81 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Library and Information Sciences. 48 of them are fully open access, and at least 1 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 550 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Library Management, The Bottom Line Managing Library Finances, Information and Learning Sciences.
81 journals
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| The Journal of Academic LibrarianshipElsevier BV | 30 % | 134 | 3.71 | 112 | Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD |
| Global Knowledge, Memory and CommunicationEmerald Publishing Limited | 27 % | 143 | 3.56 | 57 | Subscription |
| Library ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited | 28 % | 41 | 6.78 | 60 | Subscription |
| Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceSAGE Publishing | 30 % | 89 | 3.01 | 63 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Public Library QuarterlyTaylor & Francis | 46 % | 45 | 1.38 | 34 | Subscription |
| Library & Information Science ResearchElsevier BV | 35 % | 39 | 2.35 | 103 | Subscription; open access option 3 630 USD |
| College & Research LibrariesAssociation of College and Research Libraries | 29 % | 90 | 2.08 | 83 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Bottom Line Managing Library FinancesEmerald Publishing Limited | 28 % | 21 | 5.90 | 43 | Subscription |
| IFLA JournalSAGE Publishing | 26 % | 67 | 2.96 | 40 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Library AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 64 | 1.69 | 47 | Subscription |
| Journal of Information LiteracyChartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals | 40 % | 33 | 1.47 | 28 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of the Australian Library and Information AssociationTaylor & Francis | 33 % | 76 | 1.39 | 28 | Subscription |
| Reference Services ReviewEmerald Publishing Limited | 38 % | 25 | 1.68 | 58 | Subscription |
| Internet Reference Services QuarterlyTaylor & Francis | 28 % | 22 | 4.06 | 30 | Subscription |
| Information and Learning SciencesEmerald Publishing Limited | 21 % | 36 | 5.46 | 40 | Subscription |
| Proceedings of the ALISE Annual ConferenceUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 47 % | 105 | 0.49 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Evidence Based Library and Information PracticeUniversity of Alberta | 32 % | 57 | 1.12 | 30 | Open access, fee unknown |
| New Review of Academic LibrarianshipTaylor & Francis | 30 % | 21 | 2.00 | 40 | Subscription |
| College & Research Libraries NewsAssociation of College and Research Libraries | 31 % | 134 | 0.67 | 39 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Education for Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Toronto Press | 40 % | 39 | 0.71 | 50 | Subscription |
| Public & Access Services QuarterlyTaylor & Francis | 42 % | 53 | 0.57 | 25 | Subscription |
| ACCESS Access to science business innovation in digital economyPublisher unknown | 27 % | 36 | 1.59 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The International Journal of Information Diversity & Inclusion (IJIDI)Publisher unknown | 33 % | 30 | 1.12 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance LearningTaylor & Francis | 35 % | 14 | 1.65 | 23 | Subscription |
| The Reference LibrarianTaylor & Francis | 42 % | 12 | 1.11 | 38 | Subscription |
| Education for InformationIOS Press | 33 % | 30 | 1.01 | 32 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Libridiamond OADe Gruyter | 22 % | 34 | 2.37 | 45 | None (diamond OA) |
| portal Libraries and the AcademyJohns Hopkins University Press | 29 % | 48 | 0.96 | 57 | Subscription |
| Library trendsJohns Hopkins University Press | 29 % | 36 | 1.12 | 47 | Subscription |
| Journal of Business & Finance LibrarianshipTaylor & Francis | 27 % | 22 | 1.70 | 34 | Subscription |
| South African Journal of Libraries and Information ScienceLibrary and Information Association of South Africa | 26 % | 10 | 3.59 | 31 | 1 086 USD |
| Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l Association de bilbiothèques de la santé du CanadaUniversity of Alberta | 21 % | 25 | 2.38 | 23 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The International Information & Library ReviewTaylor & Francis | 26 % | 29 | 1.21 | 45 | Subscription |
| Information ResearchSwedish School of Library and Information Science | 21 % | 101 | 1.00 | 43 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Communications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy | 39 % | 19 | 0.70 | 31 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Medical Reference Services QuarterlyTaylor & Francis | 27 % | 41 | 0.84 | 41 | Subscription |
| College & Undergraduate LibrariesTaylor & Francis | 38 % | 11 | 0.94 | 32 | Subscription |
| Library Leadership & ManagementPublisher unknown | 40 % | 16 | 0.65 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Library QuarterlyUniversity of Chicago Press | 23 % | 38 | 1.11 | 72 | Subscription |
| Health Information & Libraries JournalWiley | 20 % | 53 | 1.15 | 63 | Subscription; open access option 3 240 USD |
| Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and ResearchThe Partnership | 34 % | 16 | 0.69 | 24 | Open access, fee unknown |
