ACM Transactions on Database Systems

Aims & Scope

Heavily used in both academic and corporate R&D settings, ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) is a key publication for computer scientists working in data abstraction, data modeling, and designing data management systems.

Topics include storage and retrieval, transaction management, distributed and federated databases, semantics of data, intelligent databases, and operations and algorithms relating to these areas.

In this rapidly changing field, TODS provides insights into the thoughts of the best minds in database R&D.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	2.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5574

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	131

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.913

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data

  Citation: 4395

  Authors: Peter Pin-Shan

• DBSCAN Revisited, Revisited

  Citation: 2041

  Authors: Erich, Jörg, Martin, Hans Peter, Xiaowei

• TinyDB: an acquisitional query processing system for sensor networks

  Citation: 1312

  Authors: Samuel R., Michael J., Joseph M., Wei

• Extending the database relational model to capture more meaning

  Citation: 1019

  Authors: E. F.

• On optimistic methods for concurrency control

  Citation: 918

  Authors: H. T., John T.

• Database abstractions

  Citation: 916

  Authors: John Miles, Diane C. P.

• The Grid File

  Citation: 837

  Authors: J., Hans, Kenneth C.

• Progressive skyline computation in database systems

  Citation: 705

  Authors: Dimitris, Yufei, Greg, Bernhard

• ARIES

  Citation: 689

  Authors: C., Don, Bruce, Hamid, Peter

• A Majority consensus approach to concurrency control for multiple copy databases

  Citation: 686

  Authors: Robert H.

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