Journal of Information Literacy
Last updated ISSN 1750-5968
Journal of Information Literacy is published by Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Information Literacy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Library Science and Administration
- Web and Library Services
- Online and Blended Learning
- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Educational Methods and Media Use
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Health Sciences Research and Education
Key facts
| Publisher | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1750-5968 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 594 |
| Publishing since | 2000 |
| Journal website | ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/index |
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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