Journal profile · Mathematics-Statistics and Probability
Data Science
ISSN 2451-8484 · eISSN 2451-8492 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · Netherlands
Data Science: fully open access; APC about USD 1,600; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Data Science is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Semantic Web and Ontologies, Research Data Management Practices and Scientific Computing and Data Management, together about 38.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Data Science is an interdisciplinary journal that aims to publish novel and effective methods on using scientific data in a principled, well-defined, and reproducible fashion, concrete tools that are based on these methods, and applications thereof. The ultimate goal is to unleash the power of scientific data to deepen our understanding of physical, biological, and digital systems, gain insight into human social and economic behavior, and design new solutions for the future. The rising importance of scientific data, both big and small, brings with it a wealth of challenges to combine structured, but often siloed data with messy, incomplete, and unstructured data from text, audio, visual content such as sensor and weblog data. New methods to extract, transport, pool, refine, store, analyze, and visualize data are needed to unleash their power while simultaneously making tools and workflows easier to use by the public at large. The journal invites contributions ranging from theoretical and foundational research, platforms, methods, applications, and tools in all areas. We welcome papers which add a social, geographical, and temporal dimension to Data Science research, as well as application-oriented papers that prepare and use data in discovery research.The article processing charge (APC) for this journal is $1800 USD, currently discounted to a rate of $900 USD.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics-Statistics and Probability
Editor-in-chief Michel DumontierPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 15, Netherlands 7, Switzerland 5, United Kingdom 2, Spain 2 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Semantic Web and OntologiesComputer Science14%
- Research Data Management PracticesComputer Science13.2%
- Scientific Computing and Data ManagementDecision Sciences11.6%
- Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.2%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4.7%
- scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences3.9%
- Big Data Technologies and ApplicationsDecision Sciences3.9%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | Q1 | 43/303 | 85th |
| Computational Mathematics | Q1 | 47/212 | 78th |
| Modeling and Simulation | Q1 | 98/397 | 75th |
| Information Systems | Q2 | 188/519 | 63rd |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 68/179 | 62nd |
| Artificial Intelligence | Q2 | 217/570 | 62nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 86 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 173 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 199 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 216 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 209 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 212 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 169 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,600 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,800 / USD 900 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9
- original researchData Science is open for submissions of the following types: ⦁ Research Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Res…Length not stated
- position papersPosition Papers: We accept position papers presenting discussions and viewpoints around data science topics. These papers do not need an evaluation, but need to…Length not stated
- protocolData Science is open for submissions of the following types: ⦁ Research Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Res…Length not stated
- research paperData Science is open for submissions of the following types: ⦁ Research Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Res…Length not stated
- research papersResearch Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Results previously published at conferences or workshops may be su…Length not stated
- resource papersResource Papers: Resource papers introduce and describe a resource of value for further research, including but not limited to datasets, benchmarks, software to…Length not stated
- surveyData Science is open for submissions of the following types: ⦁ Research Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Res…Length not stated
- survey papersSurvey Papers: We also publish survey papers of the state of the art of topics central to the journal’s scope. Survey articles should be comprehensive and balan…Length not stated
- viewpointData Science is open for submissions of the following types: ⦁ Research Papers: We accept as main category research papers that report on original research. Res…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publication process, this journal has adopted CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). CRediT is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, which is used to describe each author’s individual contributions to the work. You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Data Science is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the funder, inst…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Identity transparency Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: All identities visible Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2451-8484
- Electronic ISSN
- 2451-8492
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Data Science
How long does peer review take at Data Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Data Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Data Science based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), Netherlands (7) and Switzerland (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Data Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Data Science is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Data Science open access, and what is the APC?
Data Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .