The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of information science published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Occasional issues appear with all article contents focused on a single topic area. There are two series of these special issues. The JASIST Perspectives series began in 1980, while the JASIST Special Topics series began in 1992.
The journal publishes original research and rapid communications generally falling in these categories:
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- Theory of Information Science
- Communications
- Management, Economics, and Marketing
- Applied Information Science
- Social and Legal Aspects of Information
The journal also publishes book reviews and announcements of the society. Abstracts are freely available on-line back to 1996.
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