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Big Data and Society

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN2053-9517eISSN2053-9517

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.026

H-Indexi

102

SNIPi

2.935

Total Worksi

953

Total Citationsi

51,100

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Communication; Computer Science Applications; Information Systems; Information Systems and Management; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 122 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications953

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2053-9517 / 2053-9517

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

7.3k

2020

106

5.7k

2021

2.8k

2022

121

2.9k

2023

108

1.7k

2024

136

612

2025

111

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

CommunicationQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Information Systems and ManagementQ1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementLibrary and Information SciencesInformation SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Media and PoliticsDigital Economy and Work TransformationMisinformation and Its ImpactsComputational and Text Analysis MethodsCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingEthics in Clinical ResearchBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems Theories and Implementation

Frequently asked questions about Big Data and Society

Is Big Data and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Big Data and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Big Data and Society?

Big Data and Society is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.22.

Is Big Data and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Big Data and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Big Data and Society?