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2021 Journal Performance Data for:

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
RESEARCH
ISSN EISSN
0740-8188 1873-1848

JCR ABBREVIATION ISO ABBREVIATION

LIBR INFORM SCI RES Libr. Infor. Sci. Res.

Journal Information
EDITION CATEGORY
Social Sciences Citation Index INFORMATION SCIENCE &
(SSCI) LIBRARY SCIENCE - SSCI

LANGUAGES REGION 1ST ELECTRONIC JCR YEAR

English USA 1997

Publisher Information
PUBLISHER ADDRESS PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC STE 800, 230 PARK AVE, NEW 4 issues/year
YORK, NY 10169

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Journal's Performance

Journal Impact Factor

The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a journal-level metric calculated from data indexed in the Web of
Science Core Collection. It should be used with careful attention to the many factors that influence
citation rates, such as the volume of publication and citations characteristics of the subject area and
type of journal. The Journal Impact Factor can complement expert opinion and informed peer review.
In the case of academic evaluation for tenure, it is inappropriate to use a journal-level metric as a
proxy measure for individual researchers, institutions, or articles.

2021 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR 2021 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR WITHOUT SELF CITATIONS

3.209 2.851

Journal Impact Factor Trend 2021

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 Journal Impact Factor is calculated using the following metrics

Citations in 2021 to items published in 2019 (121) -

2020 (94) 215
= = 3.209
Number of citable items in 2019 (32) + 2020 (35) 67

Journal Impact Factor without self cites is calculated using the following metrics

Citations in 2021 to items published in 2019 (121) +

2020 (94) - Self Citations in 2021 to items published in
2019 (8) + 2020 (16) 215 - 24
= = 2.851
Number of citable items in 2019 (32) + 2020 (35) 67

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Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items

Citable Items (67)

TITLE CITATION COUNT

Global perspectives of research data sharing: A systematic literature review 13

Authors: Chawinga, Winner Dominic;Zinn, Sandy
Volume: 41
Accession number: WOS:000473375000004
Document Type: Review

How college students evaluate and share fake news stories 12

Authors: Leeder, Chris
Volume: 41
Accession number: WOS:000478712000008
Document Type: Article

Examining libraries as public sphere institutions: Mapping questions, 8

methods, theories, findings, and research gaps
Authors: Varheim, Andreas;Skare, Roswitha;Lenstra, Noah
Volume: 41
Accession number: WOS:000473375000002
Document Type: Article

The citation impact of information behavior theories in scholarly literature 7

Authors: Lund, Brady D.
Volume: 41
Accession number: WOS:000500079400005
Document Type: Article

Spatial modeling of areas suitable for public libraries construction by 7

integration of GIS and multi-attribute decision making: Case study Tehran, Iran
Authors: Shorabeh, Saman Nadizadeh;Varnaseri, Ahmadreza;Firozjaei,
Mohammad Karimi;Nickravesh, Fatemeh;Samany, Najmeh Neysani
Volume: 42
Accession number: WOS:000534572100007
Document Type: Article

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Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items

Citing Sources (115)

SOURCE NAME COUNT

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH 24

JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 15

TECHNOLOGY

JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 8

JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 8

JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 7

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 5

LIBRARY HI TECH 5

INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES 5

LIBRARY TRENDS 4

IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS 4

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 4

PUBLIC LIBRARY QUARTERLY 4

DESIDOC JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3

INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT 3

ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 3

MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 2

COMPLEXITY 2

PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY 2

BIBLIOTECAS-ANALES DE INVESTIGACION 2

JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2

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Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
0.80
The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is the average Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) of
citable items (articles & reviews) published by a journal over a recent three year period. The average
JCI in a category is 1. Journals with a JCI of 1.5 have 50% more citation impact than the average in
that category. It may be used alongside other metrics to help you evaluate journals.

Total Citations
1,599
The total number of times that a journal has been cited by all journals included in the database in the
JCR year. Citations to journals listed in JCR are compiled annually from the JCR years combined
database, regardless of which JCR edition lists the journal.

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Citation Distribution
The Citation Distribution shows the frequency with which items published in the year or two years
prior were cited in the JCR data year (i.e., the component of the calculation of the JIF). The graph has
similar functionality as the JIF Trend graph, including hover-over data descriptions for each data
point, and an interactive legend where each data element's legend can be used as a toggle. You can
view Articles, Reviews, or Non-Citable (other) items to the JIF numerator.

ARTICLE CITATION MEDIAN REVIEW CITATION MEDIAN UNLINKED CITATIONS

2 4.5 20

0 times cited
ARTICLES REVIEWS OTHER

8 1 4

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Open Access (OA)

The data included in this tile summarizes the items published in the journal in the JCR data year and
in the previous two years. For example, in the 2020 JCR data, released in June 2021, the Open
Access (OA) data show the publication model (Gold OA or subscription) of materials published in
2018, 2019 and 2020, and citations in 2020 to these items. This three-year set of published items is
used to provide descriptive analysis of the content and community of the journal.

Items
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA

100 8.00%

CITABLE NON-CITABLE

GOLD OPEN ACCESS OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)

8 / 7.55% 6 / 5.66%

SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE
92 / 86.79%

Citations*
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA

205 8.78%

CITABLE NON-CITABLE

GOLD OPEN ACCESS OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)

18 / 7.96% 1 / 0.44%

SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE UNLINKED CITATIONS

187 / 82.74% 20 / 8.85%

* Citations in 2021 to items published in (2019-2021)

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Rank by Journal Impact factor
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Impact Factor (JIF) resulting in
the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the journal is listed
in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other years shown in
reverse chronological order.

EDITION
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
CATEGORY
INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
36/84
JCR JIF RANK QUART JIF PERCENTILE
YEAR ILE
2021 36/84 Q2 57.74
2020 37/85 Q2 57.06
2019 47/87 Q3 46.55
2018 43/89 Q2 52.25
2017 42/88 Q2 52.84
2016 42/85 Q2 51.18
2015 31/86 Q2 64.53
2014 27/85 Q2 68.82
2013 22/84 Q2 74.40
2012 21/85 Q1 75.88
2011 15/83 Q1 82.53
2010 25/77 Q2 68.18
2009 23/66 Q2 65.91
2008 23/61 Q2 63.11
2007 21/56 Q2 63.39
2006 17/53 Q2 68.87
2005 16/55 Q2 71.82
2004 19/54 Q2 65.74
2003 20/55 Q2 64.55
2002 27/55 Q2 51.82
2001 33/55 Q3 40.91
2000 35/55 Q3 37.27
1999 20/57 Q2 65.79
1998 22/54 Q2 60.19
1997 12/56 Q1 79.46

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Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
resulting in the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the
journal is listed in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other
years shown in reverse chronological order.

Only journals which have a calculated JCI value are included in the JCI ranking. The total number of
journals displayed in this ranking may be less than the category overall.

CATEGORY
INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
42/164
JCR JCI RANK QUART JCI PERCENTILE
YEAR ILE
2021 42/164 Q2 74.70
2020 38/164 Q1 77.13
2019 50/164 Q2 69.82
2018 48/161 Q2 70.50
2017 44/153 Q2 71.57

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Citation network
Cited Half-life
9.4 years
The Cited Half-Life is the median age of the items in this journal that were cited in the JCR year. Half
of a journal's cited items were published more recently than the cited half-life.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS

1,599 1,498 101

# OF CITES FROM CUMULATIVE # OF CITING

2021 % SOURCES

1,599 citations 100.00% 506 sources

11 citations 0.69% 11 sources

94 citations 6.57% 60 sources
121 citations 14.14% 75 sources
83 citations 19.33% 42 sources
107 citations 26.02% 69 sources
102 citations 32.40% 67 sources
95 citations 38.34% 60 sources
60 citations 42.09% 41 sources
91 citations 47.78% 63 sources
95 citations 53.72% 58 sources

Previous years:
740 citations

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Citing titles in all years
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH
SOURCE NAME COUNT

All Others 358

1 LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH 101

2 JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 86

3 Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 84

4 JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 72

5 JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 49

6 INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 39

7 LIBRARY HI TECH 33

8 Sustainability 27

9 Public Library Quarterly 26

10 Global Knowledge Memory and Communication 24

11 ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 23

12 SCIENTOMETRICS 23

13 ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 22

14 Information Development 21

15 COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 18

16 Aslib Journal of Information Management 17

17 JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 17

18 INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 16

19 Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 15

20 Journal of Library Administration 15

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Citing Half-life
7.2 years
The Citing Half-Life is the median age of items in other publications cited by this journal in the JCR
year.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS

