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Comprehensive List of Journals for Linked Data, Semantic Web, and Ontology Research

Last Updated: November 9, 2025
Focus: Academic journals publishing research on Linked Data, Semantic Web technologies, ontology engineering, and knowledge representation

Core Specialized Journals (Tier 1)

Primary Semantic Web Venues

  1. Semantic Web Journal (SWJ)

    • Publisher: IOS Press
    • Impact Factor: 3.0 (2023)
    • CiteScore: 6.8 (2023)
    • ISSN: 1570-0844 (print), 2210-4968 (online)
    • URL: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
    • Focus: Linked Data, ontologies, knowledge graphs, semantic web technologies
    • Special Features: Open and transparent review process, publicly available reviewer comments
    • Key Topics: Data integration, web services, trust, provenance, ontology engineering

  2. Journal of Web Semantics (JWS)

  3. Applied Ontology

    • Publisher: IOS Press / SAGE
    • Impact Factor: 3.5 (2025) / 1.0 (2023)
    • CiteScore: 4.3 (2023), 2.1 (5-year)
    • ISSN: 1570-5838 (print), 1875-8533 (online)
    • URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/APO
    • Focus: Ontological analysis, conceptual modeling, ontology engineering
    • Key Topics: Serious engagement with ontology across domains, formal representation
    • Special Issues: Ontologies and Large Language Models, JOWO 10th Anniversary

  4. International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)

    • Publisher: Inderscience
    • CiteScore: 1.2 (2022)
    • ISSN: 1744-2621 (print), 1744-263X (online)
    • Frequency: 4 issues per year
    • URL: https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijmso
    • Focus: Metadata structures, semantics, ontological frameworks
    • Key Topics: Multi-disciplinary ontology research, metadata applications

  5. Advances in Knowledge Representation (AKR)

    • Publisher: Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
    • Open Access: Yes
    • URL: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/advances-kr
    • Focus: Knowledge representation with emphasis on ontologies
    • Accepts: Research articles and in-depth review articles
    • Languages: English (primary), special issues in Portuguese

Broader Computer Science and AI Journals (Tier 2)

Knowledge Engineering and Representation

  1. The Knowledge Engineering Review

  2. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)

    • Publisher: AI Access Foundation
    • Impact Factor: 4.6
    • h-index: 15, i10-index: 22
    • URL: https://www.jair.org
    • Focus: Broad AI research including knowledge representation
    • Key Topics: Automated reasoning, constraint processing, knowledge representation

  3. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)

    • Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
    • Focus: Knowledge engineering, data management systems
    • Relevance: High-quality venue for ontology and knowledge graph research

  4. ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ)

    • Publisher: ACM
    • Focus: Data quality, information management
    • Relevance: Quality aspects of Linked Data and knowledge graphs

  5. Information Processing & Management

Information Systems and Database Journals (Tier 2)

  1. Information Systems

    • Publisher: Elsevier
    • Focus: Information management, systems design
    • Relevance: Applications of ontologies and Linked Data in various contexts

  2. Journal of Big Data

    • Publisher: Springer
    • Open Access: Yes
    • Focus: Large-scale data applications
    • Relevance: Ontologies for big data management and integration

  3. International Journal of Web Information Systems (IJWIS)

    • Publisher: Emerald
    • Focus: Web-based information systems
    • Key Topics: Special issues on ontologies and Linked Data intersection

  4. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS)

Knowledge Management Journals (Tier 2)

  1. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

  2. European Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (EJIKM)

Emerging and Interdisciplinary Venues (Tier 3)

  1. Applied Sciences

    • Publisher: MDPI
    • Open Access: Yes
    • URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci
    • Special Issues: Ontology Engineering and Knowledge Graphs Design
    • Relevance: Domain-specific applications across multiple fields

  2. Nature Scientific Data

    • Publisher: Springer Nature
    • Open Access: Yes
    • Focus: Research data and large-scale datasets
    • Examples: CS-KG 2.0 (Computer Science Knowledge Graph), SemOpenAlex
    • Relevance: Publishing knowledge graph datasets

  3. Automatic Documentation and Mathematical Linguistics

    • Publisher: Springer
    • Focus: Metadata, semantic services, document automation
    • Relevance: Semantic network applications

Conference Proceedings (Premier Venues)

  1. Proceedings of the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC)

    • Publisher: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    • URL: http://iswc20XX.semanticweb.org (annual)
    • Status: Premier conference for Semantic Web research
    • Key Papers: The SPAR Ontologies (Peroni & Shotton, 2018)

  2. Proceedings of the Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR)

    • Publisher: KR Inc.
    • URL: https://proceedings.kr.org
    • Status: Leading forum for knowledge representation theory
    • Annual: KR2025, KR2024, KR2023, etc.

