Journal profile
IASSIST Quarterly
ISSN 2331-4141 · International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology · United States
IASSIST Quarterly: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 29 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IASSIST Quarterly is published by International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Research Data Management Practices, Library Science and Information and Data Analysis and Archiving, together about 54.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IASSIST Quarterly is the official journal of IASSIST, a global network of data professionals championing the power, appropriate use and citation, and effective management of qualitative and quantitative data in research and teaching. Committed to open access, this English-language journal serves as a free international forum in which to exchange research, innovations, and insights from practice that bring value to the community in the ever-evolving world of research data and data management. Manuscripts are invited on such topics as: data literacy data access reference and other support services metadata preservation and archiving data creation and use, and open and ethical data.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Research Data Management PracticesComputer Science21.4%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science17%
- Data Analysis and ArchivingSocial Sciences16.2%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities11.6%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science5.5%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences5.1%
- Web and Library ServicesComputer Science4.5%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCOPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 815 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 79 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 135 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 145 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 153 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 121 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 136 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 29 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 29 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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, with length limits
- letters to the editorers published in the IASSIST Quarterly. Letters to the Editor should be less than 1,100 words, excluding references. They should be written in a neutralmain text ≤ 1,100 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License 4.0 International applies to all works; authors retain copyright. Model summary
The Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial License 4.0 International applies to all works published by IASSIST Quarterly. Authors retain copyright of the work and full publishing rights. Your contribution will be available at the IASSIST Quarterly website when announced on the IASSIST email list. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially and, although the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
DOAJ Seal for best practices in open access publishing Model summary
The IASSIST Quarterly has earned the DOAJ Seal in recognition of using best practices in open access publishing.
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
- International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2331-4141
- Society / sponsor
- IASSIST
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IASSIST Quarterly
How long does peer review take at IASSIST Quarterly?
Authors report an average review time of about 29 weeks. 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 IASSIST Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IASSIST Quarterly is indexed in DOAJ.
Is IASSIST Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
IASSIST Quarterly is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .