Journal profile · MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
EPJ Data Science
ISSN 2193-1127 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Founded 2012
EPJ Data Science: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.16; fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; median 195 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 94 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EPJ Data Science is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, together about 40.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The 21st century is witnessing the establishment of data-driven science as a complementary approach to the traditional hypothesis-driven method. This (r)evolution accompanying the paradigm shift from reductionism to complex systems sciences has already transformed the natural sciences and is about to bring the same changes to the techno-socio-economic sciences, viewed broadly. EPJ Data Science offers a publication platform to showcase the latest contributions to the study of techno-socio-economic systems, wherein “digital traces” of human activity and their derivative models are used as first-order objects for the investigation. Specifically, the focus of the journal is on analyzing and synthesizing massive data sets and models learning from them to achieve new insights into societal phenomena and behavior. Application domains include, but are not limited to, social interaction (including animal societies), economic and financial systems, management and business networks, socio-technical infrastructure, health and environmental systems, the science of science, generative language models, as well as general risk and crisis scenario forecasting up to and including policy advice. Methodologically, EPJ Data Science welcomes approaches from a broad range of disciplines, spanning statistically rigorous analysis of data, social network analysis, complex systems, applied machine learning, and more. Papers submitted to this journal should not only strive to improve on existing data science methodologies and models but must provide new insight into human or social behavior or systems, in the areas outlined above. Submissions that focus on purely descriptive statistics or apply standard techniques to mainstream datasets or modelling approaches are unlikely to be considered for publication. Thus, EPJ Data Science offers a publication platform to bring together diverse academic disciplines concerned with challenges around: How to extract signals about techno-socio-economic systems from large, complex data How to interpret these signals in the theoretical context of the relevant disciplines How to find new empirical laws, or fundamental theories, concerning how societies work How to study predictive and generative models trained on digital traces of human behavior, for example Large Language Models
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Editor-in-chief David GarciaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named Italy 14, United States 13, United Kingdom 7, Germany 6, France 3 (68 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy16.4%
- Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisSocial Sciences14.8%
- Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluencePhysics and Astronomy9.3%
- Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences5.9%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine4.6%
- Computational and Text Analysis MethodsSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.16LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 361OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 706 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | 93 | 51 |
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | 345 |
| 2024 | 77 | 77 | 701 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 761 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 1,005 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 1,610 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
195 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 143 days – 262 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 213 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (202 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | EUR 1,690 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,340 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,890 / EUR 1,590 / GBP 1,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,240 / USD 1,790 / EUR 1,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,340 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,690 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. EPJ Data Science articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2012
- ISSN
- 2193-1127
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about EPJ Data Science
What CAS zone is EPJ Data Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, EPJ Data Science is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of EPJ Data Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.16; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at EPJ Data Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 195 days (interquartile range 143–262 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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.
Where are the editorial board members of EPJ Data Science based?
Of the 68 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (14), United States (13) and United Kingdom (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index EPJ Data Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EPJ Data Science is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is EPJ Data Science open access, and what is the APC?
EPJ Data Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .