Journal of Health Communication	16
-	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science	16
43	Journal of Documentation	15
44	Research Evaluation	14
45	Electronic Library	13
-	Information Society	13
47	Information Technology & Management	12
-	Journal of the Medical Library Association	12
-	Library & Information Science Research	12
50	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems	10

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