| School of Information Student Research JournalSJSU Scholarworks | 34 % | 12 | 0.84 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Performance Measurement and MetricsEmerald Publishing Limited | 28 % | 14 | 1.03 | 34 | Subscription |
| International Journal of LibrarianshipChinese American Librarians Association | 25 % | 36 | 0.72 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Access ServicesTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 19 | 0.56 | 18 | Subscription |
| Canadian Journal of Information and Library ScienceCanadian Association for Information Science | 22 % | 20 | 1.03 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| School Libraries WorldwideInternational Association of School Librarianship | 47 % | 13 | 0.31 | 25 | Subscription |
| Issues in Science and Technology LibrarianshipAssociation of College and Research Libraries | 21 % | 19 | 1.02 | 39 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Information Impact Journal of Information and Knowledge ManagementAfrican Journals OnLine | 28 % | 18 | 0.60 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| University of Dar es Salaam Library JournalAfrican Journals OnLine | 22 % | 20 | 0.83 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Pennsylvania Libraries Research & PracticeUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 41 % | 12 | 0.37 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of New LibrarianshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder | 42 % | 27 | 0.25 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Record and Library JournalAirlangga University | 22 % | 30 | 0.61 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Canadian Journal of Academic LibrarianshipPublisher unknown | 40 % | 24 | 0.23 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Hospital LibrarianshipTaylor & Francis | 27 % | 41 | 0.33 | 20 | Subscription |
| Journal of Library Outreach and EngagementUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 50 % | 13 | 0.20 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Nordic Journal of Library and Information StudiesAarhus University Library | 29 % | 14 | 0.33 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| EdulibIndonesia University of Education | 27 % | 16 | 0.33 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Jurnal Pustaka IlmiahSebelas Maret University | 21 % | 16 | 0.48 | 7 | 13 USD |
| Bibliotecas: Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecología, Documentación e InformaciónPublisher unknown | 21 % | 9 | 0.60 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Graduate LibrarianshipPublisher unknown | 32 % | 6 | 0.35 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| SLIS ConnectingUniversity of Southern Mississippi | 33 % | 17 | 0.17 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Southeastern LibrarianPublisher unknown | 30 % | 53 | 0.13 | 14 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Children and LibrariesAmerican Library Association | 37 % | 51 | 0.09 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Pakistan Journal of Information Management and LibrariesUniversity of the Punjab, Department of Information Management | 23 % | 6 | 0.42 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Virginia LibrariesVirginia Tech University Libraries | 36 % | 7 | 0.19 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan InformasiGadjah Mada University | 21 % | 28 | 0.17 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Weave Journal of Library User ExperienceMichigan Publishing | 27 % | 7 | 0.24 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Reference & User Services QuarterlyAmerican Library Association | 37 % | 6 | 0.16 | 42 | Subscription |
| Daluang Journal of Library and Information ScienceUniversitas Islam Negeri Walisongo | 24 % | 13 | 0.17 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| North Carolina LibrariesNorth Carolina Library Association | 38 % | 25 | 0.06 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| LibTech Library and Information Science JournalUniversitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim | 23 % | 11 | 0.16 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| South Carolina LibrariesPublisher unknown | 32 % | 14 | 0.08 | 2 | Subscription |
| Ticker The Academic Business Librarianship ReviewUniversity of Michigan Library | 33 % | 19 | 0.07 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section ProceedingsNew Prairie Press | 27 % | 5 | 0.13 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Library and Information Science Research E-JournalNanyang Technological University | 21 % | 6 | 0.12 | 19 | Open access, fee unknown |
| ЧиталиштеUniversity of Novi Sad | 20 % | 18 | 0.03 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Al-Ma mun Jurnal Kajian Kepustakawanan dan InformasiState Institute on Islamic Studies Purwokerto | 21 % | 12 | 0.03 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in LibrariesPublisher unknown | 26 % | 36 | 0.00 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGYResearch Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology | 22 % | 29 | 0.00 | 14 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Practical academic librarianshipSpecial Libraries Association (SLA) | 32 % | 7 | 0.00 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
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