The Journal of Big Data welcomes Special Issues (SI) on timely topics related to the field at large.
The objective of Special Issues is to bring together recent and high-quality works in a research
domain, to promote key advances in specific research areas covered by the journal, and to provide
overviews of the state-of-the-art in emerging domains.
Preparing a proposal
All Guest Editors who wish to organize a Special Issue must send a proposal to Drs. Borivoje Furht bfurht@fau.edu and Taghi
Khoshgoftaar khoshgof@fau.edu with the following
requirements:
• Title
• Short description
• List of topics of interest
• A few sentences explaining the importance of the topic and relevance to the journal’s aims
and scope
• Manuscript submission deadline
• Guest Editor details: Name, Email, Affiliation, Bio and Short CV (incl. list of at most 5
publications related to the SI proposal and links to their institutional webpages)
• Nomination of the Lead Guest Editor
• Draft call for papers (if applicable)
General Notes
This Journal adheres to the standard Peer Review Policy, Process and Guidance as outlined by
Springer under Editorial Policies.
After acceptance of the proposed topic, Guest Editors will manage the peer review process of the
special issue and must obtain a minimum of 2 reviews for each paper. Guest Editors should be well
established experts in the domain of the topic or closely related fields. The Editors-in-Chief are
responsible for the final content published in the journal.
We require our Guest Editors to familiarize themselves with the editorial and publication policies of
the journal and our Springer Nature Code of Conduct before they undertake their SI. Please find
links to these below:
Submission guidelines
JoBD Peer-Review Policy
Code of Conduct
For SIs originating from conferences or workshops, papers are expected to be developed and
extended by 60% with new material. The title and abstract should be updated.
A complete SI will contain a minimum of 5 published articles.
Article Processing Charges
Authors who publish open access in Journal of Big Data are required to pay an article processing
charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for
publication. Current APC information is available here.
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applications for discretionary APC waivers and discounts should be made by authors at the point of
manuscript submission within the submission system. Requests made during the review process or
after acceptance cannot be considered.