Aims and Scope

Aim

The Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST) aims to advance scholarship in information science, information systems, and related digital and data-driven environments by publishing rigorous theoretical, empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented research. The journal provides an international forum for work that improves the understanding, design, management, use, and evaluation of information resources, systems, services, and infrastructures.

AJIST encourages research that addresses digital transformation, knowledge organization, information access, information behaviour, scholarly communication, digital libraries, research analytics, and responsible applications of emerging technologies in information environments. The journal welcomes contributions of relevance to researchers, educators, practitioners, librarians, and policy-oriented audiences.

Scope of the Journal

The journal publishes original research articles, review papers, and case studies in areas including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Digital libraries, institutional repositories, and digital preservation
  • Information organization, knowledge management, and knowledge systems
  • Information literacy, information behavior, and user studies
  • Library automation, digital library technologies, and information services
  • Bibliometrics, scientometrics, and research analytics
  • Information retrieval systems and search technologies
  • Information systems development, management, and digital infrastructures
  • Database systems, information architecture, and data management
  • Cloud computing and distributed information systems
  • Cybersecurity and information assurance in information environments
  • Web technologies, semantic web, and knowledge representation
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in information systems
  • Big data analytics and data science for information management
  • Scholarly communication, open access publishing, and research data management
  • Information policy, digital inclusion, ICT for development, and knowledge economy studies