DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
Last updated ISSN 0974-0643
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology is published by Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Web and Library Services
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Library Science and Administration
- Online and Blended Learning
- Research Data Management Practices
- Open Education and E-Learning
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
Key facts
| Publisher | Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0974-0643, 0976-4658 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,616 |
| Publishing since | 1981 |
| Journal website | publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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