Journal profile · Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice

ISSN 2287-9099 · eISSN 2287-4577 · Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information · Korea, Republic of

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ2Library and Information Sciences · rank 131/296
Review timeabout 12 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year02025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is published by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Library Science and Information, scientometrics and bibliometrics research and Library Science and Information Literacy, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Library Science and InformationComputer Science17.8%
  2. scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences11.1%
  3. Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences7.1%
  4. Web visibility and informetricsComputer Science7.1%
  5. Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science6.7%
  6. Information Retrieval and Search BehaviorComputer Science6.2%
  7. Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology5.8%
  8. Web and Library ServicesComputer Science5.3%

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)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Library and Information SciencesQ2131/296—
Information Systems and ManagementQ3115/222—
Information SystemsQ3330/519—

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

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
1.8LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.25LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.43LetPub ·
h-index
14OpenAlex ·
i10-index
23OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 110 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20260032
20250058
20240085
20230093
202200105
202100100

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
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.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCNoCC BY

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Country or region
Korea, Republic of
Language
English
ISSN
2287-9099
Electronic ISSN
2287-4577
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice

How long does peer review take at Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice?

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.

Which databases index Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice 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; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .