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Open Access Library science Journals
A list of Open Access Library science journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Library science is the application of practices, methods, technologies, tools of management, education, training, perspectives, and related areas, to the organized collection and the systematic classification of information in libraries
Open Access journals publish papers that are free to the reader to download. OA papers have undergone peer review and are not more or less stringent than papers in closed journals — the main difference is in the business model.
Hopefully this list of Library science Open Access journals will make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Library science manuscript.
We have thousands of high-impact factor Library science journals in our list.Instead of displaying the most commonly known Library science journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Library science journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Library science venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Library science journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Library science OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Information Literacy | 1750-5968 | ☑ | 471 | 1878 | 79.8 | Website | |
| Issues in science and technology librarianship | 1092-1206 | University of Alberta Libraries | 41 | 4 | 75.6 | ||
| Communications in Information Literacy | 1933-5954 | ☑ | Portland State University Library | 320 | 1838 | 74.1 | Website |
| The Eastern librarian | 1021-3643 | 7 | 25 | 71.4 | |||
| Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences | 1735-1448 | Maad Rayan Publishing Company | 1264 | 1379 | 70.9 | ||
| SLIS Connecting | 2330-2917 | ☑ | University of Southern Mississippi | 196 | 21 | 70.4 | Website |
| Journal of The Medical Library Association | 1536-5050 | ☑ | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 2093 | 23585 | 70.1 | Website |
| Evidence Based Library and Information Practice | 1715-720X | ☑ | EBLIP Journal | 1373 | 3267 | 66.3 | Website |
| Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication | 2162-3309 | ☑ | Pacific University Library | 268 | 987 | 66 | Website |
| Bangladesh journal of library & information science | 2223-6368 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 11 | 48 | 63.6 | ||
| The journal of altmetrics | 2577-5685 | ☑ | Levy Library Press | 22 | 117 | 63.6 | Website |
| College & Research Libraries | 0010-0870 | ☑ | American Library Association | 7666 | 33525 | 62 | Website |
| South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science | 0256-8861 | ☑ | Stellenbosch University - South African Journal of Library and Information Science | 572 | 2356 | 61.4 | Website |
| South Australian Geographical Journal | 1030-0481 | Exeley, Inc. | 117 | 130 | 60.7 | Website | |
| International journal of advanced library and information science | 2348-5167 | Cloud Publications | 37 | 36 | 59.5 | ||
| Information technology and libraries | 0730-9295 | ☑ | Boston College University Libraries | 197 | 103 | 58.9 | Website |
| The Southeastern Librarian | 0038-3686 | Kennesaw State University, Horace W. Sturgis Library | 436 | 301 | 58.3 | ||
| IASL conference proceedings | 2562-8372 | University of Alberta Libraries | 912 | 252 | 58.2 | ||
| Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education | 1890-5900 | ☑ | University of Bergen Library | 211 | 201 | 57.8 | Website |
| Наука и научная информация | 2658-3143 | ☑ | NPG Publishing | 62 | 48 | 56.5 | Website |
| IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology | 2456-9623 | IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd | 92 | 19 | 55.4 | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Science | 2141-2537 | Academic Journals | 101 | 170 | 55.4 | ||
| Nordic perspectives on open science | 2464-1839 | UiT The Arctic University of Norway | 20 | 8 | 55 | ||
| Kansas Library Association College & University Libraries Section proceedings | 2160-942X | New Prairie Press | 78 | 145 | 53.8 | ||
| Journal of eScience Librarianship | 2161-3974 | ☑ | University of Massachusetts Medical School | 186 | 643 | 53.8 | Website |
| Record and Library Journal | 2442-5168 | ☑ | Universitas Airlangga | 203 | 43 | 53.2 | Website |
| Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice | 2324-7878 | ☑ | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 174 | 129 | 52.9 | Website |
| Труды ГПНТБ СО РАН | 2618-7515 | State Public Scientific Technological Library SB RAS | 167 | 49 | 52.7 | ||
| Enciklopedičnij vìsnik Ukraïni | 2706-9990 | ☑ | NASU Institute of Encyclopedic Research | 100 | 72 | 52 | Website |
| Scholarly assessment reports | 2689-5870 | ☑ | Levy Library Press | 25 | 75 | 52 | Website |
| Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi | 1693-7740 | ☑ | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 235 | 49 | 51.9 | Website |
