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Journal of Classification presents original work in the field of classification across multiple disciplines.

  • Covers classification, broadly defined, including supervised classification, unsupervised classification (clustering), semi-supervised classification, statistical computing, numerical taxonomy, multivariate statistics, and machine learning.
  • Publishes work from a wide range of disciplines including statistics, computer science, psychometrics, biometrics, econometrics, engineering, mathematics, and more.
  • Publishes three times a year, comprising articles, short notes, comments, software abstracts, and book reviews.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Paul D. McNicholas
Journal Impact Factor
1.8 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
1.9 (2023)
Submission to first decision (median)
26 days
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87.4k (2024)

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Volume 42, Issue 1
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This journal has 65 open access articles

Journal updates

  • 2024 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award

    The Journal of Classification congratulates Michael Pearce, University of Washington, on winning the 2024 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award. Dr. Pearce´s dissertation is entitled "Methods for the Statistical Analysis of Preferences, with Applications to Social Science Data".

  • 2023 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award

    The Journal of Classification congratulates Dr. Cristina Molero-Río for winning the 2023 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award. Dr. Molero-Río's dissertation is entitled "Enhancing Classification and Regression Tree-Based Models by Means of Mathematical Optimization".

  • 2023 Classification Society Annual Meeting

    The 2023 Classification Society Annual Meeting will be held between June 14 and June 17, 2023, in the Saunders building at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

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Electronic ISSN
1432-1343
Print ISSN
0176-4268
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  6. Biological Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  11. Current Index to Statistics
  12. DBLP
  13. Dimensions
  14. EBSCO
  15. ERIH PLUS
  16. Google Scholar
  17. INSPEC
  18. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  19. Mathematical Reviews
  20. Naver
  21. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  22. Portico
  23. ProQuest
  24. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  28. Social Science Citation Index
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. Zoological Record
  32. zbMATH
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