Reference Librarian

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SCImago
Q2
SJR
0.434
CiteScore
2.5
Categories
Library and Information Sciences
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1982-2025
journal names
Reference Librarian
Publications
1 943
Citations
5 041
h-index
22
Publications
70
Citations
1 298
Top-3 citing journals
Reference Librarian
Reference Librarian (468 citations)
Reference Services Review
Reference Services Review (414 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (250 publications)
Canada (10 publications)
Nigeria (8 publications)
USA (34 publications)
Nigeria (6 publications)
Hungary (3 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Reference Librarian
468 citations, 9.28%
Reference Services Review
414 citations, 8.21%
Journal of Academic Librarianship
352 citations, 6.98%
Journal of Library Administration
134 citations, 2.66%
Public Services Quarterly
113 citations, 2.24%
Library and Information Science Research
111 citations, 2.2%
Internet Reference Services Quarterly
109 citations, 2.16%
New Library World
95 citations, 1.88%
College and Undergraduate Libraries
83 citations, 1.65%
Robots in Academic Libraries
81 citations, 1.61%
Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning
80 citations, 1.59%
New Review of Academic Librarianship
74 citations, 1.47%
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
68 citations, 1.35%
Library Quarterly
67 citations, 1.33%
Library Management
66 citations, 1.31%
Journal of Documentation
65 citations, 1.29%
Advances in Librarianship
64 citations, 1.27%
Library Hi Tech
54 citations, 1.07%
Library Review
53 citations, 1.05%
Electronic Library
49 citations, 0.97%
Medical Reference Services Quarterly
44 citations, 0.87%
International Information and Library Review
38 citations, 0.75%
Public Library Quarterly
37 citations, 0.73%
Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
35 citations, 0.69%
Science and Technology Libraries
33 citations, 0.65%
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
33 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Web Librarianship
31 citations, 0.61%
Journal of Access Services
30 citations, 0.6%
Advances in Library Administration and Organization
30 citations, 0.6%
IFLA Journal
30 citations, 0.6%
Research Strategies
30 citations, 0.6%
Technical Services Quarterly
29 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
28 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship
28 citations, 0.56%
Collection Building
28 citations, 0.56%
Library Hi Tech News
23 citations, 0.46%
Libri
23 citations, 0.46%
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
22 citations, 0.44%
Genre Theory in Information Studies
22 citations, 0.44%
Collection Management
21 citations, 0.42%
Innovative Digital Practices and Globalization in Higher Education
21 citations, 0.42%
Reference and User Services Quarterly
20 citations, 0.4%
Information Processing and Management
19 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
19 citations, 0.38%
Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
19 citations, 0.38%
Documentation et bibliothèques
19 citations, 0.38%
Library Collections Acquisitions and Technical Services
19 citations, 0.38%
Information Development
18 citations, 0.36%
Aslib Proceedings
18 citations, 0.36%
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian
17 citations, 0.34%
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Distance Education
17 citations, 0.34%
Information and Learning Science
16 citations, 0.32%
Performance Measurement and Metrics
16 citations, 0.32%
Program electronic library and information systems
16 citations, 0.32%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
16 citations, 0.32%
Digital Library Perspectives
15 citations, 0.3%
Health Information and Libraries Journal
15 citations, 0.3%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
14 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Information Science
14 citations, 0.28%
Government Information Quarterly
14 citations, 0.28%
Education and Information Technologies
14 citations, 0.28%
Serials Review
14 citations, 0.28%
SSRN Electronic Journal
13 citations, 0.26%
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
12 citations, 0.24%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
11 citations, 0.22%
Information Discovery and Delivery
11 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
10 citations, 0.2%
Online Information Review
10 citations, 0.2%
Bottom Line
10 citations, 0.2%
Aslib Journal of Information Management
9 citations, 0.18%
IEEE Access
9 citations, 0.18%
Marketing the Green School
9 citations, 0.18%
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
9 citations, 0.18%
Community & Junior College Libraries
9 citations, 0.18%
Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
9 citations, 0.18%
Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
8 citations, 0.16%
Australian Academic & Research Libraries
8 citations, 0.16%
Internet Research
7 citations, 0.14%
Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
7 citations, 0.14%
Music Reference Services Quarterly
7 citations, 0.14%
Interlending & Document Supply
7 citations, 0.14%
Education for Information
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Map and Geography Libraries
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Hospital Librarianship
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
6 citations, 0.12%
New Review of Children s Literature and Librarianship
6 citations, 0.12%
Art Documentation
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Further and Higher Education
5 citations, 0.1%
Computers in Human Behavior
5 citations, 0.1%
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
5 citations, 0.1%
OCLC Systems & Services
5 citations, 0.1%
Advances in Public Policy and Administration
5 citations, 0.1%
The Australian Library Journal
5 citations, 0.1%
Internet and Higher Education
4 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
4 citations, 0.08%
Library Resources and Technical Services
4 citations, 0.08%
Education Sciences
4 citations, 0.08%
Teaching in Higher Education
4 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
1684 citations, 33.41%
Emerald
1168 citations, 23.17%
Elsevier
682 citations, 13.53%
IGI Global
210 citations, 4.17%
SAGE
198 citations, 3.93%
Wiley
130 citations, 2.58%
Springer Nature
124 citations, 2.46%
University of Chicago Press
72 citations, 1.43%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
55 citations, 1.09%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
31 citations, 0.61%
Walter de Gruyter
30 citations, 0.6%
MDPI
27 citations, 0.54%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
24 citations, 0.48%
American Library Association
24 citations, 0.48%
Consortium Erudit
19 citations, 0.38%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
11 citations, 0.22%
Cambridge University Press
8 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers Media S.A.
8 citations, 0.16%
OpenEdition
8 citations, 0.16%
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
7 citations, 0.14%
Oxford University Press
6 citations, 0.12%
State Public Scientific Technological Library SB RAS
6 citations, 0.12%
IOS Press
5 citations, 0.1%
AIP Publishing
4 citations, 0.08%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
4 citations, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.08%
CABI Publishing
4 citations, 0.08%
The Haworth Press
4 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
4 citations, 0.08%
IMR Press
3 citations, 0.06%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
3 citations, 0.06%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.06%
Unisa Press
3 citations, 0.06%
Centro Nacional de Informacion y Documentacion Cientifica
3 citations, 0.06%
American Psychological Association (APA)
3 citations, 0.06%
State Public Scientific-Technical Library
3 citations, 0.06%
Apex Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.04%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.04%
Brill
2 citations, 0.04%
McFarland & Co.
2 citations, 0.04%
Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentacao. Conselho nacional de pesquisas
2 citations, 0.04%
Grupo Comunicar, Colectivo Andaluz de Educacion en Medios de Comunicacion
2 citations, 0.04%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.04%
FSBI Russian State Library
2 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
Human Kinetics
2 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.04%
SLACK
2 citations, 0.04%
Modestum Ltd
2 citations, 0.04%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
2 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Bialystok
1 citation, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
National Association of Biology Teachers
1 citation, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.02%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1 citation, 0.02%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.02%
Universiti Putra Malaysia
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Canadian Evaluation Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Japan Institute of Metals
1 citation, 0.02%
EPI SCP
1 citation, 0.02%
School of Education, University of Louisiana at Monroe
1 citation, 0.02%
Western University
1 citation, 0.02%
Association for Learning Technology
1 citation, 0.02%
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
1 citation, 0.02%
Oxford Brookes University
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
1 citation, 0.02%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
1 citation, 0.02%
United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG)
1 citation, 0.02%
Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Vilnius University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.02%
American Foundation for the Blind
1 citation, 0.02%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.02%
Howard University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
European Society for Research on the Education of Adults
1 citation, 0.02%
Moscow Polytechnic University
1 citation, 0.02%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
1 citation, 0.02%
Korean Chemical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Canadian Science Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.02%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.02%
EJournal Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
1 citation, 0.02%
IACSIT Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.02%
Bastas Publications
1 citation, 0.02%
American Educational Research Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Texas at Austin
26 publications, 1.34%
University of Science, Malaysia
6 publications, 0.31%
Pennsylvania State University
6 publications, 0.31%
Ohio State University
6 publications, 0.31%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.26%
University of Minnesota Morris
5 publications, 0.26%
San Jose State University
5 publications, 0.26%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.21%
Texas Tech University
4 publications, 0.21%
Brigham Young University
4 publications, 0.21%
University of Tennessee
4 publications, 0.21%
University of New Mexico
4 publications, 0.21%
University of Oklahoma
4 publications, 0.21%
Washington State University
3 publications, 0.15%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.15%
Purdue University
3 publications, 0.15%
Florida Atlantic University
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Denver
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Toledo
3 publications, 0.15%
California Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.1%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
2 publications, 0.1%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.1%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.1%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 0.1%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.1%
Illinois State University
2 publications, 0.1%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 0.1%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.1%
Western University
2 publications, 0.1%
Palm Beach Atlantic University
2 publications, 0.1%
Florida Gulf Coast University
2 publications, 0.1%
