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Journal of Information Science

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Information Science

eISSN: 17416485 | ISSN: 01655515 | Current volume: 50 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Bi-monthly

The Journal of Information Science is an international journal of high repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working in the sciences of information and knowledge management. The Editors welcome material on any aspect of information science theory, policy, application or practice that will advance thinking in the field.

Information Science is a broad based discipline which has a potential impact in almost every sphere of human activity in the emerging information age.

There have been significant advances in information technology and information processing techniques over recent years and the pace of innovation shows no sign of slowing. However, the application of these technologies is often sub-optimal because theoretical understanding lags behind.

The Journal seeks to achieve a better understanding of the principles that underpin the effective creation, organization, storage, communication and utilization of information and knowledge resources. It seeks to understand how policy and practice in the area can be built on sound theoretical or heuristic foundations to achieve a greater impact on the world economy.

Articles written from a theoretical or applied perspective are welcomed. However, theoretical articles should consider the possible application of the proposed theory in other fields of research, commerce, education or government.

Conversely, articles focusing on applied information science topics should seek to highlight the underlying theoretical principles and show how their application has been novel or lead to unusual or exemplary results

Any correspondence, queries or requests for information should be sent to the Editorial Office as follows: journal.information.science@gmail.com.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Journal of Information Science is now ranked 5/20 in the Google Scholar category Library & Information Science.


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The Journal of Information Science is a peer-reviewed international journal of high repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working in the sciences of information and knowledge management. The Editors welcome material on any aspect of information science theory, policy, application or practice that will advance thinking in the field.

Material on all aspects of information science will be considered for publication including:

  • information processing and management
  • information flow and communication
  • knowledge structuring and organization
  • information literacy and information education
  • information seeking behaviours
  • economic impact of information and knowledge
  • information and knowledge policy formulation
  • legal and political issues relating to information
  • meta data and structured vocabularies
  • search, navigation and retrieval techniques
  • information architecture
  • information and knowledge audit
  • content management
Editor
Dr Allen Foster Aberystwyth University, UK
Dr Pauline Rafferty Aberystwyth University, UK
Associate Editors
Alan Gilchrist Editor Emeritus, UK
Editorial Board
Yi Bu Department of Information Management, Peking University, China
Gobinda Chowdhury Northumbria University, UK
Alton Chua Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
Ying Ding Indiana University, USA
David Ellis Aberystwyth University, UK
Fabio Gouveia Departamento Museu da Vida, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jane Greenberg The College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University, USA
Hamid R. Jamali School of Information Studies, Charles Stuart University, Bathurst, Australia
Lokman Meho American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Enrique Orduna Malea Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and History of Art. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Jennifer E Rowley Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Joanna Sin Sei Ching Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mike Thelwall University of Wolverhampton, UK
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