Journal Overview

Editor-in-Chief: 
ISSN: XXXX-XXXX
Frequency: Half-yearly (two regular issues per year).
Start Year: 2027
Language of Publication: English
Publisher: The Research Publications (TRP).
Journal History: The Journal of Information Science and Knowledge Infrastructure (JISKI) is published by The Research Publications (TRP), a publisher based in India.      

The Journal of Information Science and Knowledge Infrastructure (JISKI) is a half-yearly, double-blind peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access scholarly journal publishing original research, reviews, case studies, and technical reports in information science, knowledge organisation, information retrieval, digital libraries, metadata, scholarly communication, research data management, knowledge infrastructures, and information technologies. It connects foundational information science research with applications in research, education, public services, and digital knowledge ecosystems.

Peer Review
All manuscripts submitted to JISKI undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts considered suitable for further evaluation are reviewed under a double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Special issues, invited papers, and supplementary content are subject to the same editorial oversight, peer-review standards, and publication-ethics requirements as regular submissions.

Subject Areas
Information Science: Information Retrieval; Knowledge Organisation; Information Behaviour; Metadata; Information Literacy; Digital Libraries; Scholarly Communication
Knowledge Infrastructure: Research Data Management; Digital Preservation; Institutional Repositories
Computational Information Science: Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Technologies

Publication Ethics
JISKI is committed to publication ethics and malpractice prevention in line with COPE-aligned editorial practice. Its ethics framework addresses authorship and contributorship, conflicts of interest, complaints and appeals, data sharing and reproducibility, ethical oversight, intellectual property, research misconduct, and post-publication corrections and retractions.

Open Access, Licensing and Repository Rights
JISKI follows a Gold Open Access publishing model. Published articles are made immediately and permanently available on the journal website without subscription, registration, or pay-per-view barriers.

Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The licence permits copying and redistribution of the unchanged article for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Commercial use and distribution of modified, adapted, translated, or derivative versions require additional permission.

Authors may deposit the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published Version of Record in institutional, subject, or other appropriate scholarly repositories in accordance with the journal's Repository Policy. The Version of Record must remain unmodified and retain the original citation, DOI, copyright notice, licence information, and acknowledgement of JISKI as the original publication.

Copyright and Digital Preservation
Upon acceptance and publication, the author(s) or other lawful copyright holder assign copyright in the published work to The Research Publications (TRP) in accordance with the journal's Copyright Transfer Agreement. Following the copyright transfer, TRP holds the copyright for the published Version of Record.

JISKI digital preservation arrangements should be confirmed with TRP before a specific archive or preservation service is named.PKP Preservation Network

Ownership, Management and Editorial Independence
The Research Publications (TRP) publishes JISKI. The journal’s editorial governance and independence are described in its approved editorial and ethics policies.

Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and appointed editors on the basis of scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's scope, originality, quality, and compliance with the journal's editorial and ethical policies.

Editorial Office
The Research Publications (TRP), 9/865, Maruthi Nagar, Coimbatore - 641031, India. Emai: [email protected]

Publication Schedule
JISKI publishes two regular issues each year. Special issues or supplementary issues may be published in addition to the regular schedule when approved through the journal's editorial procedures; such content is subject to the same peer review, ethics, and editorial standards as regular submissions.

Revenue, Advertising and Direct Marketing
JISKI publishes separate Revenue Sources, Advertising, and Direct Marketing policies. Revenue and promotional activities are kept independent of editorial decision-making.