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Knowledge Organization

International Society for Knowledge Organization · Germany · Est. 1974

ISSN0943-7444

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.273

H-Index

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.675

Total Works

2,056

Total Citations

8,455

2yr Mean Citedness

0.47

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Aims & Scope

Knowledge Organization (KO) publishes original research articles that: (1) clarify theoretical foundations (general ordering theory, philosophical foundations of knowledge and its artifacts, theoretical bases of classification, data analysis and reduction); (2) describe practical operations associated with indexing and classification, as well as applications of classification systems and thesauri, manual and machine indexing; (3) trace the history of knowledge organization; (4) discuss questions of education and training in classification; and (5) problems of terminology in general and with respect to special fields. KO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.

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SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Frequency8 issues per year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,056

Publisher OrgErgon-Verlag

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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OA Licenseopen-access license

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Society for Knowledge Organization

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0943-7444

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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 SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semantic Web and OntologiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPublic Administration and Political AnalysisCriminal Law and PolicyHuman auditory perception and evaluation