Journal of Information Sciences
Last updated ISSN 1113-4844
Journal of Information Sciences is an academic journal in computer science. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Information Sciences concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Science and Information
- Digital and Traditional Archives Management
- Information Science and Libraries
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- E-Government and Public Services
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Web and Library Services
- Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
Key facts
| Publisher | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1113-4844, 2820-6894 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 114 |
| Citations per paper (2 yr) | 0.1 average, from OpenAlex — not the Journal Impact Factor |
| Journal website | revues.imist.ma/index.php/JIS |
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