This document is a ranking of 61 journals in the field of library and information science based on their 2008 Journal Impact Factor. The top ranked journal is MIS Quarterly with an impact factor of 5.183. Several other highly ranked journals include Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and Annual Review of Information Science. The document provides the total cites, 5-year impact factor, immediacy index, cited half-life and other metrics for each of the 61 ranked journals.

1. LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Journal Impact Factor 2008
Impact Total 5-Year Impact Immediacy Cited Half-
Rank Abbreviated Journal Title ISSN Articles
Factor Cites Factor Index Life
1 MIS QUART 0276-77835.183 5684 11.586 0.778 36 9.7
2 J AM MED INFORM ASSN 1067-50273.428 2574 3.886 0.56 100 5.2
3 J INFORMETR 1751-15772.531 89 2.563 0.206 34
4 ANNU REV INFORM SCI 0066-4200 2.5 477 2.954 0.846 13 6.5
5 INFORM SYST J 1350-19172.375 528 2.94 0.6 25 6
6 INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER 0378-72062.358 2919 4.079 0.355 62 6.2
7 J MANAGE INFORM SYST 0742-12222.358 2527 3.76 0.5 42 8.2
8 SCIENTOMETRICS 0138-91302.328 2492 2.295 0.391 128 5.6
9 INFORM SYST RES 1047-70472.261 2778 5.644 0.12 25 9.2
10 J HEALTH COMMUN 1081-07302.057 955 2.431 0.087 46 4.6
11 J INF TECHNOL 0268-39621.966 838 3.097 0.269 26 6.3
12 J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 1532-28821.954 3967 2.178 0.375 184 7.6
13 GOV INFORM Q 0740-624X 1.91 396 1.753 0.175 40 4.1
14 J COMPUT-MEDIAT COMM 1083-61011.901 803 0.25 36 4.6
15 INFORM PROCESS MANAG 0306-45731.852 2003 2.02 0.25 112 7.7
16 J ASSOC INF SYST 1536-93231.836 335 0.074 27 4.5
17 J DOC 0022-04181.712 1014 1.911 0.302 43 9.5
18 J MED LIBR ASSOC 1536-50501.669 538 1.705 0.304 46 3.6
19 J INF SCI 0165-55151.648 729 1.351 0.167 54 6.9
20 INT J GEOGR INF SCI 1365-88161.596 1724 2.293 0.148 61 8.5
21 J GLOB INF MANAG 1062-73751.387 200 0.059 17 4.1
22 TELECOMMUN POLICY 0308-59611.244 629 1.534 0.074 54 5.9
23 LIBR INFORM SCI RES 0740-81881.226 419 1.304 0.1 30 7.5
24 PORTAL-LIBR ACAD 1531-25421.146 218 1.158 0.261 23 4.2
25 ONLINE INFORM REV 1468-45271.103 268 0.961 0.36 50 3.4
26 INT J INFORM MANAGE 0268-40121.043 519 1.316 0 51 6.7
27 INFORM SOC 0197-22431.042 487 1.554 0.115 26 6.3
28 INFORM RES 1368-1613 1 429 1.445 0.079 89 4.9
29 RES EVALUAT 0958-2029 1 212 1.116 0.192 26 5
30 HEALTH INFO LIBR J 1471-18340.939 187 0.027 37 3.4
31 COLL RES LIBR 0010-08700.781 556 1.164 0.167 30 9.1
32 SOC SCI COMPUT REV 0894-43930.714 360 1.039 0.061 33 5.9
33 INFORM TECHNOL LIBR 0730-92950.703 98 0.549 0 16
34 LIBR RESOUR TECH SER 0024-25270.698 158 0.594 0.043 23 9.5
35 J ACAD LIBR 0099-13330.667 503 0.675 0.17 53 6.8
36 J LIBR INF SCI 0961-00060.562 95 0.617 0.056 18
37 LEARN PUBL 0953-15130.559 102 0.435 0.25 24 4.1
38 ASLIB PROC 0001-253X0.493 196 0.462 0.051 39 6.8
39 INTERLEND DOC SUPPLY 0264-16150.484 92 0.365 0.742 31
40 J SCHOLARLY PUBL 1198-97420.455 38 0.277 0.08 25
41 KNOWL ORGAN 0943-74440.429 128 1.072 0.067 15 5.7
42 PROF INFORM 1386-6710 0.4 85 0.068 73
43 ELECTRON LIBR 0264-04730.393 161 0.417 0 60 4.5
44 LIBR J 0363-02770.388 365 0.277 0.324 108 4.9
45 SERIALS REV 0098-79130.383 112 0.368 19 4.8
46 LIBR COLLECT ACQUIS 1464-90550.364 85 0.388 0 15
47 LIBR QUART 0024-25190.364 287 0.823 0.087 23 >10.0
48 SCIENTIST 0890-36700.353 311 0.181 0.538 80 3.7
49 ONLINE 0146-54220.352 89 0.305 0 33
50 LIBR HI TECH 0737-88310.344 109 0.043 47 3.8
51 SOC SCI INFORM 0539-01840.341 295 0.561 0.03 33 >10.0
52 REF USER SERV Q 1094-90540.339 105 0.407 0.088 34 5.2
53 LAW LIBR J 0023-92830.296 217 0.309 0.273 22 >10.0
54 PROGRAM-ELECTRON LIB 0033-03370.286 193 0.281 0 25 >10.0
55 ECONTENT 1525-25310.271 58 0.162 0.159 44
56 LIBR TRENDS 0024-25940.239 386 0.605 0.154 26 6.9
57 RESTAURATOR 0034-58060.172 110 0.295 9.2
58 LIBRI 0024-26670.156 113 0.402 0.053 19 6.7
59 LIBR INFORM SC 0373-44470.091 26 1 0 5
60 Z BIBL BIBL 0044-23800.019 4 0.026 0 23
61 CAN J INFORM LIB SCI 1195-096X 0 55 0.254
: Journal Citation Report (JCR) subject categories INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE