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Big Data and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.7), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 2053-9517Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | 22 / 541 | 96th | Q1 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 27 / 296 | 91st | Q1 |
| Information Systems and Management | 28 / 222 | 87th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 151 / 1022 | 85th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 80 / 519 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.7.
Big Data and Society is Q1 in Communication (rank 22 of 541), Q1 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 27 of 296) and Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 28 of 222), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Big Data and Society is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 9.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.026, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 89.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Big Data and Society is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its ISSN is 2053-9517.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Big Data and Society has an h-index of 108 and a 2-year mean of 6.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 511 Scopus journals in Communication.
Big Data and Society published 136 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (20.6%), United Kingdom (13.2%) and China (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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