Journal profile
Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
ISSN 1911-9593 · The Partnership · Canada
Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research is published by The Partnership. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Library Science and Information, Library Science and Administration and Library Science and Information Literacy, together about 59.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
PARTNERSHIP is the journal of “Partnership”, Canada's national network of provincial and territorial library associations. Partnership promotes the exchange of ideas about libraries, librarianship, and information science among practitioners across all library sectors. We are a Canadian, open access journal publishing double-anonymized peer reviewed research and editorially reviewed articles and opinion pieces.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science25%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences17.3%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences17.1%
- Web and Library ServicesComputer Science10.5%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science8.6%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science3.9%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities2.7%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities1.8%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, ProQuestPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 675 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 109 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 155 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 221 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 214 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 235 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 263 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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.
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
As a condition of publication in Partnership, all authors agree to the following terms of licensing/copyright ownership: First publication rights to original work accepted for publication is granted to Partnership but copyright for all work published in the journal is retained by the author(s). Works published in Partnership will be distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-N…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All submissions to Partnership are subjected to editorial review. Articles featured in the Theory and Research and Innovations in Practice sections are governed by a strict double- anonymized peer review process. Submissions to these sections are carefully anonymized before being sent for review. Appropriate reviewers are selected from a database of more than two hundred Canadian and international…
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
- The Partnership
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1911-9593
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, 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 Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
How long does peer review take at Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research open access, and what is the APC?
Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .