Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Health Information and Libraries Journal
ISSN 1471-1834 · eISSN 1471-1842 · Wiley-Blackwell
Health Information and Libraries Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.33; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,240; median 344 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 20% (journal website); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Information and Libraries Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health Sciences Research and Education, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HILJ welcomes case studies, evaluation and research report of successful practice or lessons learnt. Authors should highlight why their research is relevant for health knowledge services, and health information and library services workers, specifically. We welcome manuscripts in the following areas: • Identifying health information needs, understanding health information behaviour • Information retrieval in health and biomedicine • Management of health information programmes and services • Mobilising health knowledge & evidence • Information systems design and architecture, health informatics & models of service delivery • Education and training of health library and information workers • Social care information services • Knowledge translation services • Research support services, research data management, open data, big data • Health and biomedical nomenclatures, vocabularies, terminologies, ontologies and taxonomies • Bibliometric/altmetric studies of a specific health topic, or aspect of impact The core journal readership comprises members of the CILIP Health Libraries Group. We welcome a broad scope of submissions but encourage authors to consult with the editorial team if you need advice on whether your manuscript meets the above criteria.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, United States 1, Italy 1, Australia 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions26.7%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions14.7%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4.4%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions4.3%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences4.2%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences4%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions3.7%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedINSPECCAB AbstractsCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 1.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 464OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 30Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 406,470Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,403 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 41 | 18 | 17 |
| 2024 | 50 | 34 | 88 |
| 2023 | 51 | 32 | 206 |
| 2022 | 60 | 25 | 351 |
| 2021 | 61 | 18 | 612 |
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
344 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 27 days – 539 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 414 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (53 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)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 29 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,240 / EUR 2,730 / GBP 2,160 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted2, with length limits
- original articleto consult ‘A typology of reviews’. ii. Original article Word limit: 3,000 – 5,000 words, excluding references, abstract, tables, illustrations keymain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articleNUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS i. Review article Word limit: 10,000 words maximum, excluding references, abstract, tables, illustratimain text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read our Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Peer Review Process
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/HIR. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at anytime by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1471-1834
- Electronic ISSN
- 1471-1842
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 1 (March 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Information and Libraries Journal
What CAS zone is Health Information and Libraries Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Information and Libraries Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Information and Libraries Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.33; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Health Information and Libraries Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 344 days (interquartile range 27–539 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20% (2025). 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 Health Information and Libraries Journal based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), United States (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health Information and Libraries Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Information and Libraries Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Health Information and Libraries Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Health Information and Libraries Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,240.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .