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The VLDB Journal Template

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About the The VLDB Journal format

The VLDB Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Data Management and Algorithms, Advanced Database Systems and Queries, Semantic Web and Ontologies.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleNumbered (Springer)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B., Lee, C.: A representative article title. The VLDB Journal 12, 45–58 (2023)

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Publishes research inData Management and Algorithms Advanced Database Systems and Queries Semantic Web and Ontologies Distributed systems and fault tolerance Advanced Data Storage Technologies
ISSN0949-877X
Citation impact (2-yr)3.31
h-index128
i10-index836
Total citations70,649
Article processing charge$2,890
Top institutions publishing hereHong Kong University of Science and Technology
Journal websitewww.springer.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in The VLDB Journal per year

26
2014
44
2015
35
2016
41
2017
42
2018
59
2019
39
2020
74
2021
58
2022
59
2023
57
2024
65
2025

Citation impact of The VLDB Journal by publication year

1.6K
2014
2.1K
2015
1.1K
2016
1.6K
2017
1K
2018
3.3K
2019
723
2020
1.6K
2021
806
2022
764
2023
347
2024
142
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The VLDB Journal

Service oriented architectures: approaches, technologies and research issues

Mike P. Papazoglou, Willem‐Jan van den Heuvel · 2 Mar 2007

Service-oriented architectures (SOA) is an emerging approach that addresses the requirements of loosely coupled, standards-based, and protocol- independent distributed computing. Typically business operations running in an SOA comprise a number of invocations of these different components, often in an event-driven or asynchronous fashion that reflects the underlying business process needs. To build an SOA a…

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The VLDB Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The VLDB Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The VLDB Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Springer Nature format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The VLDB Journal use?
The VLDB Journal uses Numbered (Springer) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith, A., Jones, B., Lee, C.: A representative article title. The VLDB Journal 12, 45–58 (2023)
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No. DocuGuru generates the sn-jnl LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Springer Nature-ready The VLDB Journal document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes The VLDB Journal?
The VLDB Journal is a physics journal published by Springer Nature. DocuGuru's The VLDB Journal template matches Springer Nature's official submission format.
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