Semantic Web (journal)

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Semantic Web

| editor = Krzysztof Janowicz

| discipline = Semantic web, linked data, ontology engineering

| abbreviation = Semant. Web

| publisher = IOS Press

| country =

| frequency = Bimonthly

| history = 2010–present

| openaccess = Yes

| license =

| impact = 3.524[http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/about semantic-web-journal-about]

| impact-year = 2019

| website = http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/

| link2 = http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/issues

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 1570-0844

| eISSN = 2210-4968

}}

Semantic Web - Interoperability, Usability, Applicability is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by IOS Press. It was established in 2010{{Cite news |url=https://semantic-web.com/2010/01/17/a-new-semantic-web-journal-with-an-open-review-process/ |title=A new Semantic Web journal - with an open review process - Semantic Web Company |date=2010-01-17 |work=Semantic Web Company |access-date=2018-10-07}} and covers the foundations and applications of semantic web technologies, knowledge graph, and linked data. The journal uses an open peer-review process.{{Cite book |title=Handbook of Semantic Web Technologies |date=2011 |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |editor1=Domingue, John |editor2=Fensel, Dieter |editor3=Hendler, James A. |isbn=9783540929130 |location=Heidelberg |oclc=769756125 |page=30}}{{cite journal |last1=Janowicz |first1=Krzysztof |last2=Hitzler |first2=Pascal |title=Open and transparent: the review process of the Semantic Web journal |journal=Learned Publishing |date=January 2012 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=48–55 |doi=10.1087/20120107|doi-access= }} The journal publishes its metadata online in the form of linked data and provides scientometrics such as the geographic distribution of authors, citation networks, trends in research topics over time, and so forth.Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., McKenzie, G., Sengupta, K. and Hitzler, P., 2013, October. A linked-data-driven and semantically-enabled journal portal for scientometrics. In: International Semantic Web Conference (pp. 114-129). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. The founding editors-in-chief are Pascal Hitzler (Kansas State University) (from 2010-2023) and Krzysztof Janowicz (University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Vienna) (2010-).{{cite web |url=https://www.iospress.com/catalog/journals/semantic-web#editorial-board |title=Semantic Web: Editorial Board |access-date=2021-12-06}}

The journal follows an open and transparent review process, sharing all paper-related metadata, such as reviews and decisions online. It originally combined freely available author-versions of accepted papers with a subscription model and optional open access to published versions (green open access together with hybrid open access). In October 2019 the journal announced that it will go full (gold) open access{{Cite news | url=http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/open-access-swj-going-gold | title=Open Access: SWJ Going for Gold|date=2019-10-28|work=Semantic Web journal|access-date=2019-10-19}} and full open access was implemented 1 January 2020.{{cite journal |last1=Janowicz |first1=Krzysztof |last2=Hitzler |first2=Pascal |title=Gold-Level Open Access at the Semantic Web Journal |journal=Semantic Web |date=January 2020 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.3233/SW-200389|doi-access=free }} Starting 29 April 2021,{{Cite news | url=http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/roll-out-open-science-data-website-update | title=Roll-out of Open Science Data Website Update|date=2021-04-27|work=Semantic Web journal|access-date=2021-06-13}} the journal implemented an Open Science Data policy that requires authors to publicly provide data and software relevant to their manuscript.{{cite journal |last1=Hitzler|first1=Pascal |last2=Janowicz |first2=Krzysztof |last3=Shimizu|first3=Cogan |last4=Zhou |first4=Lu |last5=Eells |first5=Andrew |title=Open Science Data and the Semantic Web Journal |journal=Semantic Web |date=May 2021 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=401–402 |doi=10.3233/SW-210427 | issn=1570-0844 |doi-access= }}

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 3.524.{{cite book |year=2019 |chapter=Semantic Web |title=2018 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}