Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Insights-The UKSG Journal
ISSN 2048-7754 · Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom
Insights-The UKSG Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Insights-The UKSG Journal is published by Ubiquity Press 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 scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Library Collection Development and Digital Resources and Research Data Management Practices, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Insights: the UKSG journal (2048-7754) aims to support UKSG's mission to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication, specifically to: provide a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas between the many stakeholders in the global knowledge community disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector. Our editorial policy is to inform and stimulate debate about topical issues and provide a forum for debate. Issues contain a mix of articles written by librarians, publishers, vendors, academics and other industry experts. We welcome submissions of research articles and case studies from the scholarly information sector, along with commissioning content such as conference reviews, editorial comment and features on people in the global knowledge community. From 1988 to 2011, Insights was published as Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. Serials has been fully digitised and is openly accessible at serials.uksg.org.
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 14, United States 3 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences14.9%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science11.7%
- Research Data Management PracticesComputer Science10.6%
- Academic Publishing and Open AccessDecision Sciences10%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities9.6%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities4.2%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4.1%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences3.9%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Dimensions, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 600 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 44 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 116 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 91 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 198 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted6
- case studiesCase studies should outline and describe innovative approaches or use of new techniques or technology, discuss progress including problems or setbacks, potentia…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries should reflect upon or critique a specific ‘happening’ such as a release of a major study or report. This section is peer reviewed.Length not stated
- editorial contentEditorial content includes commissioned features only.Length not stated
- key issuesKey Issues are concise, fact-based pieces, written in terms that are easily understood, to introduce the basics of concepts, tools or services, campaigns, new i…Length not stated
- opinion piecesOpinion pieces should be well argued and should critically engage with the relevant body of extant literature where relevant. This section is peer reviewed.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge and und…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteCode availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Code availability
Supports the Think. Check. Submit. campaign Model summary
UKSG is pleased to support the Think. Check. Submit. campaign
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
UKSG and Ubiquity Press are members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and Ubiquity Presss is a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The Press recognises its responsibility as a guardian of the scholarly record and takes an active role in establishing standards and policies in pub…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; journal gets right of first publication. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holde…
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
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2048-7754
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Insights-The UKSG Journal
What CAS zone is Insights-The UKSG Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Insights-The UKSG Journal 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 Insights-The UKSG Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Insights-The UKSG Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Insights-The UKSG Journal based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (14) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Insights-The UKSG Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Insights-The UKSG Journal is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Insights-The UKSG Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Insights-The UKSG Journal 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .