Journal profile · Computer Science-Information Systems
Journal of Big Data
ISSN 2196-1115 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Journal of Big Data: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 10.73; fully open access; APC about USD 2,290; median 222 days to acceptance (115 articles, last 24 months); 292 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Big Data is published by Springer Nature 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 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques and Network Security and Intrusion Detection, together about 19.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Big Data publishes open-access original research on data science and data analytics. Deep learning algorithms and all applications of big data are welcomed. Survey papers and case studies are also considered. The journal examines the challenges facing big data today and going forward including, but not limited to: data capture and storage; search, sharing, and analytics; big data technologies; data visualization; architectures for massively parallel processing; data mining tools and techniques; machine learning algorithms for big data; cloud computing platforms; distributed file systems and databases; and scalable storage systems. Academic researchers and practitioners will find the Journal of Big Data to be a seminal source of innovative material.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Information Systems
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 23, Italy 13, Mainland China 9, United Kingdom 7, Pakistan 3 (69 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science8.6%
- Imbalanced Data Classification TechniquesComputer Science5.7%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science5.4%
- Sentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningComputer Science5.2%
- Machine Learning and Data ClassificationComputer Science5%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science4.9%
- Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementComputer Science4.8%
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, 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, Theory & 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 | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 10.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 10.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 13Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 125OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 861OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 15.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 288LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 3,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,524 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 199 | 199 | 135 |
| 2025 | 292 | 292 | 3,256 |
| 2024 | 184 | 184 | 7,081 |
| 2023 | 179 | 179 | 6,546 |
| 2022 | 124 | 124 | 6,212 |
| 2021 | 161 | 161 | 18,830 |
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
222 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 161 days – 344 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (116 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 243 days
- Sample
- 115 articles with submission and acceptance dates (532 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 first decision
- 57 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 1,990 / USD 2,290 / GBP 1,440 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,290 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,440 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,340 / USD 2,090 / EUR 1,790 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,440 / USD 2,290 / EUR 1,990 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- requests made during the review process or after acceptance
Article types accepted5
- brief reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Case Studies Methodology Brief Report SurveyLength not stated
- case studiesFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Case Studies Methodology Brief Report SurveyLength not stated
- methodologyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Case Studies Methodology Brief Report SurveyLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Case Studies Methodology Brief Report SurveyLength not stated
- surveyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Case Studies Methodology Brief Report SurveyLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use LLM-Augmented Multimodal Data Fusion for Large-Scale Data Analysis
The rapid growth of multimodal data—such as text, images, sensor streams, graphs, and structured records—has made cross-modal integration critical...
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Datasets should be deposited in public repositories or provided in the paper/supporting files; data availability statement required. Model summary
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 articles published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; 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. Journal of Big Data articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non…
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 Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2196-1115
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Journal of Big Data
What CAS zone is Journal of Big Data in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Big Data is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category 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 Journal of Big Data?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.73; CiteScore 18.6, h-index 125.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Big Data?
Based on the dates recorded on 115 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 222 days (interquartile range 161–344 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 Journal of Big Data based?
Of the 69 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (23), Italy (13) and Mainland China (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Big Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Big Data is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAS, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Big Data open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Big Data is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,290.
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: .