Library Quarterly

Aims & Scope

As a leading interdisciplinary journal of library research, The Library Quarterly embraces a wide array of original research perspectives, approaches, and quantitative, qualitative, evaluative, analytic, and mixed methodology to assess the role of libraries in communities and in society.

Through unique and innovative content that positions libraries at the nexus of information, community, and policy, The Library Quarterly publishes cutting-edge articles, essays, editorials, and reviews that inform, enable, equalize, and lead.

Across these areas, all content in the journal ties to contemporary issues impacting libraries and librarianship.

Through such research, the overarching goal of The Library Quarterly is to engage researchers, educators, professionals, and students interested in the roles of the libraries in the lives of individuals, communities, and nations. •Provide insights into libraries and librarianship for those involved in the collection of, access to, and dissemination of information. •Foster pioneering research that examines the interactions between the library as a reading institution and to its cultural space. •Assess empirically the value that libraries contribute to the communities that they serve.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.723

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7776

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	164

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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 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.

• Modeling the Information Seeking of Professionals: A General Model Derived from Research on Engineers, Health Care Professionals, and Lawyers

  Citation: 392

  Authors:

• Information Behavior and Information Practice: Reviewing the “Umbrella Concepts” of Information‐Seeking Studies

  Citation: 284

  Authors: Reijo

• Modeling the Information-Seeking Patterns of Academic Researchers: A Grounded Theory Approach

  Citation: 246

  Authors: David

• Undiscovered Public Knowledge

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Don R.

• Information Literacy as a Sociotechnical Practice

  Citation: 200

  Authors: Kimmo, Reijo, Sanna

• Posttruth, Truthiness, and Alternative Facts: Information Behavior and Critical Information Consumption for a New Age

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Nicole A.

• Accidentally Found on Purpose: Information-Seeking Behavior of Historians in Archives

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Wendy M., Catherine A.

• Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Emily

• What Children Can Teach Us: Developing Digital Libraries for Children with Children

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Allison

• The Nature of Relevance in Information Retrieval: An Empirical Study

  Citation: 105

  Authors:

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