Applied Ontology

Journal Title：Applied Ontology

Applied Ontology focuses on information content in its broadest sense. As the subtitle makes clear, two broad kinds of content-based research activities are envisioned: ontological analysis and conceptual modeling. The former includes any attempt to investigate the nature and structure of a domain of interest using rigorous philosophical or logical tools; the latter concerns the cognitive and linguistic structures we use to model the world, as well as the various analysis tools and methodologies we adopt for producing useful computational models, such as information systems schemes or knowledge structures. Applied Ontology is the first journal with explicit and exclusive focus on ontological analysis and conceptual modeling under an interdisciplinary view. It aims to establish a unique niche in the realm of scientific journals by carefully avoiding unnecessary duplication with discipline-oriented journals. For this reason, authors will be encouraged to use language that will be intelligible also to those outside their specific sector of expertise, and the review process will be tailored to this end. For example, authors of theoretical contributions will be encouraged to show the relevance of their theory for applications, while authors of more technological papers will be encouraged to show the relevance of a well-founded theoretical perspective. Moreover, the journal will publish papers focusing on representation languages or algorithms only where these address relevant content issues, whether at the level of practical application or of theoretical understanding. Similarly, it will publish descriptions of tools or implemented systems only where a contribution to the practice of ontological analysis and conceptual modeling is clearly established.

《應用本體論》著重關注最廣泛意義上的信息內容。正如副標題所表明的那樣，我們設想了兩大類基于內容的研究活動：本體論分析和概念建模。前者包括使用嚴格的哲學或邏輯工具研究感興趣領域的性質和結構的任何嘗試；后者涉及我們用來模擬世界的認知和語言結構，以及我們為生成有用的計算模型（如信息系統方案或知識結構）而采用的各種分析工具和方法。《應用本體論》是第一本從跨學科視角明確且專注于本體論分析和概念建模的期刊。它旨在通過小心避免與學科導向型期刊不必要的重復，在科學期刊領域建立獨特的地位。為此，將鼓勵作者使用其特定專業領域之外的人也能理解的語言，并且審查過程將為此目的而量身定制。例如，將鼓勵理論貢獻的作者展示其理論與應用的相關性，而鼓勵更多技術論文的作者展示有理有據的理論觀點的相關性。此外，該期刊將只發表專注于表示語言或算法的論文，這些論文解決了相關的內容問題，無論是在實際應用層面還是在理論理解層面。同樣，它只會在明確確立對本體分析和概念建模實踐的貢獻時，才會發表工具或實施系統的描述。

Applied Ontology創刊于2005年，由IOS Press出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS全領域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所屬細分領域中專業影響力一般，過審相對較易，如果您文章質量佳，選擇此期刊，發表機率較高。平均審稿速度 12周，或約稿 ，影響因子指數2.5，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。