Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Communications in Information Literacyopen access

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Communications in Information Literacy

H-Index

18

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

19335954

Coverage

2009-2021

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

editors@comminfolit.org

Scope

Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to advancing research, theory, and practice in the area of information literacy in higher education. CIL is independently published. Furthermore, it is open access in the truest sense; there are no article processing charges or other regressive publication fees. The editors of CIL are solely committed to the investigation of various models and theories of information literacy worldwide, and they remain faithful to principles of open access for academic research. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Education2010Q4
Education2011Q2
Education2012Q2
Education2013Q2
Education2014Q1
Education2015Q1
Education2016Q1
Education2017Q1
Education2018Q1
Education2019Q1
Education2020Q1
Education2021Q2
E-learning2010Q4
E-learning2011Q2
E-learning2012Q2
E-learning2013Q2
E-learning2014Q1
E-learning2015Q1
E-learning2016Q1
E-learning2017Q1
E-learning2018Q1
E-learning2019Q1
E-learning2020Q1
E-learning2021Q3
Library and Information Sciences2010Q4
Library and Information Sciences2011Q2
Library and Information Sciences2012Q2
Library and Information Sciences2013Q2
Library and Information Sciences2014Q1
Library and Information Sciences2015Q1
Library and Information Sciences2016Q1
Library and Information Sciences2017Q1
Library and Information Sciences2018Q1
Library and Information Sciences2019Q1
Library and Information Sciences2020Q1
Library and Information Sciences2021Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20100.140
20110.438
20120.389
20130.510
20140.976
20150.914
20160.920
20171.657
20181.521
20191.448
20200.863
20210.391
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
200921
201013
201116
201216
201323
201419
201518
201617
201722
201814
201914
202021
202111
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.143
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.636
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20141.250
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.878
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.132
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.545
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20181.855
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20192.296
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20201.687
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.577
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.143
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.353
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.520
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.578
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20141.236
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.845
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.217
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20171.685
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20181.596
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20191.906
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20201.180
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.857
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.353
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.517
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.344
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20141.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.905
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20161.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20171.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20181.205
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20191.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.857
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.971
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20101
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20124
Self Cites20134
Self Cites20149
Self Cites20153
Self Cites20168
Self Cites201719
Self Cites201811
Self Cites20198
Self Cites20205
Self Cites20212
Total Cites20090
Total Cites20103
Total Cites201112
Total Cites201226
Total Cites201326
Total Cites201468
Total Cites201549
Total Cites201673
Total Cites201791
Total Cites201891
Total Cites2019101
Total Cites202059
Total Cites202142
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20090
External Cites per document20100.133
External Cites per document20110.393
External Cites per document20120.512
External Cites per document20130.500
External Cites per document20141.157
External Cites per document20150.852
External Cites per document20161.204
External Cites per document20171.412
External Cites per document20181.509
External Cites per document20191.898
External Cites per document20201.227
External Cites per document20210.909
Cites per document20090.000
Cites per document20100.143
Cites per document20110.353
Cites per document20120.520
Cites per document20130.578
Cites per document20141.236
Cites per document20150.845
Cites per document20161.217
Cites per document20171.685
Cites per document20181.596
Cites per document20191.906
Cites per document20201.180
Cites per document20210.857
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20155.56
20165.88
20174.55
20180.00
20190.00
20200.00
20210.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20106
Non-citable documents20116
Non-citable documents20127
Non-citable documents20131
Non-citable documents20144
Non-citable documents20154
Non-citable documents20166
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20184
Non-citable documents20194
Non-citable documents20206
Non-citable documents20215
Citable documents20090
Citable documents201015
Citable documents201128
Citable documents201243
Citable documents201344
Citable documents201451
Citable documents201554
Citable documents201654
Citable documents201751
Citable documents201853
Citable documents201949
Citable documents202044
Citable documents202144
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20090
Uncited documents201019
Uncited documents201126
Uncited documents201234
Uncited documents201329
Uncited documents201416
Uncited documents201530
Uncited documents201630
Uncited documents201721
Uncited documents201823
Uncited documents201918
Uncited documents202022
Uncited documents202125
Cited documents20090
Cited documents20102
Cited documents20118
Cited documents201216
Cited documents201316
Cited documents201439
Cited documents201528
Cited documents201630
Cited documents201733
Cited documents201834
Cited documents201935
Cited documents202028
Cited documents202124
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