Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION
ISSN 0943-7444 · Ergon Verlag
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.41; hybrid open access; no APC; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION is published by Ergon Verlag and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Semantic Web and Ontologies, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Public Administration and Political Analysis, together about 36.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Natália TognoliPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Semantic Web and OntologiesComputer Science14.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.5%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences8.1%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences6.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.2%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4.8%
- Knowledge Management and SharingSocial Sciences4.2%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPublisher website
Other: Information Science Abstracts, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO), Library Literature and Information Science (Wilson), PASCAL, Referativnyi Zhurnal Informatika, Sociological Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 223OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,071 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 19 |
| 2024 | 85 | 48 | 72 |
| 2023 | 69 | 8 | 53 |
| 2022 | 51 | 10 | 286 |
| 2021 | 68 | 27 | 145 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- biographical notesKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- book reviewsKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- concept reviewsKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- conference reportsKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- editorialsKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- letters to the editorKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
- original research articlesKO publishes original research articles, concept reviews, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor, and biographical notes.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access: all articles immediately available worldwide under an open-access license; free and unlimited access to full-text. Model summary
All articles published by Knowledge Organization are made immediately available worldwide under an open-access license. This means everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in Knowledge Organization.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ergon Verlag
- ISSN
- 0943-7444
- Society / sponsor
- ISKO
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION
What CAS zone is KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.41; CiteScore 1, h-index 38.
Which databases index KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION open access, and what is the APC?
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION is a hybrid journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .