Editing Janis Ian (section)

===Compilation albums===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" align="left" |Year
! rowspan="2" align="left" |Title
! colspan="2" align="left" |Chart positions
! rowspan="2" align="left" |Label
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:40px;"|{{small|[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]}}<br /><ref name="aus"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:40px;"|{{small|[[Dutch Album Top 100|NLD]]}}<br /><ref name="Albumdossier"/>
|-
|1970
|''Golden Archive Series: Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |[[MGM Records]]
|-
|1977
|''Best of Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |69
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Interfusion
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1980
|''The Best of Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[CBS Records (2006)|CBS]] Benelux
|-
|''My Favourites''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|-
|1990
|''At Seventeen''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |CBS
|-
|1992
|''Up 'Til Now - The Best of Janis Ian''{{efn|A limited-edition two-CD combining ''Up 'Til Now - The Best of Janis Ian'' with ''Breaking Silence'' was issued by Sony in 1993.}}
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Sony Music|Sony]]
|-
|1995
|''Society's Child: The Verve Recordings''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]/[[Universal Music Group|UMG]]
|-
|1998
|''Unreleased 1: Mary's Eyes''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Rude Girl
|-
|2000
|''Unreleased 2: Take No Prisoners''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|-
|2001
|''Unreleased 3: Society's Child''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|-
|2002
|''The Best of Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Festival Australia
|-
|2004
|''Souvenirs: Best of 1972–1981''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Rude Girl
|-
|2007
|''Ultimate Best''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |JVC Victory
|-
|2008
|''Best of Janis Ian: Autobiography Collection''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Rude Girl
|-
|2009
|''The Essential Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Columbia/Legacy/Rude Girl
|-
|2011
|''Playlist: The Very Best of Janis Ian''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|-
|2017
|''The Essential Janis Ian 2.0''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Sony (worldwide)
|-
|2023
|''Worktapes & Demos, Vol. 1''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |Rude Girl
|}