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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Data in Brief (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Data in Brief published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q2Multidisciplinary Sciencesrank 52 of 155 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$1,220.
02Indexing
Indexing of Data in Brief
- ISSN
- 2352-3409
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Multidisciplinary Sciences
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Data in Brief publishes: real papers
Words that appear most often in the titles of papers our mentors published here:
04Papers by our mentors
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Data in Brief
- Heavy metals' data in soils for agricultural activities2018120 citations
Moses EMETERE - Cyberattack patterns in blockchain-based communication networks for distributed renewable energy systems: a study on big datasets202458 citations
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Madni - Data on the rheological behavior of cassava starch paste using different models201829 citationsMoses EMETERE
- A Comprehensive Dataset for Bibliometric Analysis of SARS and Coronavirus Impact on Social Sciences202026 citations
Ibrahim A. Hameed - Experimental data on mechanical properties evaluation of medium carbon steel quenched in different waste media201817 citations
Daniel Chukunebikpe UGURU-OKORIE - Data on expenditure, revenue, and economic growth in Nigeria201813 citations
Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun - Optimizing photovoltaic arrays: A tested dataset of newly manufactured PV modules for data-driven analysis and algorithm development202412 citations
Md. Sabbir Alam - Ultra-high-resolution hyperspectral imagery datasets for precision agriculture applications202411 citationsUUsha Rani Nelakuditi
- A dataset for multimodal music information retrieval of Sotho-Tswana musical videos20249 citations
Osondu Everestus OGUIKE - Dataset for authentication and authorization using physical layer properties in indoor environment20247 citations
Abdul Ahad - Photovoltaic module dataset for automated fault detection and analysis in large photovoltaic systems using photovoltaic module fault detection20246 citations
Rotimi-Williams Bello - Structural dataset from microsecond-long simulations of yeast mitofusin Fzo1 in the context of membrane docking20195 citations
Marc Baaden - The media framing dataset: Analyzing news narratives in Mexico and Colombia20254 citationsEEdwin Puertas
- Dataset for detecting motorcyclists in pedestrian areas20233 citationsEEdwin Puertas
- Dataset on aerosol loading, size and statistics over Sanpedro20183 citationsMoses EMETERE
- UrduSER: A comprehensive dataset for speech emotion recognition in Urdu language20252 citations
Dr Mueen Uddin - Dataset on effect of sand grain size and water salinity on oil recovery20211 citationsMoses EMETERE
- Dataset on corrosion degradation behaviour of mild steel in developed nano-cutting coolant from agro waste20201 citationsMoses EMETERE
- Dataset on the current state of air pollution in Bussau-Guinea Bussau: A diagnostic approach20180 citationsMoses EMETERE
- Dataset on aerosol loading, size and statistics over Nzerekore20180 citationsMoses EMETERE
- Dataset on aerosol loading and deposition over Nouakchott-Mauritania20180 citationsMoses EMETERE
05Reviewer comments
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Data in Brief
Journals where our mentors published the closest work to the papers above:
- Nature Environment and Pollution TechnologyScopus7 mentor papers
- IEEE AccessSCIEScopusJCR 2024304 mentor papers
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsSCIEScopusJCR 202423 mentor papers
- Geographica PanonicaNot found in our indexing lists1 mentor paper
- Przegląd Naukowy. Inżynieria i Kształtowanie ŚrodowiskaNot found in our indexing lists1 mentor paper
- Polish Journal Of Environmental StudiesJCR 20241 mentor paper
07Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 28,582 journal papers published by PhD researchers on ScholarsColab and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published papers by our mentors; journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Data in Brief?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Data in Brief is 2.79: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.79 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Data in Brief?
The h-index of Data in Brief is 80 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 80 of its papers have each been cited at least 80 times. Its i10-index is 2,836.
What is the APC of Data in Brief?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$1,220 for Data in Brief, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Data in Brief a Q2 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Data in Brief ranks 52 of 155 journals in Multidisciplinary Sciences, which places it in Q2 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Data in Brief indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Data in Brief appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Data in Brief an SCIE journal?
Data in Brief is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Data in Brief in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Data in Brief is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Data in Brief publish?
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Data in Brief most often mention dataset, data, aerosol, loading, size, systems. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
Have ScholarsColab mentors published in Data in Brief?
Yes. 21 papers by 13 mentors were published in Data in Brief between 2018 and 2025, with 327 citations in total.
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