Journal profile
Journal of Information Architecture
ISSN 1903-7260 · Journal of Information Architecture · Sweden
Journal of Information Architecture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Information Architecture is published by Journal of Information Architecture. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information Architecture and Usability, Usability and User Interface Design and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal’s focus is information architecture research, theory, and practice in digital, physical and blended information spaces, from a designerly, systemic perspective that includes, among others, the social, cultural, political, cognitive, and technical aspects of living in information. The Journal is broadly transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary, publishing works focusing on information architecture and drawing on, and contributing to, a broad range of disciplines. Its guiding principle is not to discriminate contradictory arguments and alternative approaches: theoretical and methodological pluralism is welcomed and supported. The Journal is published biannually in English using a rolling waves publishing model. Acceptable contributions include original research articles, opinion pieces, synthesizing literature surveys, best practice reports, case studies, reprints, and proposals for special issues. All contributions will be peer-reviewed according to appropriate criteria. For more on submitting and the peer-review process, read Submissions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Andrea ResminiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information Architecture and UsabilityComputer Science28.2%
- Usability and User Interface DesignComputer Science10.6%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science7.8%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science6.3%
- Personal Information Management and User BehaviorDecision Sciences4.9%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities4.2%
- Information Systems and Technology ApplicationsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Web Applications and Data ManagementComputer Science3.5%
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
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 68 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 25 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open 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 | 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- reviewAll incoming draft proposals and manuscripts are first evaluated by the Editor–in–Chief. Draft and manuscripts rejected at this stage either fall outside of the…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability
No-data-saved privacy policy Model summary
The Journal of Information Architecture adopts a no-data-saved policy
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
All articles and contributions published by the Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Articles are freely available at no charge and visitors are allowed to read, download, print, distribute, link, or use the articles published for any other lawful purpose without prior permission, within the limit of the CC-BY-NC-ND lice…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
The Journal adopts an Open Access publication policy: all content is distributed online free of access charges or any other barrier, including barriers to reuse, and under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Visitors are allowed to read, download, print, distribute, link, or use the articles published for any other lawful purpose without prior pe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Open Peer-review Process
Open peer review (open identities model); double-blind available on request Model summary
All proposals accepted for review will undergo the Journal’s open peer-review process unless an agreement is in place between the author(s) and the Editorial Board that a paper should be double–blind peer‐reviewed. The Journal’s open peer-review process follows the open identities model, where authors and reviewers are aware of each other’s identity for the entire length of the peer-review process…
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
- Journal of Information Architecture
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1903-7260
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 Journal of Information Architecture
How long does peer review take at Journal of Information Architecture?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Journal of Information Architecture?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Journal of Information Architecture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Information Architecture is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Information Architecture open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Information Architecture 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .