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IEEE Transactions on Big Data
ISSN 2332-7790 · IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC · UNITED STATES
IEEE Transactions on Big Data: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.8; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; 183 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Big Data is published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC 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 Advanced Graph Neural Networks, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Complex Network Analysis Techniques, together about 26.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Transactions on Big Data publishes peer reviewed articles with big data as the main focus. The articles provide cross disciplinary innovative research ideas and applications results for big data including novel theory, algorithms and applications. Research areas for big data include, but are not restricted to, big data analytics, big data visualization, big data curation and management, big data semantics, big data infrastructure, big data standards, big data performance analyses, intelligence from big data, scientific discovery from big data security, privacy and legal issues specific to big data. Applications of big data in the fields of endeavor where massive data is generated are of particular interest.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Ling LiuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Graph Neural NetworksComputer Science9.8%
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataComputer Science9.7%
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy7.3%
- Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisSocial Sciences5.1%
- Cryptography and Data SecurityComputer Science4.7%
- Recommender Systems and TechniquesComputer Science4.6%
- Data Management and AlgorithmsComputer Science4.5%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science4.3%
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 | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & 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 | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 7.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 8.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 534OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 258LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,153 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 125 | 13 | 40 |
| 2025 | 183 | 17 | 1,262 |
| 2024 | 172 | 20 | 1,593 |
| 2023 | 85 | 9 | 1,424 |
| 2022 | 93 | 21 | 2,904 |
| 2021 | 51 | 15 | 1,221 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,800 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2332-7790
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Big Data
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Big Data in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Big Data is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Computer Science, Theory & 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 IEEE Transactions on Big Data?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.8; CiteScore 10.6, h-index 73.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Big Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Big Data is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Big Data open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Big Data is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .