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International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.5). Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1744-2621Verify ISSN ↗1744-263XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 146 / 296 | 50th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 348 / 519 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 739 / 1022 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–2024, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.5.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies is Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 146 of 296), Q3 in Information Systems (rank 348 of 519) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 739 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q2, 50th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.146, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 23.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1744-2621 and its online ISSN is 1744-263X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #191 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies published 1 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 52. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 65 research articles (2021–2024), authors are most often from Greece (17.2%), Brazil (15.4%) and Italy (10.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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