Journal of Information Architecture

The Journal of Information Architecture is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal bridging academia and practice. Its aim is to facilitate the systematic development of the scientific body of knowledge in the field of information architecture.
The current issue is Fall 2026, Issue 1 Volume 8 and submissions are open for upcoming issues.


Spring 2026 — Volume 8 Issue 1, Education

Education

In April 2025, an international group of academics and practitioners gathered in Philadelphia for the 10th Academics and Practitioners Roundtable (Roundtable) on ‘IA and UX in Education: Getting to Excellent,’ to explore what constitutes excellent education in that space as a necessary step for a meaningful understanding of the current UX educational ecosystem, and for helping instructors and administrators identify drivers and indicators in support of improvements.

Read Getting to Excellence in Teaching UX

Archives — Peter Morville’s A Good Start

Systems

Information architects are inveterate systems thinkers. In the Web’s early days, we were the folks who focused less on pages than on the relationships between pages. Today, we continue to design organization, navigation, and search systems as integral parts of the whole.
Of course, the context of our practice has shifted. Increasingly, we must design for experiences across channels. Mobile and social are just the beginning. Our future-friendly, cross-channel information architectures need to address the full spectrum of platforms, devices, and media.