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Journal of Web Semantics Template

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About the Journal of Web Semantics format

Journal of Web Semantics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Semantic Web and Ontologies, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Web Semantics 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inSemantic Web and Ontologies Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Advanced Database Systems and Queries Human auditory perception and evaluation
ISSN1570-8268
Citation impact (2-yr)7.92
h-index103
i10-index471
Total citations46,556
Article processing charge$2,810
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
Journal websitewww.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Journal of Web Semantics per year

45
2014
47
2015
33
2016
34
2017
48
2018
29
2019
30
2020
32
2021
31
2022
21
2023
30
2024
15
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Web Semantics by publication year

1.4K
2014
1.5K
2015
1.5K
2016
786
2017
1.4K
2018
325
2019
337
2020
365
2021
416
2022
170
2023
324
2024
63
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Web Semantics

The SSN ontology of the W3C semantic sensor network incubator group

Michael Compton, Payam Barnaghi, Luis Bermúdez et al. · 18 Jun 2012

The W3C Semantic Sensor Network Incubator group (the SSN-XG) produced an OWL 2 ontology to describe sensors and observations — the SSN ontology, available at http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ssnx/ssn. The SSN ontology can describe sensors in terms of capabilities, measurement processes, observations and deployments. This article describes the SSN ontology. It further gives an example and describes the…

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Journal of Web Semantics template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Web Semantics format?
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What reference style does Journal of Web Semantics use?
Journal of Web Semantics uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Web Semantics 12 (2023) 45–58.
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