Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-General Business, Management and Accounting
Issues in Information Systems
ISSN 1529-7314 · IACIS · United States
Issues in Information Systems: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 154 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Issues in Information Systems is published by IACIS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development, Information and Cyber Security and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, together about 36.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Issues in Information Systems (IIS) aims to publish manuscripts that explore the latest research in practice and pedagogical topics that focus on how information systems are used to support organizations or enhance the educational process. We encourage manuscripts that cover the following topic areas:
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-General Business, Management and Accounting
Editor-in-chief Kevin FloydPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information Systems Education and Curriculum DevelopmentComputer Science17.3%
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science10%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences9.1%
- Information Technology Governance and StrategyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences5.7%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences5.7%
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Teaching and Learning ProgrammingComputer Science3.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Business, Management and Accounting | Q4 | 182/235 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO Host, ULRICHS WEBPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 187OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,613 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 201 | 201 | 402 |
| 2025 | 154 | 154 | 711 |
| 2024 | 150 | 150 | 773 |
| 2023 | 116 | 116 | 796 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 670 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | 650 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 500 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- 4–7
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright
- AI use
Generative AI use permitted with risks; must be acknowledged in article. Model summary
AUTHORS MUST CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE ARTICLE ANY USE OF GENERATIVE AI TOOLS.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Digital preservation via cloud storage backup copies. Model summary
Issues in Information Systems electronically stores backup copies of all published articles in a separate cloud storage for the purpose of preservation of access.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Publication ethics statement exists; authors must review before submitting. Model summary
Authors must review the IIS Publication Ethics before submitting their papers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain copyright; articles licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Model summary
IACIS allows authors to hold the copyright of their published articles in IIS. Authors may copy, distribute, publicly perform, or adapt their published paper as long appropriate credit is given to the original work. Articles published in IIS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You may copy and redistribute the material in any med…
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
- IACIS
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1529-7314
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Issues in Information Systems
How long does peer review take at Issues in Information Systems?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Issues in Information Systems?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: 4–7; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Issues in Information Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Issues in Information Systems is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Issues in Information Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Issues in Information Systems 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .