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Information – Wissenschaft & Praxis

Language: German
First published: February 20, 2012
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
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About this journal

“The right information, at the right time and the right place” – this is a goal that can only be fulfilled when knowledge and skills in a variety of areas of information science come together at the same time.

Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis (Information – Science and Practice)has been a leading forum for discussions concerning changes in the landscape of information and knowledge for over 75 years.

Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis is a professional journal that addresses the use of cutting-edge information and communication technologies for providing access to information within firms, libraries, archives and publishers.

Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis presents the results of the latest research in information science, publishes practice-based field reports, and discusses the latest trends in the development of international information and knowledge transfer.

Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis is intended for all information professionals and decision makers in the branch of information management, as well as for anyone who wishes to make use of the latest techniques in information and knowledge management.

Your Benefits

  • For over 75 years, Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis has been the leading professional journal of information science in the German language.
  • Special issues address research at the university level as well as questions related to the information society.
  • The journal offers reviews of important monographs and anthologies related to science and practice in information science.
  • It is a key forum for young academics in information science.
  • The journal contains bulletins from the “German Society for Information and Knowledge”, the “DIN Standards Committee Information and Documentation”, the “Working Group of Special Libraries”, and the “German Museum Association’s Professional Group for Documentation”.

History

The journal Information. Wissenschaft und Praxis (IWP), published by the German Society for Information Science and Information Practice (DGI) is the leading German-language academic journal within the field of information science and information practice. From 1950 until 1999 it was published under the title, Nachrichten für Dokumentation.

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Journal Impact Factor 0.1 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor 0.1 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
Journal Citation Indicator 0.02 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
CiteScore 0.2 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025)
SCImago Journal Rank 0.212 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper 0.221 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus)

For manuscript submission and all inquiries contact the editorial office, please: iwp_redaktion@dgi-info.de

Before submitting your article, please take note of the instructions for authors.

Editor:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Information und Wissen e.V.

Editorial Board: Margarita Reibel-Felten, Frankfurt am Main, Marlies Ockenfeld, Darmstadt, Alexander Botte, Frankfurt am Main, Helmut Masson, Brüssel, Barbara Müller-Heiden, Berlin

Advisory Board: Gerhard Fröhlich, Linz; Sabine Graumann, München; Ulrich Herb, Saarbrücken; Hans-Christoph Hobohm, Potsdam; Rainer Kuhlen, Konstanz; Dirk Lewandowski, Hamburg; Philipp Mayr, Köln; Marc Rittberger, Frankfurt am Main; Wolfgang Semar, Chur; Christian Wolff, Regensburg; Christa Womser-Hacker, Hildesheim

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Additional information
eISSN:
1619-4292
ISSN:
1434-4653
Language:
German
Publisher:
De Gruyter Saur
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First published:
February 20, 2012
Publication Frequency:
6 issues per year
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