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Journal of Classification

Journal of Classification is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of The Classification Society. The journal publishes three issues a year on topics in the field of classification, numerical taxonomy, multidimensional scaling and other ordination techniques, cluster analysis, tree structures and other network models. Each issue typically comprises four sections: articles, short notes and comments, software abstracts, and book reviews.

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Journal of Classification
DisciplineStatistics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byPaul McNicholas
Publication details
History1984–present
Publisher
Frequency3/year
2.0 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt Paid subscription required)
ISO 4J. Classif.
MathSciNetJ. Classification
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN0176-4268 (print)
1432-1343 (web)
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Journal of Classification is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of The Classification Society.1 The journal publishes three issues a year on topics in the field of classification, numerical taxonomy, multidimensional scaling and other ordination techniques, cluster analysis, tree structures and other network models. Each issue typically comprises four sections: articles, short notes and comments, software abstracts, and book reviews.

Editors-in-Chief

Since the foundation of the Journal of Classification in 1984, there have been four Editors-in-Chief. The current Editor-in-Chief is Paul McNicholas.2 The previous Editors-in-Chief were: Douglas L. Steinley (2015–2020); Willem Heiser (2002–2015); and Phipps Arabie (1984–2002).3

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Classification is abstracted and indexed in DBLP,4 Journal Citation Reports,5 Mathematical Reviews,6 Research Papers in Economics,7 SCImago Journal Rank,8 Scopus,9 Science Citation Index,10 Zentralblatt MATH,11 among others.2 According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 1.333.2

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References

  1. "The Classification Society". Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. "The Journal of Classification". Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. Hubert, Lawrence (2012). "Phipps Arabie 1948–2011". Journal of Classification. 29 (3). Springer: 260–262. doi:10.1007/s00357-012-9118-z. S2CID 39157301.
  4. "DBLP: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "InCites Journal Citation Reports: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. "Mathematical Reviews: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. "RePEc: The Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. "SCImago Journal and Country Rank: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. "Scopus: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. "zbMath: Journal of Classification". Retrieved 13 April 2020.