Library

Aims & Scope

The Library is the journal of the Bibliographical Society.

For more than a hundred years it has been the pre-eminent UK scholarly journal for the study of bibliography and of the role of the book in history.

All aspects of descriptive, analytical, textual and historical bibliography come within its scope, including the history of the production, distribution and reception of books, both manuscript and printed; the history of collecting and of libraries; paper, printing types, book illustration, and binding; and the transmission of texts and their authenticity.

Each quarterly issue of The Library contains approximately 120 pages, illustrated where necessary.

As well as articles and notes, each issue includes book reviews and lists of recent books and periodicals in the field.

A comprehensive index is issued annually.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.110

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28587

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	14

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• HAND-LIST OF SCIENTIFIC MSS. IN THE BRITISH ISLES DATING FROM BEFORE THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

  Citation: 35

  Authors: DOROTHEA WALEY

• ANNALS OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

  Citation: 35

  Authors: C.

• Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) as Bibliographer and Encyclopedist

  Citation: 27

  Authors: HANS

• Women and their Books in Seventeenth-Century England: The Case of Elizabeth Puckering

  Citation: 25

  Authors: DAVID

• The Sociology of a Text: Orality, Literacy and Print in Early New Zealand

  Citation: 24

  Authors: D. F.

• Frances Wolfreston and ‘Hor Bouks’: A Seventeenth-Century Woman Book-Collector

  Citation: 24

  Authors: PAUL

• London Trade Publishers 1675–1750

  Citation: 17

  Authors: MICHAEL

• The Renewal of the Licensing Act in 1693 and its Lapse in 1695

  Citation: 17

  Authors: RAYMOND

• Eighteenth—century Circulating Libraries in England

  Citation: 14

  Authors: HILDA M.

• Notes on English Retail Book-prices, 1550—1640

  Citation: 13

  Authors: FRANCIS R.

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