Library and information science

Library and information science - professional training program merging of the two fields library science and information science. Article "Library and information science" in English Wikipedia has 73.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 68 references and 26 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Library and information science" was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 9 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Library and information science", its content was written by 561 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1007 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2045 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3382 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #520 in June 2003
• Global: #1543 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #33073 in September 2014
• Global: #53606 in September 2014

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Library and information science		73.7355
2	Spanish (es) Bibliotecas y ciencia de la información		34.8768
3	Korean (ko) 문헌정보학		33.6649
4	Uzbek (uz) Kutubxona va axborot ilm-fanlari		28.5841
5	German (de) BID-Bereich		27.5763
6	Azerbaijani (az) Kitabxanaçılıq və informasiya		23.9828
7	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		16.4961
8	Serbian (sr) Библиотекарство		16.066
9	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		15.5452
10	French (fr) Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques		15.39

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Library and information science" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Library and information science		3 369 976
2	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		327 256
3	Japanese (ja) 図書館情報学		232 227
4	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		174 103
5	French (fr) Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques		120 727
6	Thai (th) บรรณารักษศาสตร์และสารนิเทศศาสตร์		68 310
7	German (de) BID-Bereich		53 409
8	Korean (ko) 문헌정보학		52 522
9	Chinese (zh) 图书馆信息学		50 240
10	Greek (el) Βιβλιοθηκονομία και επιστήμη της πληροφόρησης		41 783

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Library and information science" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Library and information science		10 608
2	Japanese (ja) 図書館情報学		733
3	Chinese (zh) 图书馆信息学		284
4	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		232
5	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		182
6	Korean (ko) 문헌정보학		165
7	French (fr) Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques		161
8	Greek (el) Βιβλιοθηκονομία και επιστήμη της πληροφόρησης		113
9	German (de) BID-Bereich		111
10	Spanish (es) Bibliotecas y ciencia de la información		94

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Library and information science" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Library and information science		561
2	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		90
3	French (fr) Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques		72
4	Japanese (ja) 図書館情報学		52
5	German (de) BID-Bereich		45
6	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		33
7	Korean (ko) 문헌정보학		33
8	Chinese (zh) 图书馆信息学		24
9	Greek (el) Βιβλιοθηκονομία και επιστήμη της πληροφόρησης		16
10	Catalan (ca) Biblioteconomia i Documentació		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Library and information science" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Library and information science		5
2	Azerbaijani (az) Kitabxanaçılıq və informasiya		1
3	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		1
4	Japanese (ja) 図書館情報学		1
5	Serbian (sr) Библиотекарство		1
6	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		0
7	Catalan (ca) Biblioteconomia i Documentació		0
8	Danish (da) Biblioteks- og informationsvidenskab		0
9	German (de) BID-Bereich		0
10	Greek (el) Βιβλιοθηκονομία και επιστήμη της πληροφόρησης		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Library and information science" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Library and information science		2 045
2	French (fr) Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques		320
3	Persian (fa) علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی		258
4	Japanese (ja) 図書館情報学		157
5	Arabic (ar) علم المكتبات والمعلومات		143
6	Serbian (sr) Библиотекарство		85
7	Catalan (ca) Biblioteconomia i Documentació		63
8	Chinese (zh) 图书馆信息学		61
9	Korean (ko) 문헌정보학		60
10	German (de) BID-Bereich		53

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic علم المكتبات والمعلومات
az	Azerbaijani Kitabxanaçılıq və informasiya
ca	Catalan Biblioteconomia i Documentació
da	Danish Biblioteks- og informationsvidenskab
de	German BID-Bereich
el	Greek Βιβλιοθηκονομία και επιστήμη της πληροφόρησης
en	English Library and information science
es	Spanish Bibliotecas y ciencia de la información
fa	Persian علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی
fr	French Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques
ja	Japanese 図書館情報学
ko	Korean 문헌정보학
ro	Romanian Biblioteconomie și știința informației
sr	Serbian Библиотекарство
ta	Tamil நூலகம் மற்றும் தகவல் அறிவியல்
th	Thai บรรณารักษศาสตร์และสารนิเทศศาสตร์
uz	Uzbek Kutubxona va axborot ilm-fanlari
zh	Chinese 图书馆信息学

Best Rank

English: #33073 09.2014

Global: #53606 09.2014

Best Rank

English: #520 06.2003

Global: #1543 06.2003

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