Information Systems · 321 journals indexed
Best journals for Information Systems
The top Information Systems journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryScopusWeb of Science
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- 4IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer SocietyScopusWeb of Science
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- 7Empirical Software Engineering3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 11Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
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- 13IEEE Security & Privacy1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Requirements Engineering5.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · kassel university pressOpen AccessScopus
- 19Software Quality Journal2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22The Education and science journal1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Russian State Vocational Pedagogical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 25JOIV International Journal on Informatics Visualization1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · State Polytechnics of AndalasOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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- 29Cataloging & Classification Quarterly1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Association of College and Research LibrariesOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 31DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Defence Scientific Information & Documentation CentreOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 33Computer Science and Information Systems0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · ComSIS ConsortiumOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 34Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Ciência da InformaçãoOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 37Library Resources and Technical Services0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · American Library AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science2.0 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessScopus
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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