Journal Overview

Editor-in-Chief: Dr M. Chandrashekara
ISSN: 2231-6108 (Print); 3049-2661 (Online)
Frequency: Half-yearly (two regular issues per year). Special issues or supplementary issues may be published in addition to the regular schedule when approved by the Editor-in-Chief.
Start Year: 2011
Language of Publication: English
Current Publisher: Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, Coimbatore, India.
Journal History: The Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST) was established in 2011 and was published by The Research Publication until 2023. Since 2024, the journal has been published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, Coimbatore, India.

The Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST) is a half-yearly, double-blind peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access scholarly journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and case studies in information science, library and information science, information systems, digital libraries, knowledge organisation, information retrieval, scholarly communication, and related digital information environments.

AJIST serves an international readership of researchers, academics, librarians, information professionals, educators, and practitioners interested in the creation, organization, management, retrieval, use, evaluation, and communication of information in scholarly, library, organizational, and technology-enabled environments.

Peer Review
All manuscripts submitted to AJIST 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
Social Sciences: Library and Information Science
Computer Science: Information Systems
Decision Sciences: Information Systems and Management
Management and Accounting: Management Information Systems

Abstracting, Indexing and Discovery
AJIST reports coverage or discoverability through J-Gate, Google Scholar, EBSCO Information Services, Engineering Source, Library and Information Science Source, One Belt One Road Reference Source, Scilit, Crossref, Library of Congress, WorldCat, and Scite. 

Publication Ethics
AJIST 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
AJIST 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 AJIST 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 Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) in accordance with the journal's Copyright Transfer Agreement. Following copyright transfer, CRI holds the copyright in the published Version of Record.

AJIST content is preserved through the PKP Preservation Network to support long-term digital preservation and continued access.

Ownership, Management and Editorial Independence
AJIST is published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. CRI is a scholarly publishing unit of The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation. CRI provides editorial administration, production, hosting, archiving, preservation, and dissemination support.

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
Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), 9/865, Maruthi Nagar, Rakkipalayam Post, Coimbatore - 641031, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: editorial@crijournals.org

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