Library & Information Science Research
Last updated ISSN 0164-0763
Library & Information Science Research is published by Elsevier BV in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,630.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Library & Information Science Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Library Science and Administration
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Web and Library Services
- Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0164-0763, 0740-8188, 1873-1848 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,630 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,852 |
| Publishing since | 1983 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/library-and-information-sc |
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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