  3. CEUR Workshop Proceedings

    • Publisher: CEUR-WS.org
    • Open Access: Yes
    • URL: https://ceur-ws.org
    • Focus: Workshop proceedings including Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO)
    • Example: Semantic Web Journal as Linked Data (Vol-1486)

Domain-Specific and Application Journals

  1. Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management (JISEM)

    • URL: https://www.jisem-journal.com
    • Focus: NLP for knowledge management, semantic approaches
    • Key Topics: Ontology applications, semantic annotation, SLR methodologies

  2. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Management (JAIMM)

  3. Computer Science, Information Technology and Applications (CSITRA)

Specialized Topics and Related Fields

Bibliographic and Scholarly Publishing

  1. Journal of Academic Librarianship

    • Relevance: Bibliographic ontologies, scholarly information systems

  2. D-Lib Magazine

    • Publisher: CNRI
    • Open Access: Yes
    • Relevance: Digital libraries, metadata standards, semantic technologies

Geospatial and Scientific Data

  1. International Journal of Geographical Information Science

    • Special Issues: Geospatial Knowledge Graphs
    • Relevance: Spatial ontologies, GeoKGs

  2. Scientific Data (Springer Nature)

    • Focus: Data descriptors for large-scale knowledge graphs
    • Examples: OpenAlex, CS-KG, ScholKG

Key Research Themes Across Journals

Ontology Engineering

  • Methods: Methodologies for building, evaluating, and managing ontologies
  • Tools: LOT methodology, collaborative approaches, LLM-assisted ontology generation
  • Standards: OWL 2 DL, RDFS, SKOS

Linked Data Lifecycle

  • Extraction: Authoring, NLP-based extraction
  • Linking: Entity resolution, interlinking datasets
  • Enrichment: Data quality, metadata enhancement
  • Evolution: Versioning, change management

Knowledge Graphs

  • Construction: Automated KG generation, ontology alignment
  • Validation: Consistency checking, quality assessment
  • Applications: Scientific knowledge graphs, enterprise KGs, geospatial KGs
  • Scale: SemOpenAlex (26B triples), CS-KG (67M statements)

Interoperability

  • Standards: How ontologies facilitate cross-system integration
  • Semantic Web: RDF, SPARQL, JSON-LD
  • Domain Integration: Healthcare, cultural heritage, e-governance

Applications

  • Cultural Heritage: CIDOC-CRM, LIDO, Europeana Data Model
  • Healthcare: Biomedical ontologies, clinical terminologies
  • E-Governance: TOOI, CPOV, organizational ontologies
  • Scientific Publishing: SPAR ontologies, FaBiO, CiTO, DoCO

Emerging Topics

  • LLMs and Ontologies: Using large language models for ontology engineering
  • Multimodal KGs: Integrating text, images, and structured data
  • Explainable AI: Ontologies for XAI, semantic explanations
  • Privacy and Trust: Provenance tracking, data quality tiers

Citation Standards

When citing journals in academic work, use the following formats:

APA Style

Peroni, S., & Shotton, D. (2018). The SPAR Ontologies. In Proceedings of the 17th 
International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2018) (pp. 119-136). 
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00668-6_8

IEEE Style

S. Peroni and D. Shotton, "The SPAR Ontologies," in Proc. 17th Int. Semantic Web Conf. 
(ISWC), 2018, pp. 119-136, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-00668-6_8.

Journal Selection Guide

For Pure Ontology Engineering Research

  • Primary: Applied Ontology, Semantic Web Journal
  • Secondary: IJMSO, Advances in Knowledge Representation

For Linked Data and Knowledge Graphs

  • Primary: Semantic Web Journal, Journal of Web Semantics
  • Secondary: Scientific Data (for datasets), ISWC/KR proceedings

For AI/ML Integration with Ontologies

  • Primary: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Information Processing & Management
  • Secondary: JAIMM, Applied Sciences

For Domain Applications

  • Cultural Heritage: Semantic Web Journal (special issues), Applied Sciences
  • Healthcare: Journal of Biomedical Semantics (not listed above, consider adding)
  • E-Government: IJSWIS, Information Systems

For Knowledge Management

  • Primary: IJKM, EJIKM
  • Secondary: JISEM, TKDE

Open Access Opportunities

Fully Open Access Journals:

  • Advances in Knowledge Representation
  • Applied Sciences (MDPI)
  • Journal of Big Data
  • Nature Scientific Data
  • CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Hybrid Open Access:

  • Semantic Web Journal (author-pay option)
  • Applied Ontology (SAGE)
  • Information Processing & Management (Elsevier)

Resources and Links

Journal Portals

Conference Proceedings

Bibliographic Databases

Conclusion

This comprehensive list includes 29 journals and conference proceedings series covering the full spectrum of Linked Data, Semantic Web, and ontology research. Researchers should select venues based on:

  1. Research focus: Pure ontology vs. applications
  2. Audience: Academic, industry, or interdisciplinary
  3. Open access requirements: Funder mandates
  4. Impact and prestige: Citation metrics, editorial board quality
  5. Publication timeline: Review speed, time to publication

For the GLAM project specifically, prioritize:

  • Semantic Web Journal (for Linked Data and ontology work)
  • Applied Ontology (for FaBiO, SPAR, CIDOC-CRM integration)
  • Journal of Web Semantics (for knowledge graph research)
  • Nature Scientific Data (for publishing the final heritage custodian knowledge graph)

Maintainer: GLAM Data Extraction Project
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