Information

ISSN 2078-2489 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland · active 1955–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
6.4
SJR
0.805
h-index
110

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Information is Q2 in Information Systems (#116 of 434 journals).

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Information in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Information SystemsQ2#116 of 434
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
6.46
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
1,113

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Information is Q2 in Information Systems (2025 edition, #116 of 434 journals), with SJR 0.805 (Scimago) and an h-index of 110 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
19 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance to publication
4 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to publication
~6 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): 1,600 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

topicmodelingartificialintelligencenaturallanguageprocessingtechniquesblockchainsecurityinformationnetwork

Frequently asked

Is Information a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Information. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Information indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Information appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Information?

Papers in Information are cited about 6.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 110. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Information (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Information is Q2 in Information Systems (#116 of 434 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Information is cited about 6.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 110.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Information?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Information. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Information open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Information?

Article processing charge (APC): 1,600 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Information take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Information takes about 19 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Information.

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