International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
- Editor in Chief
- Associate Prof. Yang Li
- ISSN online
- 1744-263X
- ISSN print
- 1744-2621
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 1.5 (2025)
IJMSO addresses the critical need for semantic interoperability in AI-driven digital ecosystems. Uniquely bridging foundational research on metadata, semantics and ontologies with applied solutions in emerging smart verticals (e.g. cities, grids, transport, health, agriculture), human-AI interaction and socio-economic systems, the journal fosters cross-disciplinary innovation to tackle real-world data integration challenges, setting it apart from purely technical or domain-specific journals.
Topics covered include
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Cloud, edge, fog and green computing
- Pattern recognition and image analysis
- Social systems modelling and simulation
- Security, privacy, trust and interpretability
- Data quality assessment and enhancement
- Evolutionary computation and knowledge discovery
- Multi-sensor, multi-source multi-process information fusion
- Human-centered semantics and human-machine interaction
- Cross-disciplinary applications and case studies in smart verticals
Objectives
IJMSO advances the theory and practice of semantic interoperability across data, information and AI. It bridges foundational research with applied solutions in smart verticals, human-AI interaction and socio-economic systems, fostering cross-disciplinary innovation to tackle real-world data integration challenges.
Readership
IJMSO aims at being an open forum for researchers, practitioners, managers and policy makers in the field of data and AI, informing current practices with recent innovations.
Contents
IJMSO publishes original research papers providing significant results and reviews regarding the topics of the journal. Topics include semantic theories, ontology and knowledge graphs, metadata standards and governance, and applications in smart verticals, human-AI interaction and socio-economic systems.
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- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Compendex [formerly Ei] (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- ACM Digital Library
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- io-port (FIZ Karlsruhe)
- Pascal (INIST-CNRS)
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
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More journal lists/directories...Editor in Chief
- Li, Yang, Shihezi University, China
(liyang328
shzu.edu.cn)
Honorary Editor
- Sicilia, Miguel-Angel, University of Alcalá, Spain
Associate Editors
- Cho, Hsin-Hung, National Ilan University, Taiwan, ROC
- Prajapat, Sunil, Gachon University, South Korea
- Yang, Shuo, Xinjiang Agricultural University, China
Editorial Board Members
- Ahmad, Jawad, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Ali, Jehad, Ajou University, South Korea
- Anwar, Muhammad Shahid, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Chen, Chien-Ming, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
- Ercisli, Sezai, Ataturk University, Turkey
- Gadekallu, Thippa Reddy, Lovely Professional University, India
- Gao, Xiaozhi, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
- Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Jiang, Weiwei, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
- Khan, Muhammad Attique, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
- Kumari, Saru, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India
- Li, Xingwang, Henan Polytechnic University, China
- Rodrigues, Joel, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina - PI, Brazil and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
- Tariq, Aqil, Mississippi State University, USA
- Xiao, Shuai, Tianjin University, China
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Journal news
Prof. Yang Li appointed as new Editor in Chief of International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
31 July, 2026
Associate Prof. Yang Li from Shihezi University in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies.
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