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Journal of Classification

Springer New York · United States

ISSN0176-4268eISSN1432-1343

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.71

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.326

Total Works

1,039

Total Citations

42,061

2yr Mean Citedness

1.48

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Journal of Classification publishes research on statistical classification and clustering methods. Articles focus on developing and evaluating new algorithms for grouping data, including techniques for handling multivariate, functional, and time series data. The journal also covers methods for variable importance, distance metrics, and Bayesian inference in clustering models.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency2 No. A Year, <1986-1998>

StatusActive

Total Publications1,039

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0176-4268 / 1432-1343

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsPsychology, MathematicalStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Library and Information SciencesPsychology (miscellaneous)Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Clustering Algorithms ResearchBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsData Management and AlgorithmsFace and Expression Recognition