| International journal of research in library science | 2455-104X | International Journal of Research in Library Science | 228 | 16 | 51.8 | ||
| International journal for educational integrity | 1833-2595 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 60 | 107 | 51.7 | Website |
| Summary of proceedings | 0066-0868 | American Theological Library Association | 152 | 12 | 51.3 | ||
| Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research | 1911-9593 | ☑ | 650 | 1214 | 51.1 | Website | |
| Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management | 1598-1487 | Korean Society of Archives and Records Managmenet | 546 | 184 | 50.9 | ||
| Journal of library and information sciences | 2374-2364 | American Research Institute for Policy Development | 77 | 23 | 50.6 | ||
| Library and Information Research | 1756-1086 | ☑ | University of Alberta Libraries | 551 | 1465 | 50.6 | Website |
| Didaktika biologi | 2579-7352 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang | 2 | 4 | 50 | ||
| International journal of clinical microbiology | 2690-4721 | Open Access Pub | 2 | 2 | 50 | ||
| Journal of neural transplantation & plasticity | 0792-8483 | Hindawi Limited | 2 | 2 | 50 | ||
| Knygotyra | 0204-2061 | ☑ | Vilnius University | 740 | 147 | 48.4 | Website |
| International journal of librarianship | 2474-3542 | ☑ | International Journal of Librarianship | 133 | 65 | 48.1 | Website |
| Tik Ilmeu | 2580-3654 | ☑ | STAIN Curup | 79 | 10 | 48.1 | Website |
| DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology | 0974-0643 | Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre | 1443 | 4247 | 48 | ||
| RBM | 1529-6407 | ☑ | American Library Association | 387 | 574 | 47.8 | Website |
| Quantitative science studies | 2641-3337 | ☑ | MIT Press | 208 | 1326 | 47.6 | Website |
| International Journal of Library Science | 2168-4901 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 313 | 250 | 47 | ||
| Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management | 2360-994X | African Journals Online | 260 | 135 | 46.5 | Website | |
| Scholarly and Research Communication | 1923-0702 | CISP Journal Services | 235 | 423 | 45.5 | ||
| Revista română de biblioteconomie şi ştiinţa informării | 1841-1940 | ☑ | Asociatia Bibliotecarilor din Romania /ABR, Romanian Library Association | 64 | 12 | 45.3 | Website |
| Galle Medical Journal (Galle) | 1391-7072 | Sri Lanka Journals Online | 71 | 5 | 45.1 | ||
| Diplomatika | 2597-9981 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 46 | 10 | 43.5 | ||
| Insights: The UKSG Journal | 2048-7754 | ☑ | UKSG | 500 | 1105 | 43.2 | Website |
| Archives of Clinical Microbiology | 1989-8436 | OMICS Publishing Group | 447 | 481 | 42.7 | ||
| Science Editing | 2288-7474 | ☑ | Korean Council of Science Editors | 292 | 681 | 41.1 | Website |
| Rheedea | 2582-2438 | 103 | 37 | 40.8 | |||
| College & Research Libraries News | 0099-0086 | American Library Association | 8747 | 8251 | 40.7 | Website | |
| International Journal of Digital Curation | 1746-8256 | ☑ | Edinburgh University Library | 513 | 4476 | 40.7 | Website |
| Information research | 1368-1613 | ☑ | University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT | 64 | 11 | 40.6 | Website |
| Bìblìotečnij vìsnik | 1029-7200 | ☑ | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) | 151 | 31 | 40.4 | Website |
| Urban Library Journal | 1944-9674 | ☑ | The City University of New York | 129 | 192 | 40.3 | |
| European Science Editing | 0258-3127 | ☑ | Pensoft Publishers | 105 | 134 | 40 | Website |
| International journal of applied sociology | 2169-9704 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 5 | 22 | 40 | ||
| International journal of library and information services | 2475-9961 | IGI Global | 90 | 35 | 40 | ||
| Smithsonian contributions to museum conservation | 1949-2359 | Smithsonian Institution | 10 | 36 | 40 | ||
| School of Information student research journal | 2575-2499 | ☑ | San Jose State University Library | 116 | 96 | 39.7 | Website |
| Journal of Data and Information Science | 2096-157X | Journal of Data and Information Science | 371 | 1189 | 39.6 | Website | |
| Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics | 2504-0537 | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 235 | 834 | 39.6 | Website |
| 한국도서관·정보학회지 | 2466-2542 | 882 | 545 | 38.9 | |||
| LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal | 1058-6768 | ☑ | Research (NTU) | 193 | 738 | 38.9 | Website |
| Engineer | 1800-1122 | Sri Lanka Journals Online | 98 | 11 | 38.8 | ||
| Proceedings of the annual conference of CAIS | 2562-7589 | University of Alberta Libraries | 1079 | 1044 | 38.5 | ||
| Collaborative Librarianship | 1943-7528 | Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) | 411 | 624 | 38.4 | ||
| Journal of Case Reports and Studies | 2348-9820 | Annex Publishers, LLC | 210 | 67 | 38.1 | ||
