Journal Insights

AJIST is a half-yearly, double-blind, peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access journal publishing original research articles, review articles, and case studies in library and information science, information systems, digital libraries, knowledge organisation, information retrieval, scholarly communication, and related emerging technologies. 

Journal Information

ISSN: Print ISSN: 2231-6108 and the Online ISSN: 3049-2661.
Frequency: AJIST is published half-yearly, with two regular issues each year.
Established: AJIST was established in 2011.
Language: English.
Open Access: Gold Open Access publishing model.
Peer Review: Double-blind peer-review process, normally involving at least two independent external reviewers.
Article Types: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Case Studies.
Licence: Articles published in AJIST are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Current Publisher: Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, India.
Journal History: The Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST) was established in 2011 and was published by The Research Publication until 2023. Since 2024, the journal has been published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Subject Areas: Library and Information Science, Information Systems, Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems

Abstracting, Indexing and Discovery

AJIST reports coverage or discoverability through J-Gate, Google Scholar, EBSCO Information Services, Engineering Source, Library and Information Science Source, One Belt One Road Reference Source, Scilit, Crossref, Library of Congress, WorldCat, and Scite. AJIST lists only abstracting, indexing, and discovery services for which current coverage or discoverability has been verified and updates this information when coverage changes.

Article Processing Charges

  • INR 3,000 for authors based in India.
  • USD 50 for authors based outside India.
  • No manuscript submission fee.
  • The APC is requested only after editorial acceptance following peer review.
  • Payment, waiver, or discount status does not influence editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, or publication decisions.

Citation Metrics

AJIST monitors its scholarly visibility and citation performance through publicly available academic indexing and discovery services. The journal currently reports a Google Scholar h-index of 14 and an i10-index of 21.