LIBRI-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies

LIBRI-International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies is published by Walter de Gruyter 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 Library Science and Administration, Library Science and Information Literacy and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal The current volume of LIBRI is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons l icense at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.LIBRI was established in 1950 and is a leading international scholarly journal which investigates the aspects of library and information studiesf rom both a historical and present-day perspective and analyses the role of information and knowledge in cultural, organizational, national and international developments.LIBRI reports on current trends in library and information studies worldwide and describes their resulting transformation from the introduction of new information and communication technologies, multidisciplinary approaches, changing practices, and evolving methods. Background information and the latest research findings in library and information studies are made accessible to academics, practitioners, and a broader public. Topics that are covered include, but are not limited to : Libraries (national, public, academic, school, special, etc.) and other information environmentsInformation and knowledge managementInformation behaviourInformation needs, seeking, searching and useInformation retrievalEmerging technologies, including AI, AR, VR etc., from an Information Science perspectiveInformation for development (developing and industrialized countries)Indigenous knowledgeLiteracy (media, information, etc.)Data science, data analytics, big data and their impact on organisations (e.g., customer related data; social science perspectiveDigital libraries and repositoriesData science, data management, data curation and virtual research environments (VREs)Information ethics, policy and lawScholarly communicationOpen science, open access and related topicsHealth informationInformation scienceInformation servicesInformatio n in societyElectronic Data Interchange (EDI)Information organization and representationFreedom of access to information and freedom of expressionArchives & preservationCultural heritageBook and publishing theory and historyLIS educationInternational and comparative LIS researchResearch methodologies in LISTheory submissionsLibri does not publish articles on scientometrics, bibliometrics, webometrics, altmetrics etc., as there are other specialist journals that do. We also do not publish literature reviews, e.g., systematic, narrative, scoping, meta-analyses or any other type of literature r

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Editor-in-chief Kendra S. AlbrightPublisher website

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Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

2.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

45OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

350OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.3OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

70.24%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

26LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 30 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

0024-2667

Electronic ISSN

1865-8423

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