Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Collection Management
ISSN 0146-2679 · eISSN 1545-2549 · Taylor & Francis
Collection Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 170 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 11 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Collection Management is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Library Collection Development and Digital Resources, Library Science and Information Literacy and Library Science and Administration, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Collection Management is the essential refereed quarterly journal that presents practical, research-based information about building, administering, preserving, assessing, and organizing library collections. The journal offers library professionals of all types crucial guidance in the fast-changing field of collection management, including the latest developments in sharing and providing access to resources, creating digital collections, preserving both traditional and digital library resources, applying technological developments to managing collections, training and developing staff, and managing and analyzing the administrative data associated with building collections, such as usage, licensing or rights, access, and financial issues. Digital collections are the future for most libraries. Collection Management explores the future and emerging trends in the field, and provides reviews of relevant books, technological resources, and software. This useful resource examines technological advances that help librarians manage and assess collections, such as electronic resource management modules, utilities that provide journal coverage data, and developments in the preservation of library materials. Occasionally the journal also offers thematic issues that focus on specific issues developing in the field. This wide-ranging journal actively seeks articles that help library professionals understand how collection assessment tools and methods can help them improve their overall resource management and planning for the future, including how to effectively use staff, facilities, and computing resources. Some of the other core topics Collection Management regularly examines are: Digital collection management Meeting staffing and training challenges Management for special collections and archive Data management concerns Risk and financial issues and strategies Consortial and cooperative collections Assessment tools and methods Decision making in the face of access vs. ownership Collection development focused on international and area studies The latest collection of management tools Collection Management is an essential resource for librarians and information specialists working in access services, interlibrary loan, and special collections; library administrators and educators; archivists, curators, bibliographers, academics, students, and publishers who work with libraries. Peer Review Policy: All articles in Collection Management have undergone initial editorial
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Derek W. MoserPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science25.2%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences12.3%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences10.2%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities6.1%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science6.1%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities6%
- Web and Library ServicesComputer Science5.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CINAHLPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, De Gruyter Saur, IBZ, EBSCOhost, Academic Search Complete, H.W. Wilson, Library, Information science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), MasterFILE Complete, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, TOC Premier, Elsevier BV, ArticleFirst, Education Index, Electronic Collections Online, Aerospace Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Engineering Research Database, FRANCIS, LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts, METADEX, VINITI RAN
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.36Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 196OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 40,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,581 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 2022 | 24 | 7 | 55 |
| 2021 | 26 | 6 | 101 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
170 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 170 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 30 Jun 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Collection Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles undergo initial editorial screening and anonymous double anonymized review. Model summary
All articles in Collection Management have undergone initial editorial screening and anonymous double anonymized review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0146-2679
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2549
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Collection Management
What CAS zone is Collection Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Collection Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Collection Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Collection Management?
The publisher reports about 170 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Collection Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Collection Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Collection Management open access, and what is the APC?
Collection Management is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .