Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
College & Undergraduate Libraries
ISSN 1069-1316 · eISSN 1545-2530 · Taylor & Francis
College & Undergraduate Libraries: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 131 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
College & Undergraduate Libraries 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 Science and Information Literacy, Web and Library Services and Library Science and Administration, together about 57% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
College & Undergraduate Libraries supports the continuous learning of academic library staff to become more effective professionals as they discover how to provide and assess outstanding, creative, and innovative services, resources, and facilities. The journal highlights the strategic foci of undergraduate learning through libraries along with collaborations and connections both on and off campus. Academic library staff benefit from the journal’s research-based articles, case studies, reports of best practices, occasional literature or product reviews, and columns or special issues devoted to current topics. Once a year, the journal highlights two-year colleges, both public and private, that work to educate people for both transfer to bachelor's conferring institutions and those entering work with an earned associate's degree. Peer Review Policy: Full length articles in College & Undergraduate Libraries are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double anonymized review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Robin BuserPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Canada 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences26.2%
- Web and Library ServicesComputer Science18%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences12.8%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science10.4%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences4.6%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities3.3%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities2%
- Wikis in Education and CollaborationSocial Sciences1.9%
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 4 |
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
INSPECPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, De Gruyter Saur, IBZ, EBSCOhost, Academic Search Complete, H.W. Wilson, Education Research Complete, Library & Information Science Source, MasterFILE Complete, MLA International Bibliography, TOC Premier, Elsevier BV, Gale, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ArticleFirst, Ovid, Aerospace Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Engineering Research Database, Materials Business File, LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts, METADEX, PAIS International, 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
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.29Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.58Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 218OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 27,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 816 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4 | 110 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 159 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 138 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (27 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 56 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 accepted3
- column type submissionsColumn type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double anonymized review.Length not stated
- editorialEditor Robin Buser - Supervisor, Acquisitions & Metadata, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH, USA Former Editor Kevin B Gunn - Coordinator of Digita…Length not stated
- full length articlesFull length articles in College & Undergraduate Libraries are subject to anonymous double anonymized review.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Zero Embargo Green OA Policy: authors retain copyright and may post Accepted Manuscripts to repositories, social media, personal webpages, etc. immediately upon publication. Model summary
College & Undergraduate Libraries 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 discovera…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Full length articles are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: Full length articles in College & Undergraduate Libraries are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to 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
- 1069-1316
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2530
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about College & Undergraduate Libraries
What CAS zone is College & Undergraduate Libraries in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, College & Undergraduate Libraries 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 College & Undergraduate Libraries?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at College & Undergraduate Libraries?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 91–159 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of College & Undergraduate Libraries based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index College & Undergraduate Libraries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, College & Undergraduate Libraries is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is College & Undergraduate Libraries open access, and what is the APC?
College & Undergraduate Libraries 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: .