Big Data and Cognitive Computing

Big Data and Cognitive Computing is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on big data and cognitive computing published monthly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), dblp, Inspec, Ei Compendex, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Computer Science, Theory and Methods) / CiteScore - Q1 (Computer Science Applications)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 23.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 4.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Artificial Intelligence: AI, AI in Medicine, Algorithms, BDCC, MAKE, MTI, Stats, Virtual Worlds, Computers and Journal of Superintelligence.