Journal of Informetrics

Journal of Informetrics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and quantitative studies of Library science and Information science. Established in 2007, it publishes empirical research, methodological advances, and computational studies relevant to citation analysis, research evaluation, and scholarly communication. The journal is published by Elsevier and serves researchers affiliated with universities, research institutes, and national academies.

History

The journal was launched in 2007 amid growing interest from scholars associated with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Leiden University, University of Leiden, University of Copenhagen, Delft University of Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, University of Tokyo, Peking University, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, University of Michigan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, Indiana University Bloomington, Cornell University, Yale University and international organizations such as the European Commission, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UNESCO, World Bank and National Science Foundation (United States). Founding editors and contributors included scholars who had been active in conferences like the International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, the Brazilian Symposium on Scientometrics, and the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics meetings. The journal’s emergence paralleled developments in projects at institutions such as Max Planck Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Sorbonne University, ETH Zurich, Karolinska Institute, Imperial College London, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, Purdue University, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, Newcastle University and University of Amsterdam.

Scope and Content

The journal emphasizes studies on citation networks, altmetrics, research evaluation, and quantitative indicators produced by groups at Clarivate Analytics, Elsevier subsidiaries, Scopus projects, Google Scholar-based analyses, and national research assessment bodies like Research Excellence Framework and Horizon 2020 evaluators. Articles commonly address methodologies associated with algorithms from teams at Microsoft Research, Google Research, IBM Research, Bell Labs and computational frameworks employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Typical topics relate to case studies involving universities such as University of California, Los Angeles, University of Toronto, McGill University, National University of Singapore, Seoul National University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, University of São Paulo, University of Buenos Aires, University of Cape Town, King's College London, Trinity College Dublin, École normale supérieure, Technische Universität München, RWTH Aachen University and professional societies like the American Library Association, Association for Information Science and Technology, Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Royal Society of Canada, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by major databases and services maintained by organizations such as Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), Elsevier's Scopus, and bibliographic aggregators used by libraries at institutions including British Library, Library of Congress, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and repositories coordinated with Portico. Indexing presence aligns with standards promoted by bodies like Committee on Publication Ethics, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and initiatives at CrossRef, OpenAIRE, ORCID integration, and mandates from funders including European Research Council and Wellcome Trust.

Editorial Board and Policies

Editorial governance has included editors and board members affiliated with Leiden University, Delft University of Technology, University of Copenhagen, University of Manchester, Utrecht University, Ghent University, University of Warsaw, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, University of Melbourne, Monash University, University of Sydney, Seoul National University, Peking University, University of Tokyo, National Taiwan University, Australian Research Council, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Scandinavian research councils and professional associations such as the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics and the European Association for Music in Higher Education. Editorial policies reference ethical frameworks promoted by Committee on Publication Ethics and procedures for peer review practiced at journals published by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell and Taylor & Francis. The journal enforces policies on data availability, reproducible code, conflicts of interest disclosures linked to funding agencies like European Commission grants, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation (United States), and data stewardship consistent with repositories such as Dryad, Figshare and Zenodo.

Impact and Reception

The journal has been cited in literature produced by researchers at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Institut Pasteur, CNRS, CERN, RIKEN, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Salk Institute and policy reports by European Commission directorates and national science ministries including Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), UK Research and Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, National Research Foundation (South Africa) and Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Metrics such as impact factor have placed it among specialized journals frequented by scholars from Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Diego and University of British Columbia. Reviews and commentary have appeared in venues associated with the International Science Council, Royal Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and discipline-specific societies like the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Category:Academic journals