Journal profile
SLIS Connecting
ISSN 2330-2917 · The University of Southern Mississippi · United States
SLIS Connecting: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SLIS Connecting is published by The University of Southern Mississippi. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Library Science and Information, Library Science and Information Literacy and Library Science and Administration, together about 51% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The purpose of the journal is to share news, information and research with LIS students, alumni, faculty, professionals, and scholars through selected faculty publications, invited student papers, student research papers, and through the following regular features: SLIS Update Faculty Spotlight, Alumni Spotlight, Course Spotlight Student Associations News and Events: Bookfest, British Studies, etc. From the GAs, Congratulations, Publications, and Presentations All articles published by SLIS Connecting are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Preservation of SLIS Connecting is managed by Bepress and includes stable URLs, quarterly backups, a robust infrastructure, and regularly scheduled maintenance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science17.8%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences17.4%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences15.7%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science8.7%
- Web and Library ServicesComputer Science7.8%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science5.2%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities4.5%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities4.1%
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
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 259 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 18 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 32 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 11 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| 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)
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles PDF Comparing Library Websites at Four-Year Public Universities in Arkansas Alice BessetteLength not stated
- columnsColumns PDF SLIS Director's Report Stacy L. Creel, Ph.D.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright Model summary
The authors published in SLIS Connecting are the copyright holders of their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Model summary
SLIS Connecting is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No fees for reviewing, publishing, or downloading articles and columns. Model summary
There are no fees associated with reviewing or publishing in SLIS Connecting and no fees associated with downloading articles and columns.
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 University of Southern Mississippi
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2330-2917
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SLIS Connecting
How long does peer review take at SLIS Connecting?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 SLIS Connecting?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SLIS Connecting is indexed in DOAJ.
Is SLIS Connecting open access, and what is the APC?
SLIS Connecting 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .