Journal of Informetrics (JOI) publishes rigorous high-quality research on quantitative aspects of information science. The main focus of the journal is on topics in bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, and altmetrics. Contributions studying informetric problems using methods from other quantitative fields, such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics and econometrics, operations research, and network science, are especially encouraged. JOI publishes both theoretical and empirical work. In general, case studies, for instance a bibliometric analysis focusing on a specific research field or a specific country, are not considered suitable for publication in JOI, unless they contain innovative methodological elements.

信息科學定量方面的高質量出版研究報紙的主要焦點是圖書館、科學、webometrics和Altmetrics的拓撲。利用其他定量領域的方法，如數學、統計、計算機科學、經濟學和計量經濟學、操作研究和網絡科學，對信息問題的研究作出了特別的貢獻。共同出版理論與實證工作。一般而言，個案研究不認為某一特定研究領域或某一特定國家的圖書館分析是適合于在joi出版的，除非它們含有創新的方法學要素。