The Information Society is a multidisciplinary journal intended to answer questions about the Information Age. It provides a forum for thoughtful commentary and discussion of significant topics in the world of information, such as transborder data flow, regulatory issues, the impact of the information industry, information as a determinant of public and private organizational performance, and information and the sovereignty of the public and private organizational performance, and information and the sovereignty of the public. Its papers analyze information policy issues affecting society. Because of the journal’s international perspective, it will have worldwide appeal to scientists and policymakers in government, education, and industry. Topics covered include:
The rise of virtual communities
Visions and practices of digital libraries
E-commerce and business processes
Evolving notions of information infrastructure
Various forms of "electronic democracy"
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Readership:
Policy- and decision-makers and scientists in government, industry and education; managers concerned with the effects of the information revolution on individuals, organizations and society; and academic researchers and others with an interest in issues regarding the information society.
Journal metrics
Usage
179K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.7 (2023) 5 year IF
5.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.270 (2023) SNIP
0.872 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
8 days avg. from submission to first
decision
21 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
4% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Harmeet Sawhney The Media School Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Former Editors:
Joseph Becker 1981-1991 Robert H. Anderson 1992-1994 Rob Kling 1995-2003
Associate Editors:
William Aspray - Charles Babbage Institute, USA Chrisanthi Avgerou - London School of Economics, UK Nancy Baym - Microsoft Research, USA Geoffrey Bowker - University of California, USA
Jan Breitsohl -University of Glasgow, UK Erik Bucy - Texas Tech University, USA Karen Coyle - University of California System, USA Greg Elmer - Ryerson University, Canada Kenneth Fleischmann - University of Texas, USA Luciano Floridi- University of Oxford, U.K. Leopoldina Fortunati - University of Udine, Italy Tarleton Gillespie- Microsoft Research, USA
Anthony Grubesic- University of Texas, USA
Jonathan Grudin -Microsoft Research, USA
Richard Heeks - IDPM, University of Manchester, UK Susan Herring - Indiana University, USA Suzanne Iacono - National Science Foundation, USA Krishna Jayakar -Pennsylvania State University, USA Jannis Kallinikos -Luiss University, Italy and London School of Economics, Italy Helena Karsten - Abo Akademi, Finland Kenneth Kraemer - University of California at Irvine, USA Vili Lehdonvirta - University of Oxford, UK Jennifer Lieberman -University of North Florida, USA Leah Lievrouw - University of California at Los Angeles, USA Rich Ling - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore David Lyon - Queen’s University, Canada Julien Mailland -Indiana University, USA Robin Mansell - London School of Economics, UK Gary T. Marx - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Stephen D. McDowell - Florida State University, USA Eric Monteiro - NTNU, Norway Milton Mueller - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Karine Nahon - University of Washington and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, USA
Christine Ogan - Indiana University, USA
Anabel Quan-Haase -University of Western Ontario, Canada Sundeep Sahay - University of Oslo, Norway Christian Sandvig - University of Michigan, USA Steve Sawyer - Syracuse University, USA
Sharon Strover - University of Texas, USA Chen-Chao Tao - National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Shu-Fen Tseng - Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Peter van der Besselaar - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Netherlands Rolf Wigand - Arizona State University, USA Dwayne Winseck -Carleton University, Canada Rita Zajácz -University of Iowa, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: EBSCOhost; Academic Search Complete; Business Source Complete; Communication Abstracts; Inspec; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA); TOC Premier; Elsevier BV; Scopus; OCLC; ArticleFirst; CSA Sociological Abstracts; Ovid; ProQuest; ABI/INFORM Complete; LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts; Clarivate Analytics; and VINITI RAN.
All Library & Information Science journals are subject to the Zero Embargo Green OA Policy, which states that authors retain copyright of their article & are entitled to Green Open Access, allowing authors to post their Accepted Manuscripts to repositories, social media, personal webpages, etc. immediately upon publication. More information on the Zero Embargo Green OA Policy can be found here.
Open access
The Information Society is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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