Information Communication and Society

Drawing together the most current work upon the social, economic, and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the new information and communications technologies, this journal positions itself at the centre of contemporary debates about the information age. Information, Communication & Society (iCS) transcends cultural and geographical boundaries as it explores a diverse range of issues relating to the development and application of information and communications technologies (ICTs), asking such questions as: -What are the new and evolving forms of social software? What direction will these forms take? -ICTs facilitating globalization and how might this affect conceptions of local identity, ethnic differences, and regional sub-cultures? -Are ICTs leading to an age of electronic surveillance and social control? What are the implications for policing criminal activity, citizen privacy and public expression? -How are ICTs affecting daily life and social structures such as the family, work and organization, commerce and business, education, health care, and leisure activities? -To what extent do the virtual worlds constructed using ICTs impact on the construction of objects, spaces, and entities in the material world? iCS analyses such questions from a global, interdisciplinary perspective in contributions of the very highest quality from scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, gender and cultural studies, communication and media studies, as well as in the information and computer sciences.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Communication	2002	Q4
Communication	2003	Q2
Communication	2004	Q2
Communication	2005	Q1
Communication	2006	Q3
Communication	2007	Q2
Communication	2008	Q2
Communication	2009	Q1
Communication	2010	Q1
Communication	2011	Q1
Communication	2012	Q1
Communication	2013	Q1
Communication	2014	Q1
Communication	2015	Q1
Communication	2016	Q1
Communication	2017	Q1
Communication	2018	Q1
Communication	2019	Q1
Communication	2020	Q1
Communication	2021	Q1
Communication	2022	Q1
Communication	2023	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2002	Q3
Library and Information Sciences	2003	Q2
Library and Information Sciences	2004	Q3
Library and Information Sciences	2005	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2006	Q2
Library and Information Sciences	2007	Q2
Library and Information Sciences	2008	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2009	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2010	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2011	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2012	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2013	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2014	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2015	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2016	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2017	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2018	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2019	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2020	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2021	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2022	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	2023	Q1

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.

Year	SJR
2002	0.135
2003	0.365
2004	0.255
2005	0.717
2006	0.259
2007	0.405
2008	0.701
2009	0.748
2010	0.830
2011	0.978
2012	0.841
2013	0.949
2014	1.860
2015	2.102
2016	1.998
2017	2.385
2018	3.211
2019	2.579
2020	2.806
2021	1.968
2022	1.807
2023	1.916

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2001	9
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	30
2006	42
2007	44
2008	61
2009	46
2010	60
2011	61
2012	70
2013	78
2014	87
2015	91
2016	100
2017	101
2018	110
2019	129
2020	129
2021	157
2022	127
2023	225

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 document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.444
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.889
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.778
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.633
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.672
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.864
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.124
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.068
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.814
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	5.372
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	6.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	5.205
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	6.230
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	6.299
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	6.639
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	7.842
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	6.571
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	7.502
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.889
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.633
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.672
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.755
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.040
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.024
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.820
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.131
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	5.574
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.715
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	5.007
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	6.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.878
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	6.815
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	6.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	6.169
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	6.705
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.547
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.676
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.632
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.686
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.237
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	4.041
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.764
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	4.573
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	4.644
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	5.498
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	6.346
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	5.829
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	4.836
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	6.317

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.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	10
Self Cites	2008	21
Self Cites	2009	15
Self Cites	2010	21
Self Cites	2011	27
Self Cites	2012	15
Self Cites	2013	30
Self Cites	2014	50
Self Cites	2015	94
Self Cites	2016	69
Self Cites	2017	87
Self Cites	2018	66
Self Cites	2019	82
Self Cites	2020	61
Self Cites	2021	73
Self Cites	2022	55
Self Cites	2023	120
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	4
Total Cites	2003	9
Total Cites	2004	8
Total Cites	2005	0
Total Cites	2006	19
Total Cites	2007	80
Total Cites	2008	194
Total Cites	2009	258
Total Cites	2010	308
Total Cites	2011	338
Total Cites	2012	304
Total Cites	2013	598
Total Cites	2014	839
Total Cites	2015	1310
Total Cites	2016	1207
Total Cites	2017	1392
Total Cites	2018	1828
Total Cites	2019	1828
Total Cites	2020	2317
Total Cites	2021	2302
Total Cites	2022	2560
Total Cites	2023	2769

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.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2001	0
External Cites per document	2002	0.444
External Cites per document	2003	1.000
External Cites per document	2004	0.889
External Cites per document	2005	0
External Cites per document	2006	0.633
External Cites per document	2007	0.972
External Cites per document	2008	1.491
External Cites per document	2009	1.653
External Cites per document	2010	1.901
External Cites per document	2011	1.862
External Cites per document	2012	1.731
External Cites per document	2013	2.974
External Cites per document	2014	3.775
External Cites per document	2015	5.174
External Cites per document	2016	4.445
External Cites per document	2017	4.694
External Cites per document	2018	6.034
External Cites per document	2019	5.614
External Cites per document	2020	6.635
External Cites per document	2021	6.057
External Cites per document	2022	6.036
External Cites per document	2023	6.414
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.444
Cites per document	2003	1.000
Cites per document	2004	0.889
Cites per document	2005	0.000
Cites per document	2006	0.633
Cites per document	2007	1.111
Cites per document	2008	1.672
Cites per document	2009	1.755
Cites per document	2010	2.040
Cites per document	2011	2.024
Cites per document	2012	1.820
Cites per document	2013	3.131
Cites per document	2014	4.014
Cites per document	2015	5.574
Cites per document	2016	4.715
Cites per document	2017	5.007
Cites per document	2018	6.260
Cites per document	2019	5.878
Cites per document	2020	6.815
Cites per document	2021	6.255
Cites per document	2022	6.169
Cites per document	2023	6.705

% 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.

Year	International Collaboration
2001	11.11
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	13.33
2006	14.29
2007	15.91
2008	21.31
2009	17.39
2010	15.00
2011	14.75
2012	11.43
2013	11.54
2014	18.39
2015	18.68
2016	18.00
2017	23.76
2018	23.64
2019	17.05
2020	23.26
2021	23.57
2022	20.47
2023	34.22

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	4
Non-citable documents	2007	11
Non-citable documents	2008	16
Non-citable documents	2009	19
Non-citable documents	2010	15
Non-citable documents	2011	13
Non-citable documents	2012	7
Non-citable documents	2013	7
Non-citable documents	2014	7
Non-citable documents	2015	13
Non-citable documents	2016	16
Non-citable documents	2017	20
Non-citable documents	2018	17
Non-citable documents	2019	15
Non-citable documents	2020	13
Non-citable documents	2021	14
Non-citable documents	2022	17
Non-citable documents	2023	16
Citable documents	2001	0
Citable documents	2002	8
Citable documents	2003	8
Citable documents	2004	8
Citable documents	2005	0
Citable documents	2006	26
Citable documents	2007	61
Citable documents	2008	100
Citable documents	2009	128
Citable documents	2010	136
Citable documents	2011	154
Citable documents	2012	160
Citable documents	2013	184
Citable documents	2014	202
Citable documents	2015	222
Citable documents	2016	240
Citable documents	2017	258
Citable documents	2018	275
Citable documents	2019	296
Citable documents	2020	327
Citable documents	2021	354
Citable documents	2022	398
Citable documents	2023	397

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2001	0
Uncited documents	2002	7
Uncited documents	2003	5
Uncited documents	2004	5
Uncited documents	2005	0
Uncited documents	2006	18
Uncited documents	2007	35
Uncited documents	2008	49
Uncited documents	2009	65
Uncited documents	2010	57
Uncited documents	2011	60
Uncited documents	2012	59
Uncited documents	2013	63
Uncited documents	2014	67
Uncited documents	2015	62
Uncited documents	2016	61
Uncited documents	2017	56
Uncited documents	2018	39
Uncited documents	2019	56
Uncited documents	2020	53
Uncited documents	2021	51
Uncited documents	2022	57
Uncited documents	2023	40
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	2
Cited documents	2003	4
Cited documents	2004	4
Cited documents	2005	0
Cited documents	2006	12
Cited documents	2007	37
Cited documents	2008	67
Cited documents	2009	82
Cited documents	2010	94
Cited documents	2011	107
Cited documents	2012	108
Cited documents	2013	128
Cited documents	2014	142
Cited documents	2015	173
Cited documents	2016	195
Cited documents	2017	222
Cited documents	2018	253
Cited documents	2019	255
Cited documents	2020	287
Cited documents	2021	317
Cited documents	2022	358
Cited documents	2023	373