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Knowledge Organization

Official Journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (KO)

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Knowledge Organization was founded in 1973 by Dr. Ingetraut Dahlberg, the first President of ISKO, with a consulting board of editors representing the world’s regions, the special classification fields, and the subject areas involved. The journal began publication in 1974 with the title International Classification; in 1989, it became the official journal of ISKO; and in 1993 (Volume 20), the title was changed to its present form. From 1974 to 1980 it was published by K. G. Saur Verlag of München; from 1981 to 1997 by Indeks Verlag of Frankfurt; and since 1998 by Ergon Verlag of Würzburg (merged in Nomos Verlag in 2017).

Knowledge Organization is a forum for all those interested in the organization of knowledge on a universal or a domain-specific scale, using concept-analytical or concept-synthetical approaches, as well as quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Knowledge Organization also addresses the intellectual and automatic compilation and use of classification systems and thesauri in all fields of knowledge, with special attention being given to the problems of terminology.

Knowledge Organization publishes original articles, reports on conferences and similar communications, as well as book reviews, letters to the editor, and an extensive annotated bibliography of recent classification and indexing literature.

Knowledge Organization is published by the International Society for Knowledge Organization, which was founded in 1989 and now assembles more than 600 international members.

ISSN Print 0943-7444
ISSN Online 2942-3309
Eight issues per year

Knowledge Organization 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.

Editors

International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)
Mail to: editorial@Knowledge-Organization.org

  • Thiago Barros, Managing Editor
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Natália Tognoli, Editor in Chief
    Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
  • Lu An, Deputy Editor
    Wuhan University, China
  • Dr. Maja Žumer, Deputy Editor
    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Birger Hjørland, Series Editor for Reviews of Concepts in Knowledge Organization
    University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • María J. López-Huertas, Series Editor for Research Trajectories in Knowledge Organization
    University of Granada, Spain

Editorial Board

  • Thomas Dousa (The University of Chicago Libraries, USA)
  • Melodie J. Fox (Institute for Knowledge Organization and Structure, Shorewood, USA)
  • Jonathan Furner (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
  • Claudio Gnoli (Università di Pavia, Italy)
  • Rebecca Green (Library of Congress, USA)
  • Jane Greenberg (Drexel University, USA)
  • José Augusto Chaves Guimarães (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil)
  • Michael Kleineberg (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
  • Kathryn La Barre (University of Illinois, Champaign, USA)
  • Devika Madalli (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India)
  • Daniel Martínez-Ávila (University of León, Spain)
  • Widad Mustafa el Hadi (Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, France)
  • H. Peter Ohly (Bonn, Germany)
  • M. Cristina Pattuelli (Pratt Institute, New York, USA)
  • K. S. Raghavan (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India)
  • M. P. Satija (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India)
  • Aida Slavic (UDC Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands)
  • Renato R. Souza (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Rick Szostak (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
  • Yejun Wu (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA)
  • Maja Žumer (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Publishing Open Access

Starting in 2024, all Knowledge Organization articles will transition to open access.The digital version is freely available under a Creative Commons license provided by the author(s). The publisher requires a fee to cover the publication costs (Article Processing Charge — APC) in the amount of 1,990.00 EUR (plus VAT). Many scientific institutions and science funding bodies provide corresponding funds for the publication of research results.

Abstracting & Indexing

Knowledge Organizationis included in the Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index as well as Scopus.

Knowledge Organization is currently indexed in:

Submission of Manuscripts

Instructions for authors intending to submit manuscripts to Knowledge Organization are available.

Manuscripts must be submitted through the Editorial System. All inquiries about submission of manuscripts should be directed to the editors <editorial@knowledge-organization.org>.

Most papers are published within 6 months after submission.

The digital version is freely available under a Creative Commons license provided by the author(s). The publisher requires a fee to cover the publication costs (Article Processing Charge, APC) in the amount of 1,990.00 EUR (plus VAT). Many scientific institutions and science funding bodies provide corresponding funds for the publication of research results.

Peer Review Process

Peer review is double-blind and coordinated by either the Editor-in-Chief or by the guest editor of a special issue. All manuscripts are evaluated by at least two reviewers for originality, situation within the domain of knowledge organization, methodological rigor, and accuracy of cited work. Editorial decisions are communicated to the author via the submission system. Inappropriate submissions may be returned without formal review.

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Annual Best Paper in KO Awards

  • vol. 44 (2017): Michael Kleineberg. “Integrative levels” Knowledge Organization 44, no. 5: 349-379 [IEKO version of fulltext]
  • vol. 43 (2016): Elaine Ménard, Nouf Khashman, Svetlana Kochkina, Juan-Manuel Torres-Moreno, Patricia Velazquez-Morales, Fen Zhou, Pierre Jourlin, Priyanka Rawat, Peter Peinl, Elvys Linhares Pontes and Ilaria Brunetti. “A Second Life for TIIARA: From Bilingual to Multilingual!” Knowledge Organization 43, no. 1: 22-34 [abstract]
  • vol. 42 (2015): Philip Hider. 2015. “Survey of the Coverage and Methodologies of Schemas and Vocabularies used to Describe Information Resources”. Knowledge Organization 42, no. 3: 154-63 [abstract]
  • vol. 41 (2014): M. P. Satija, Devika P. Madalli and Biswanath Dutta. “Modes of Growth of Subjects”. Knowledge Organization 41, no. 3: 195-204 [abstract]
  • vol. 40 (2013): Birger Hjørland. “Theories of knowledge organization — Theories of knowledge”. Knowledge Organization 40, no. 3: 169-81 [abstract], and Jens-Erik Mai. “Ethics, values and morality in contemporary library classifications”. Knowledge Organization 40, no. 4: 242-53 [abstract]