Boise State University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 0.1%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 0.1%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Akron
2 publications, 0.1%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.1%
California State University, East Bay
2 publications, 0.1%
Nazarbayev University
1 publication, 0.05%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.05%
Zayed University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.05%
University Putra Malaysia
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.05%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.05%
Drexel University
1 publication, 0.05%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.05%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.05%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.05%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.05%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Ilorin
1 publication, 0.05%
Osun State University
1 publication, 0.05%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 0.05%
Thammasat University
1 publication, 0.05%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 0.05%
Clemson University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.05%
Case Western Reserve University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.05%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 0.05%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.05%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.05%
University of California, Merced
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.05%
New Jersey Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Central Florida
1 publication, 0.05%
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
1 publication, 0.05%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.05%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.05%
Purdue University Fort Wayne
1 publication, 0.05%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.05%
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.05%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.05%
Thomas Jefferson University
1 publication, 0.05%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.05%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.05%
Ontario College of Art & Design University
1 publication, 0.05%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.05%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.05%
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Saskatchewan
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Miami
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.05%
Louisiana State University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.05%
Mississippi State University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 0.05%
Johnson & Wales University
1 publication, 0.05%
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Ohio State University
3 publications, 4.29%
University of Texas at Austin
3 publications, 4.29%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
3 publications, 4.29%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Denver
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 2.86%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 1.43%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 1.43%
Osun State University
1 publication, 1.43%
Washington State University
1 publication, 1.43%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 1.43%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 1.43%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 1.43%
Purdue University Fort Wayne
1 publication, 1.43%
Thomas Jefferson University
1 publication, 1.43%
Temple University
1 publication, 1.43%
Ontario College of Art & Design University
1 publication, 1.43%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Miami
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Florida
1 publication, 1.43%
Boise State University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 1.43%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 1.43%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Tennessee
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Salford
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Namibia
1 publication, 1.43%
University of New Mexico
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Missouri
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 1.43%
James Madison University
1 publication, 1.43%
Emporia State University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 1.43%
Lehman College
1 publication, 1.43%
College of Staten Island
1 publication, 1.43%
California State University, East Bay
1 publication, 1.43%
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USA, 250, 12.87%
USA
250 publications, 12.87%
Canada, 10, 0.51%
Canada
10 publications, 0.51%
Nigeria, 8, 0.41%
Nigeria
8 publications, 0.41%
Malaysia, 7, 0.36%
Malaysia
7 publications, 0.36%
United Kingdom, 5, 0.26%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 0.26%
Hungary, 3, 0.15%
Hungary
3 publications, 0.15%
Italy, 2, 0.1%
Italy
2 publications, 0.1%
UAE, 2, 0.1%
UAE
2 publications, 0.1%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.05%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.05%
Australia, 1, 0.05%
Australia
1 publication, 0.05%
Georgia, 1, 0.05%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.05%
India, 1, 0.05%
India
1 publication, 0.05%
New Zealand, 1, 0.05%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.05%
Thailand, 1, 0.05%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.05%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.05%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.05%
Eswatini, 1, 0.05%
Eswatini
1 publication, 0.05%
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USA, 34, 48.57%
USA
34 publications, 48.57%
Nigeria, 6, 8.57%
Nigeria
6 publications, 8.57%
Hungary, 3, 4.29%
Hungary
3 publications, 4.29%
Canada, 3, 4.29%
Canada
3 publications, 4.29%
United Kingdom, 1, 1.43%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 1.43%
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