Journal of Web Semantics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Web Semantics is an interdisciplinary journal based on research and applications of various subject areas that contribute to the development of a knowledge-intensive and intelligent service Web.

These areas include: knowledge technologies, ontology, agents, databases and the semantic grid, obviously disciplines like information retrieval, language technology, human-computer interaction and knowledge discovery are of major relevance as well.

All aspects of the Semantic Web development are covered.

The publication of large-scale experiments and their analysis is also encouraged to clearly illustrate scenarios and methods that introduce semantics into existing Web interfaces, contents and services.

The journal emphasizes the publication of papers that combine theories, methods and experiments from different subject areas in order to deliver innovative semantic methods and applications.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Computer Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,660.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Pellet: A practical OWL-DL reasoner

  Citation: 1660

  Authors: Evren, Bijan, Bernardo Cuenca, Aditya, Yarden

• DBpedia - A crystallization point for the Web of Data

  Citation: 1404

  Authors: Christian, Jens, Georgi, Sören, Christian, Richard, Sebastian

• The SSN ontology of the W3C semantic sensor network incubator group

  Citation: 1061

  Authors: Michael, Payam, Luis, Raúl, Oscar, Simon, John, Manfred, Cory, Arthur, Vincent, Krzysztof, W. David, Danh, Laurent, Myriam, Holger, Andriy, Kevin, Alexandre, Amit, Kerry

• LUBM: A benchmark for OWL knowledge base systems

  Citation: 860

  Authors: Yuanbo, Zhengxiang, Jeff

• From SHIQ and RDF to OWL: the making of a Web Ontology Language

  Citation: 823

  Authors: Ian, Peter F., Frank

• Quality of service for workflows and web service processes

  Citation: 649

  Authors: Jorge, Amit, John, Jonathan, Krys

• YAGO: A Large Ontology from Wikipedia and WordNet

  Citation: 547

  Authors: Fabian M., Gjergji, Gerhard

• OWL 2: The next step for OWL

  Citation: 525

  Authors: Bernardo Cuenca, Ian, Boris, Bijan, Peter, Ulrike

• HTN planning for Web Service composition using SHOP2

  Citation: 481

  Authors: Evren, Bijan, Dan, James, Dana

• A survey of trust in computer science and the Semantic Web

  Citation: 454

  Authors: Donovan, Yolanda