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Tables of contentsA complete list of from vol. 27 (2000) of KO to date is available. Online versionISKO members have right to access the online version after registering at Ergon website. Status and scope
The contents of the journal are indexed and abstracted in Information Science Abstracts, INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Library Literature, PASCAL, Referativnyi Zhurnal Informatika, and Sociological Abstracts. ISI impact factor for 2009 was 0.552, and corresponding 5-year impact factor was 0.614. Knowledge Organization publishes original articles, reports on conferences and similar communications, the newsletter of ISKO (ISKO News), as well as book reviews and letters to the editor. In each issue, experts from many countries comment on questions of the adequate structuring and construction of ordering systems and on the problems of their use in providing access to the information contents of new literature, of data collections and survey, of tabular works and of other objects of scientific interest. Contributions: (1) clarify theoretical foundations (general ordering theory, philosophical foundations of knowledge and its artifacts, theoretical bases of classification, data analysis and reduction); (2) describe practical operations associated with indexing and classification, as well as applications of classification systems and thesauri, manual and machine indexing; (3) trace the history of knowledge organization; (4) discuss questions of education and training in classification; and (5) problems of terminology in general and with respect to special fields. Book reviewsThe journal publishes reviews of recently published KO-related books. Recommended books to be reviewed are listed in Library Thing. Anyone interested in reviewing them or suggest more relevant books is welcome to contact the Review Editor. Book Review Editor
Submission of manuscriptsInstructions for authors intending to submit manuscripts to Knowledge Organization are available as a PDF file. Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic form to the editor-in-chief, Richard P. Smiraglia, via email <ko@isko.org>. All inquiries about submission of manuscripts should be also be directed to the editor-in-chief at the same address. Subscriptions and advertisingAll ISKO members receive paper and electronic copies of Knowledge Organization (see the Join ISKO page for details on how to become a member of ISKO). All subscription inquiries by non-members, and all inquiries about advertising, should be directed to the publishers, . The annual non-member subscription rate for four issues is 115 euros. Ergon's contact details are as follows: Mail:
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