Journal of Informetrics

The Journal of Informetrics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 2007 and devoted to quantitative aspects of information science, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.9（Journal of Informetrics）是由 Elsevier 出版的同行评审期刊，创刊于 2007 年，聚焦信息科学的定量研究，2025 年影响因子为 3.9。

Scope

• Bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, patentometrics, altmetrics and research evaluation文献计量学、科学计量学、网络计量学、专利计量学、替代计量学与研究评价。
• Rigorous, high-quality research on quantitative aspects of information science关于信息科学定量方面的高质量严谨研究。
• Informetric problems studied with methods from mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, econometrics and network science运用数学、统计学、计算机科学、经济学、计量经济学与网络科学方法研究信息计量问题。
• Both theoretical and empirical work理论与实证研究并重。
• Case studies are generally not considered suitable unless they contain innovative methodological elements纯案例研究一般不被接受，除非包含创新性的方法要素。

History

• The journal made its debut on ScienceDirect in January 2007, with Leo Egghe as its founding editor该刊 2007 年 1 月于 ScienceDirect 首发，创刊主编为 Leo Egghe。
• It was launched as the first journal dedicated to the dynamic field of data analysis in information science它是首个专注于信息科学数据分析这一新兴领域的期刊。
• It is published quarterly by Elsevier该刊由 Elsevier 按季出版。
• Its impact factor stood at 3.4 in 2023, 3.5 in 2024 and 3.9 in 2025影响因子由 2023 年的 3.4 至 2024 年的 3.5、2025 年的 3.9。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mu-Hsuan Huang of National Taiwan University现任主编为（National Taiwan University）的 Mu-Hsuan Huang。
• Leo Egghe of Hasselt University is the founding editor（Hasselt University）的 Leo Egghe 为创刊主编。
• Associate editors are Juan Gorraiz and Jiang Li, and the board has about 28 members from 17 countries and regions led by China, the United States and Australia副编辑为 Juan Gorraiz 与 Jiang Li，编委会约 28 人，来自 17 个国家或地区，以中国、美国与澳大利亚人数最多。
• Submissions undergo peer review, and rigorous quantitative and methodological originality is expected稿件经同行评审，要求研究在定量与方法上具备原创性。