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 information science, library and information science, information systems, digital libraries, knowledge organization, information retrieval, scholarly communication, and related emerging technologies. The journal serves an international scholarly and professional readership.

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).

Subject Areas

Social Sciences: Library and Information Science
Computer Science: Information Systems
Decision Sciences: Information Systems and Management
Management and Accounting: 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.

Editorial Performance Metrics

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Citation Metrics

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Editorial Performance Information

AJIST may publish peer-review or acceptance statistics when they are calculated from documented journal records. When such metrics are published, AJIST identifies the reporting period, calculation basis, and date last updated. Historical metrics are descriptive only and do not guarantee a decision or publication timeline for an individual manuscript.