Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Information Systems
ISSN 0888-7985 · eISSN 1558-7959 · American Accounting Association
Journal of Information Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.49; subscription journal; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Information Systems is published by American Accounting Association 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 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Financial Reporting and XBRL, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.6%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences11.3%
- Financial Reporting and XBRLBusiness, Management and Accounting7.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- ERP Systems Implementation and ImpactBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Information Technology Governance and StrategyBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
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 | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.49LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 412OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,372 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 29 | 20 | 44 |
| 2024 | 34 | 18 | 162 |
| 2023 | 25 | 8 | 166 |
| 2022 | 32 | 7 | 322 |
| 2021 | 40 | 4 | 316 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Accounting Association
- ISSN
- 0888-7985
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-7959
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Systems
What CAS zone is Journal of Information Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Information Systems is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Information Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.49; CiteScore 5, h-index 77.
Which databases index Journal of Information Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Information Systems is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Information Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Information Systems is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .