De Gruyter

Open Information Science

(ISSN 2451-1781)

About this journal

Open Information Science is an international, open access, cross-disciplinary, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that presents original research on all areas of library and information sciences. It aims to publish the research papers on the most recent issues and developments in the field. Open Information Science is particularly interested in the dissemination of the intellectual efforts of the global academic community in this field. This journal is going to be helpful for researchers, specialists, teachers and practitioners of librarianship.

Scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to:

library and information science - theory and practice

management of library and information systems

organization of knowledge

information technology

research methods

information behavior

information and media literacy

health information seeking behavior

information management

information governance

digital libraries and information systems

school and academic libraries

scholarly communication

library education

public libraries

archival science

cultural heritage

preservations

media studies

media education

social media

e-infrastructures

electronic communications

mass communication

networking

open access

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Open Special Issues:

Communicating Pandemics: COVID-19 in Mass Media

Guest Editor: Greg Simons, Uppsala University, Sweden / Ural Federal University, Russia

Submission deadline: July 31, 2022

Open Information Science welcomes proposals for Special Issues from prospective Guest Editors. Please contact the Managing Editor (Joanna.Janiak@degruyter.com) for more information.

Published Special Issues:

Habits and Rituals, ed. by Raffaela Giovagnoli and Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

Gender Issues in Library and Information Science: Focusing on Visual Aspects, ed. by Lesley S.J. Farmer

Fake News in Library and Information Science, ed. by Renate Chancellor

Access to Information: Freedom and Censorship, ed. by Shannon Oltmann

Information Studies, Race and Racism, ed. by Melissa Villa-Nicholas

Information Management and Digital Information, ed. by Adrienne Muir

Handwriting and Paleography Studies in the Digital Age, ed. by Diego Navarro Bonilla

Paleography Nowadays: Achievements and Challenges, ed. by Diego Navarro Bonilla

Disinformation in the Middle East, ed. by Ahmed Al-Rawi

Digital Wellness, ed. by Valerie Karno