Overview

Knowledge Organization (KO) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal and 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. KO 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. KO publishes original articles, reviews, the reviews of concepts in Knowledge Organization, book reviews, editorials, conference reports, letters to the editor and biographical-items.

ISSN Numbers

Print ISSN: 0943-7444

Electronic ISSN: 2942-3309

Impact Factor

Publication Frequency: Eight issues per year

Current Impact Factor: 0.5 (2024)

Scopus CiteScore: 1.0

JCR Category Rank: Q3 in INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal History

1973 Knowledge Organization established by Dr. Ingetraut Dahlberg, the first President of International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO).

1974 Knowledge Organization released the inaugural issue with the title International Classification.

1989 Knowledge Organization became the official organ of International Society for Knowledge Organization.

1993 The title was officially changed to Knowledge Organization.

1974-1980 Knowledge Organization was published by K. G. Saur Verlag of München.

1981-1997 Knowledge Organization was published by Indeks Verlag of Frankfurt.

1997 Knowledge Organization has been indexed by Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and received its first Impact Factor 0.121.

1998-2024 Knowledge Organization was published by Ergon Verlag of Würzburg (merged in Nomos Verlag in 2017).

2025 IMR Press started to publish Knowledge Organization (from Volume 52 Issue 1) which will continue to be available as open access under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

Benefits of Open Access Publishing

All articles published by Knowledge Organization (KO) 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 (KO).
Free for readers, with a comparatively low Article Processing Charges (APC) paid by authors or their funding bodies or institutions.

Copyright & Permissions

IMR Press grants any third party the right to use the article freely, so long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.

All articles published in KO are under the terms and conditions of the CC BY license. KO is not authorized to grant permission for material published under either license, as the authors retain copyright. However, depending on the intended use, permission may not be required at all. For details, see: Copyright & License.

IMR Press will insert the following note on the first page of the published text:

Association, Institution, or Society Communications

As the official journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), KO actively supports the dissemination of the Society’s significant scientific and clinical research. To this end, we are pleased to provide a dedicated platform for the publication of such works. These articles will be presented exactly as submitted by the societies, without any intervention from the journal or the editorial team. The content and format remain the sole responsibility of the authors.

If you are an association, institution, or society and wish to benefit from the opportunities offered by an official journal, please contact the Editorial Office at KO@imrpress.com for further information.