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Journal of Web Semantics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1570-8268Verify ISSN ↗1873-7749Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 63 / 568 | 88th | Q1 |
| Software | 65 / 503 | 87th | Q1 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 39 / 196 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.2.
Journal of Web Semantics is Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 63 of 568), Q1 in Software (rank 65 of 503) and Q1 in Human-Computer Interaction (rank 39 of 196), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Web Semantics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.006, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 94.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,700 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Web Semantics is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1570-8268 and its online ISSN is 1873-7749.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Web Semantics has an h-index of 103 and a 2-year mean of 8.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Journal of Web Semantics published 15 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 48. 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 95 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (14.7%), Italy (13.7%) and China (11.3%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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