Distributed and Parallel Databases

Aims & Scope

Distributed and Parallel Databases publishes papers in all the traditional as well as most emerging areas of database research, including: Availability and reliability; Benchmarking and performance evaluation, and tuning; Big Data Storage and Processing; Cloud Computing and Database-as-a-Service; Crowdsourcing; Data curation, annotation and provenance; Data integration, metadata Management, and interoperability; Data models, semantics, query languages; Data mining and knowledge discovery; Data privacy, security, trust; Data provenance, workflows, Scientific Data Management; Data visualization and interactive data exploration; Data warehousing, OLAP, Analytics; Graph data management, RDF, social networks; Information Extraction and Data Cleaning; Middleware and Workflow Management; Modern Hardware and In-Memory Database Systems; Query Processing and Optimization; Semantic Web and open data; Social Networks; Storage, indexing, and physical database design; Streams, sensor networks, and complex event processing; Strings, Texts, and Keyword Search; Spatial, temporal, and spatio-temporal databases; Transaction processing; Uncertain, probabilistic, and approximate databases.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.451

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12605

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	230

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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 and Decision Sciences, 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.

• Workflow Patterns

  Citation: 1758

  Authors: W.M.P., A.H.M., B., A.P.

• An overview of workflow management: From process modeling to workflow automation infrastructure

  Citation: 979

  Authors: Diimitrios, Mark, Amit

• Real-time databases

  Citation: 366

  Authors: Krithi

• Updating and Querying Databases that Track Mobile Units

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Ouri, A. Prasad, Sam, Yelena

• What's in a Service?

  Citation: 226

  Authors: Justin, David, Arthur

• An Overview of Standards and Related Technology in Web Services

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Aphrodite, Thomi

• OBSERVER: An Approach for Query Processing in Global Information Systems Based on Interoperation Across Pre-Existing Ontologies

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Eduardo, Arantza, Vipul, Amit P.

• The Database State Machine Approach

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Fernando, Rachid, André

• Decomposing Petri nets for process mining: A generic approach

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Wil M. P.

• Flexible Support of Team Processes by Adaptive Workflow Systems

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Stefanie, Manfred, Peter

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