《分類》雜志在分類、數(shù)值分類學(xué)、多維標(biāo)度等排序技術(shù)、聚類、樹結(jié)構(gòu)等網(wǎng)絡(luò)模型以及相關(guān)模型和算法的擬合等方面發(fā)表了原創(chuàng)的、有價(jià)值的論文。文章支持方法論的進(jìn)步，同時(shí)展示了引人注目的實(shí)質(zhì)性應(yīng)用。該雜志還發(fā)表全面的評(píng)論文章。所代表的學(xué)科包括統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)、心理學(xué)、生物學(xué)、信息檢索、人類學(xué)、考古學(xué)、天文學(xué)、商學(xué)、化學(xué)、計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、工程學(xué)、地理學(xué)、地質(zhì)學(xué)、語(yǔ)言學(xué)、市場(chǎng)學(xué)、數(shù)學(xué)、醫(yī)學(xué)、政治學(xué)、精神病學(xué)、社會(huì)學(xué)和土壤科學(xué)。每期每年出版三次，通常包括四個(gè)部分:文章、簡(jiǎn)短的注釋和評(píng)論、軟件摘要和書評(píng)。

The Journal of Classification presents original and valuable papers in the field of classification, numerical taxonomy, multidimensional scaling and other ordination techniques, clustering, tree structures and other network models, as well as associated models and algorithms for fitting them. Articles support advances in methodology, while demonstrating compelling substantive applications.The journal also publishes comprehensive review articles.Among the disciplines represented are statistics, psychology, biology, information retrieval, anthropology, archeology, astronomy, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, geography, geology, linguistics, marketing, mathematics, medicine, political science, psychiatry, sociology, and soil science.Published three times a year, each issue typically comprises four sections: articles, short notes and comments, software abstracts, and book reviews.