| Publications | 2304-6775 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 392 | 1929 | 38 | Website |
| International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology | 2234-0068 | ☑ | Research Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology | 159 | 334 | 37.7 | Website |
| KULA | 2398-4112 | ☑ | University of Victoria Libraries | 80 | 28 | 37.5 | Website |
| Jurnal kajian informasi dan perpustakaan | 2303-2677 | Universitas Padjadjaran | 174 | 36 | 37.4 | ||
| 027.7 : Zeitschrift für Bibliothekskultur | 2296-0597 | ☑ | University of Basel | 71 | 40 | 36.6 | Website |
| Classroom Action Research Journal (CARJO) | 2598-4195 | State University of Malang (UM) | 11 | 6 | 36.4 | ||
| Rukopisna ta knižkova spadŝina Ukraïni | 2222-4203 | ☑ | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) | 265 | 39 | 36.2 | Website |
| Khizanah Al-Hikmah : Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan, Informasi dan Kearsipan | 2354-9629 | ☑ | Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar | 156 | 36 | 35.9 | Website |
| Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries | 1841-0715 | ☑ | European Association for Health Information and Libraries EAHIL | 103 | 34 | 35.9 | Website |
| Canadian journal of academic librarianship | 2369-937X | ☑ | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL | 115 | 63 | 35.7 | Website |
| Archivos de medicina | 1657-320X | ☑ | Universidad de Manizales | 322 | 177 | 35.1 | Website |
| Prace Komisji Historii Nauki | 1731-6715 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Jagiellonski – Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego | 20 | 51 | 35 | Website |
| Pustaka Karya : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi | 2089-5216 | IAIN Antasari | 20 | 3 | 35 | ||
| Quality in primary care | 1479-1064 | 1001 | 3890 | 35 | |||
| Virginia Libraries | 1086-9751 | ☑ | Virginia Tech Libraries | 433 | 165 | 34.9 | Website |
| Pustakaloka: Jurnal Kajian Informasi dan Perpustakaan | 2085-2118 | STAIN Ponorogo | 89 | 15 | 34.8 | ||
| Archives of Medicine | 1989-5216 | Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd (OMICS) | 509 | 273 | 34.6 | ||
| Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran | 1016-1430 | ☑ | Academic World Research | 571 | 234 | 34.5 | Website |
| Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice | 2287-4577 | ☑ | KISTI | 192 | 446 | 34.4 | Website |
| Proceedings from North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization | 2311-4487 | University of Washington Libraries | 103 | 189 | 34 | ||
| Vìsnik Odesʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu | 2304-1447 | ☑ | Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University | 77 | 4 | 33.8 | Website |
| The British student doctor journal | 2514-3174 | Cardiff University Press | 152 | 20 | 33.6 | ||
| World transactions on engineering and technology education | 1446-2257 | Universitas Negeri Makassar | 3 | 55 | 33.3 | ||
| American journal of engineering research | 2320-0847 | IOSR Journals | 3 | 5 | 33.3 | ||
| International journal of scientific research in computer science and engineering | 2320-7639 | ISROSET: International Scientific Research Organization for Science, Engineering and Technology | 3 | 6 | 33.3 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Library science paper?
You can publish your Library science paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access aims to provide immediate and unrestricted access to research articles while along you to also share it freely
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
It refers to the strength of association between this journal being listed and the concept, from 0-100. For example, the Journal Of Research In Mechanical Engineering has a relevance of “0” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it has no relevance to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations demonstrate how frequently publications from this journal are cited in other papers. We obtain this information via OpenAlex. Although the accuracy is questionable, it might nevertheless aid you in gaining an understanding of how prestigious a publication is overall.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you are looking for an author or paper, you can simply type it in the search box above to see your results. If you'd like to see a similar list to this one, check OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
Our focus at OA.mg is to disseminate existing open access research papers. For this reason, we do not offer publishing services.
What is an APC?
The Article Processing Charge (APC) is the fee that publishers of some open access journals charge in order to publish articles.
What are the different Open Access types?
Different open access types are commonly described using a colour system. The most commonly recognised names are “green”, “gold”, and “hybrid” open access; however, “bronze”, “black”, and “diamond” also exist.