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Applied Ontology

SAGE Publications Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 2005

ISSN1875-8533

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ 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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.674

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

3.724

Total Worksi

387

Total Citationsi

6,972

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Linguistics and Language; Computer Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications387

Publisher OrgIOS Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1875-8533

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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

298

2019

154

2020

496

2021

236

2022

2023

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semantic Web and OntologiesBiomedical Text Mining and OntologiesService-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesNatural Language Processing TechniquesAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesBusiness Process Modeling and Analysislinguistics and terminology studiesLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeMulti-Agent Systems and NegotiationTopic Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Applied Ontology

Is Applied Ontology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Ontology: 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 Applied Ontology?

Applied Ontology 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 1.87.

Is Applied Ontology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Ontology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Ontology?