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Publication analysis


About the publication

Title: Health Information and Libraries Journal

ISSN: 1471-1834 (Print) and 1471-1842 (Online)

Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14711842

Purpose, objective, or mission: Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) seeks to publish articles, case studies, evaluations and research relevant to health knowledge services and LIS professionals working in health information. The publication is supported and co-owned by the United Kingdom professional association CILIP Health Libraries Group, and Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.1

Target audience: According to the website, the core audience of the journal are members of CILIP Health Libraries Group,2 but it can be expected that any LIS professional working within or with an interest in health information management would find topics of interest within this journal.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.3

Peer reviewed? Yes, according to the website, “review and original article manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed,” while other items such as Featured Articles and Editorials are not but authors may receive support from the editorial team.4

Type: LIS scholarly journal5

Medium: Online and Print6

Content: According to the website, “HILJ welcomes case studies, evaluation and research illustrating successful practice or lessons learnt. Authors should highlight why their research is relevant for health knowledge services, and health information and library services workers, specifically.”7 The journal is specifically seeking submissions centering the following topics:

  • Identifying health information needs, understanding health information behaviour
  • Information retrieval in health and biomedicine
  • Information literacy for professionals and the public
  • Management of health information programmes and services
  • Mobilising health knowledge & evidence
  • Information systems design and architecture, health informatics & models of service delivery
  • Education and training of health library and information workers
  • Social care information services
  • Knowledge translation services
  • Research support services, research data management, open data, big data
  • Health and biomedical nomenclatures, vocabularies, terminologies, ontologies and taxonomies
  • Bibliometric/altmetric studies of a specific health topic, or aspect of impact

Frequency of publication: Quarterly8

About the publication’s submission guidelines

Location of submission guidelines: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14711842/homepage/forauthors.html

Types of contributions accepted: According to the website, “HILJ welcomes case studies, evaluation and research illustrating successful practice or lessons learnt.”9 Notably, HILJ accepts dissertations into practice, international perspectives and initiatives, and teaching and learning in action profiles under the Regular Features section. Authors should review the guidelines to explore specific contribution methods.

The website notes, “book reviews, short reports, brief news items and letters are likely to be more appropriate for publication in the HLG Newsletter” and that authors interested in those type of submissions can reach out to HLG Newsletter Editor, Joel Kerry at joel.kerry@nhs.net.10

Submission and review process: Authors should review the guidelines to view specific instructions depending on the proposed submission. Authors are encouraged to contact the editors whose information can be found within each section detailing specific guidelines for original or review articles, regular features, and editorials.11

Submissions can be made through ScholarOne.

Editorial tone: Scholarly12

Style guide used: APA. The Wiley APA Style Manual can be found here.

Conclusion: Evaluation of publication’s potential for LIS authors

Health Information and Libraries Journal offers a platform for research centering international health information practices and those working in the LIS field. The journal is unique in providing the Regular Features section where students and recent graduates can contribute their graduate research, and also where practitioners are able to contribute notable trends or findings within their region and field. Topics range from use of technology to improve health information sharing in rural communities to information seeking behaviors of psychiatrists.

This journal is indexed/abstracted by:

Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI), Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing), Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest), Agricultural Economics Database (CABI), CAB Abstracts® (CABI), CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing), Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics), Global Health (CABI), Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest), Health Management Database (ProQuest), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest), Health Source Nursing/Academic (EBSCO Publishing), Horticultural Science Abstracts (CABI), Horticultural Science Database (CABI), Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest), InfoTrac (GALE Cengage), INSPEC (IET), ISTA: Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing), Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics), Library & Information Science Collection (ProQuest), LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing), MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM), Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest), ProQuest Central (ProQuest), Public Health Database (ProQuest), PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset (NLM), Review of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants (CABI), Rural Development Abstracts (CABI), SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics), Technology Collection (ProQuest), Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI)

Audience analysis


About the publication’s readers

Publication circulation: According to an exchange with the journal’s editor, Maria Grant, articles were downloaded 529 million times in 2019.13 As noted above, the journal is abstracted and indexed by 40 databases, so the circulation is expected to be quite large.

Audience location and language or cultural considerations: According the an exchange with the journal’s editor, Maria Grant, the audience for the Health Information and Libraries Journal is based in more than 17,000 institutions in more than 245 countries and territories.14

Reader characteristics: Health information and library service workers in academic and practice settings.15

Knowledge of LIS subject matter: Most readers will come from a health information and library service background and be familiar with standard LIS terminology.

Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors

Authors are encouraged to write in a clear and accessible language, defining terms and acronyms at first time of use, and using supporting references to contextualize the significance of your study findings in relation to what is already known about the topic. With a large and far-reaching readership, any article published in this journal will enjoy wide circulation.

Last updated: June 15, 2020


References

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  3. Health Information and Libraries Journal, Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory, accessed May 29, 2020, http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/title/1590773053642/335920
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  8. Health Information and Libraries Journal, Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory, accessed May 29, 2020, http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/title/1590773053642/335920
  9. “Author Guidelines,” Wiley-Blackwell, accessed May 29, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14711842/homepage/forauthors.html
  10.  “Author Guidelines,” Wiley-Blackwell, accessed May 29, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14711842/homepage/forauthors.html
  11.  “Author Guidelines,” Wiley-Blackwell, accessed May 29, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14711842/homepage/forauthors.html
  12. Health Information and Libraries Journal, Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory, accessed May 29, 2020, http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/title/1590773053642/335920
  13. Personal communication, Maria Grant, May 7, 2020
  14. Personal communication, Maria Grant, May 7, 2020
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