The Library Quarterly
Last updated ISSN 0024-2519
The Library Quarterly is published by University of Chicago Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Library Quarterly concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Library Science and Administration
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Digital and Traditional Archives Management
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Web and Library Services
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0024-2519, 1549-652X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,587 |
| Publishing since | 1931 |
| Journal website | www.journals.uchicago.edu/lq |
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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