Open Information Science

Open Information Science is published by De Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Library Science and Information Literacy, Library Science and Information and Library Science and Administration, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal Open Information Science is an international, open access, cross-disciplinary, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that presents original research on all areas of library and information sciences. It aims to publish the research papers on the most recent issues and developments in the field. Open Information Science is particularly interested in the dissemination of the intellectual efforts of the global academic community in this field. This journal is going to be helpful for researchers, specialists, teachers and practitioners of librarianship.Article Processing Charges In order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Open Information Science is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €500.Aims and scopeScope of the journal includes, butis not limited to: library and information science - theory and practice management of library and information systemorganization of knowledgeinformation technologyresearch methodsinformation behaviorinformation and media literacyhealth information seeking behaviorinformation managementinformation governancedigital libraries and information systemsschool and academic librariesscholarly communicationlibrary educationpublic librariesarchival sciencecultural heritagepreservationsmedia studiesmedia educationsocial mediae-infrastructureselectronic communicationsmass communicationnetworkingopen accessFind us on Facebook. Your Benefits Why submitAs an Author of Open Information Science, You benefit fromfair and constructive peer reviewquick online publication of accepted papers (continuous publication model)
· language polishing services upon acceptance for authors from non-English speaking regionsno limitations on colour figures and word count in published articlesall articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide without any restrictions
· promotion of published papers to readers and citersdistribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwideliberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)
· secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies Detailed information on EditorialP olicy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section. For more information on De Gruyter Publishing Ethics, please see the De Gruyter Guidelines online Publishing Ethics

From the journal's Aims & Scope

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

Editor-in-chief Stefan DreisiebnerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 12%); most named Spain 3, Mainland China 2, Australia 2, Portugal 2, Taiwan, China 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher website

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

4.8LetPub · 2026-11-01

CiteScore (publisher)

4.8Publisher website · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.57LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

19OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

42OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

3.48OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 8 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 12 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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

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.

Publisher

De Gruyter

Country or region

Poland

Language

English

ISSN

2451-1781

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