The Journal of Documentation is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal covering theories, concepts, models, frameworks, and philosophies in information science.

The journal publishes scholarly articles, research reports, and critical reviews.

[3] The main audience for the journal is educators, scholars, researchers, and policy-makers in information-related areas.

It is currently edited by David Bawden (City University London.

)[4] In celebration of the journal's 60th anniversary, a series of review articles were published between 2004 and 2006, which commented on the significance of eleven articles originally published in the Journal in the previous six decades.