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).
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, 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.

Editorial Performance Metrics

AJIST maintains editorial performance statistics based on its journal records. The journal’s acceptance rates for recent years are as follows:

  • 2025: 14%
  • 2024: 21%
  • 2023: 36%
  • 2022: 33%
  • 2021: 42%

The journal reports approximately 70 days to the first editorial decision and 196 days from submission to acceptance. These figures represent historical editorial performance and may vary depending on the subject area, reviewer availability, revisions required, and individual manuscript circumstances.

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 20.

Citation metrics are derived from third-party sources and may change as databases update their records and citation coverage.