1,882 1,781 101

# OF CITES FROM CUMULATIVE # OF CITED

2021 % SOURCES

1,882 citations 100.00% 1,071 sources

52 citations 2.76% 46 sources
220 citations 14.45% 142 sources
155 citations 22.69% 132 sources
140 citations 30.13% 112 sources
126 citations 36.83% 100 sources
132 citations 43.84% 110 sources
94 citations 48.83% 79 sources
108 citations 54.57% 82 sources
88 citations 59.25% 80 sources
91 citations 64.09% 71 sources
Previous years:
676 citations

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Cited titles in all years
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH
SOURCE NAME COUNT

All Others 847

1 LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH 101

2 COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 28

3 JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 26

4 JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 25

5 Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 23

6 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 23

7 JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 19

8 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 17

9 Journal of Mixed Methods Research 17

10 LIBRARY QUARTERLY 14

11 COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 13

12 INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 13

13 INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 13

14 Public Library Quarterly 13

15 COMPUTERS & EDUCATION 10

16 Journal of Library Administration 10

17 LIBRARY TRENDS 10

18 MIS QUARTERLY 10

19 ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 9

20 Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8

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Journal Citation Relationships
Cited Data
Top 20 journals citing LIBR INFORM SCI RES by number of citations

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Citing Data
Top 20 journals cited by LIBR INFORM SCI RES by number of citations

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Content metrics
Source data
This tile shows the breakdown of document types published by the journal. Citable Items are Articles
and Reviews. For the purposes of calculating JIF, a JCR year considers the publications of that
journal in the two prior years.

33 total citable items

ARTICLES REVIEWS COMBINED (C) OTHER PERCENTAGE

DOCUMENT
TYPES (O)

NUMBER IN JCR 28 5 33 1 97%

YEAR 2021 (A)

NUMBER OF 1,480 392 1,872 10 99%

REFERENCES (B)

RATIO (B/A) 52.9 78.4 56.7 10.0

Average JIF Percentile

The Average Journal Impact Factor Percentile takes the sum of the JIF Percentile rank for each
category under consideration, then calculates the average of those values.

ALL CATEGORIES AVERAGE EDITION

57.74 Social Sciences Citation Index

INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY

SCIENCE

57.74

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Contributions by Organizations
Organizations that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three-year
period.

RANK ORGANIZATION COUNT

1 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 5

(SUNY) SYSTEM

2 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS 4

SYSTEM

- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM 4

4 MCGILL UNIVERSITY 3

- NANKAI UNIVERSITY 3

- PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH 3
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(PCSHE)

- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 3

- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 3

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Contributions by country/region
Countries or Regions that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three-
year period.

RANK COUNTRY/REGION COUNT

1 USA 41

2 CHINA MAINLAND 12

3 Canada 9

4 Iran 7

5 England 6

6 Australia 4

- South Africa 4

8 Czech Republic 3

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Additional metrics
Eigenfactor score
0.00118
The Eigenfactor Score is a reflection of the density of the network of citations around the journal
using 5 years of cited content as cited by the Current Year. It considers both the number of citations
and the source of those citations, so that highly cited sources will influence the network more than
less cited sources. The Eigenfactor calculation does not include journal self-citations.

Normalized Eigenfactor
0.25498
The Normalized Eigenfactor Score is the Eigenfactor score normalized, by rescaling the total number
of journals in the JCR each year, so that the average journal has a score of 1. Journals can then be
compared and influence measured by their score relative to 1.

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Article influence score
0.731
The Article Influence Score normalizes the Eigenfactor Score according to the cumulative size of the
cited journal across the prior five years. The mean Article Influence Score for each article is 1.00. A
score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence.

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5 year Impact Factor
2.965
The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the
past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in
the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years.

5 year Impact Factor calculation

Citations in 2021 to items published in [2016-2020]

(507) 507
= = 2.965
Number of citable items in [2016-2020] (171) 171

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Immediacy Index
0.333
The Immediacy Index is the count of citations in the current year to the journal that reference content
in this same year. Journals that have a consistently high Immediacy Index attract citations rapidly.

Immediacy Index calculation

Cites in 2021 to items published in 2021 11

11 / 33 = 0.333
Number of items published in 2021 33

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