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Journal of Classification

Springer New York · United States

ISSN0176-4268eISSN1432-1343

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

426

days submission → published

measured · last 8 articles · accept 405d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.845

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.326

Total Worksi

1,039

Total Citationsi

42,061

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Psychology, Mathematical; Statistics & Probability; Library and Information Sciences; Mathematics (miscellaneous); Psychology (miscellaneous); Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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

Citations received

968

2019

431

2020

272

2021

285

2022

127

2023

132

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Classification

Is Journal of Classification a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Classification: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Classification?

Journal of Classification is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.48.

Is Journal of Classification indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Classification is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.