''Information Research: An International Electronic Journal'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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open-access
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academic journal
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covering the fields of
information science,
information management
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, and
information systems
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. It was established in 1995 as an
electronic journal
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by
Thomas D. Wilson (
University of Sheffield
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and
University of Borås). It was privately published by Professor Wilson until 2017, when ownership of the journal was transferred to the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås. Professor Wilson continued to act as
editor-in-chief
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until 2024, when the position was assumed by Professor Crystal Fulton of
University College Dublin
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. The journal is now hosted by the
Royal Library of Sweden
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, on it
Publicerasite. The journal is produced entirely through voluntary work; there are no subscription or author charges. A 2012 reader survey revealed that 40% of readers are academic faculty members, 38% "information practitioners", and 22% students and post-graduate researchers.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2023, five-year
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 0.7.
References
Further reading
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External links
* {{Official website, http://informationr.net/ir/
Information science journals
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Academic journals established in 1995
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