Big Data

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1995

ISSN2167-6461

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.454

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.33

Total Worksi

937

Total Citationsi

15,375

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Systems; Information Systems and Management; Computer Science Applications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications937

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2167-6461

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

1.1k

2019

2.9k

2020

1.1k

2021

621

2022

336

2023

2024

2025

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.

Information SystemsQ2

Information Systems and ManagementQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementInformation SystemsComputer Science Applications

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Big Data and Business IntelligenceCloud Computing and Resource ManagementBig Data Technologies and ApplicationsComplex Network Analysis TechniquesData Quality and ManagementIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingData Management and AlgorithmsAnomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataData Visualization and Analytics

Frequently asked questions about Big Data

Is Big Data a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Big Data: it is indexed in Scopus, 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?

Big Data is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.454.

Is Big Data indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Big Data is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Big Data?