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Information Systems · 155 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Information Systems

The top 40 of 155 Information Systems journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Information Systems is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Information Technology and Libraries
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Library Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications
    9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Computers
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Future Internet
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Tsinghua Science & Technology
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Tsinghua University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    JOIV International Journal on Informatics Visualization
    1.4 cites/paper · Q2 · State Polytechnics of Andalas
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  7. 7
    Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação
    0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Ciência da Informação
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    Computer Science and Information Systems
    0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · ComSIS Consortium
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  9. 9
    Library Resources and Technical Services
    0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · American Library Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · kassel university press
    Open AccessScopus
  11. 11
    Data Science Journal
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Ubiquity Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  12. 12
    The Education and science journal
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  13. 13
    Journal on Mathematics Education
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Sriwijaya University
    Open AccessScopus
  14. 14
    Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Association of College and Research Libraries
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  15. 15
    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  16. 16
    Perspectives of science and education
    0.6 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopus
  17. 17
    Journal of Web Engineering
    2.6 cites/paper · Q3 · River Publishers
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science
    2.3 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopus
  19. 19
    Information Services & Use
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · IOS Press
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  20. 20
    Jurnal RESTI (Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi)
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Ikatan Ahli Indormatika Indonesia
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  21. 21
    Encontros Bibli Revista Eletrônica de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science
    2.4 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopus
  23. 23
    International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJQI)
    Open AccessScopusTR-Dizin
  24. 24
    BAREKENG JURNAL ILMU MATEMATIKA DAN TERAPAN
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  25. 25
    International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessScopus
  26. 26
    Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS)
    3.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  27. 27
    International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology
    2.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  28. 28
    Information Technologies and Learning Tools
    1.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institute for Digitalisation of Education of the NAES of Ukraine
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  29. 29
    Bibliosphere
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  30. 30
    SinkrOn
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  31. 31
    Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessWeb of Science
  32. 32
    International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  33. 33
    Indonesian Journal of Computer Science
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  34. 34
    Science for Education Today
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  35. 35
    Proceedings of the Institute for System Programming of RAS
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPRAS)
    Open AccessDOAJ
  36. 36
    BRAIN BROAD RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · EduSoft publishing house
    Open AccessWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  38. 38
    International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Technoscience Academy
    Open AccessPubMed
  39. 39
    Reincisol
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  40. 40
    International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM)
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access

“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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Frequently asked

Information Technology and Libraries, Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications, Computers, Future Internet, Tsinghua Science & Technology lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 155 ranked venues are listed on this page; 5 are Scimago Q1, 11 Q2, 7 Q3, 1 Q4 and 16 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Information Systems ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Information Systems is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 16 journals OpenAlex files under Information Systems are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Information Systems come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Information Systems come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Information Systems — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Information Systems — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (1 of the 155 journals ranked here is below that floor; it is not among the 40 shown). Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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