--- title: "Open access information systems journals, 2023–2025" description: "Of the 4,611 papers the 19 tracked information systems journals published in 2023–2025, 52% are open access (gold 12%, hybrid 30%, bronze 3% and green 7%). The open-access share went from 27% in 2017 to 50% in 2025." url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "Of the 4,611 papers the 19 tracked information systems journals published in 2023–2025, 52% are open access (gold 12%, hybrid 30%, bronze 3% and green 7%). The open-access share went from 27% in 2017 to 50% in 2025. (as of 2026-10-31)" data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json updated: 2026-10-31T19:11:11+09:00 window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31 source: OpenAlex (CC0) --- # Open access in information systems journals The 19 tracked information systems journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known. By category: [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance.md) · [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/accounting.md) · [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics.md) · [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management.md) · [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/marketing.md) · [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems.md) · [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/tourism-and-hospitality.md) · [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/operations-research.md) · [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/statistics.md) · [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/ai.md) ## Key findings - Of the 4,611 papers the 19 tracked information systems journals published in 2023–2025, 52% are open access (gold 12%, hybrid 30%, bronze 3% and green 7%). - The open-access share went from 27% in 2017 to 50% in 2025. - The most open journal is Digital Business (100%), followed by International Journal of Information Management Data Insights (100%) and Telematics and Informatics Reports (100%); the least open is Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (20%). *Tracked information systems journals by open-access share of their 2023–2025 papers (OpenAlex)* | # | Journal | Papers 2023–2025 | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed | |---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 1 | [Digital Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/digital-business.md) | 104 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 2 | [International Journal of Information Management Data Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management-data-insights.md) | 227 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 3 | [Telematics and Informatics Reports](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics-reports.md) | 226 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 4 | [Business & Information Systems Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-information-systems-engineering.md) | 190 | 91% | 0% | 0% | 83% | 4% | 4% | 9% | | 5 | [Ethics and Information Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ethics-and-information-technology.md) | 210 | 83% | 0% | 0% | 74% | 1% | 8% | 17% | | 6 | [Information Systems and e-Business Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-and-e-business-management.md) | 93 | 80% | 0% | 0% | 68% | 10% | 2% | 20% | | 7 | [Electronic Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-markets.md) | 237 | 73% | 0% | 0% | 65% | 5% | 2% | 27% | | 8 | [Information and Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-and-organization.md) | 85 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 6% | 9% | 41% | | 9 | [Government Information Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/government-information-quarterly.md) | 209 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 46% | 2% | 8% | 44% | | 10 | [Information Systems Frontiers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-frontiers.md) | 305 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 42% | 6% | 7% | 45% | | 11 | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 102 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 46% | 0% | 8% | 46% | | 12 | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 268 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 3% | 8% | 56% | | 13 | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 244 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 0% | 14% | 60% | | 14 | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 491 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 1% | 12% | 62% | | 15 | [Decision Support Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decision-support-systems.md) | 427 | 32% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 4% | 11% | 68% | | 16 | [Electronic Commerce Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research.md) | 417 | 31% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 10% | 2% | 69% | | 17 | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 386 | 28% | 0% | 0% | 21% | 1% | 6% | 72% | | 18 | [Information Technology and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-technology-and-management.md) | 92 | 24% | 0% | 0% | 15% | 5% | 3% | 76% | | 19 | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | 298 | 20% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 1% | 8% | 80% | ## By year *All tracked information systems journals: papers per year by open-access status* | Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 2017 | 1,028 | 27% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 16% | 73% | | 2018 | 1,107 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 6% | 17% | 70% | | 2019 | 1,213 | 27% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 5% | 13% | 73% | | 2020 | 1,290 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 7% | 15% | 62% | | 2021 | 1,414 | 44% | 0% | 5% | 19% | 7% | 12% | 56% | | 2022 | 1,439 | 56% | 0% | 11% | 25% | 11% | 9% | 44% | | 2023 | 1,383 | 52% | 0% | 10% | 29% | 6% | 7% | 48% | | 2024 | 1,565 | 54% | 0% | 13% | 31% | 3% | 7% | 46% | | 2025 | 1,663 | 50% | 0% | 12% | 30% | 1% | 6% | 50% | | 2026 (so far) | 1,462 | 48% | 0% | 13% | 29% | 2% | 3% | 52% | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access in information systems journals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems ```bibtex @misc{scholar4ai-rankings-open-access-information-systems, author = {{Scholar4AI}}, title = {Open access in information systems journals}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems}}, urldate = {2026-10-31}, note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0} } ``` License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).