該雜志旨在促進和交流大數據研究的進展，為來自不同社區的研究人員、從業者和政策制定者提供一個快速和高質量的論壇，他們致力于研究和使用這個主題。該雜志將接受關于處理大數據基礎方面的論文，以及關于處理大數據的特定平臺和技術的論文。促進科學數據和跨學科的合作領域,并展示數據驅動的好處的研究,論文展示的大數據應用程序域等地球科學、社交網絡、金融、電子商務、醫療保健、環境和氣候、物理學和天文學、化學、生命科學和藥物發現,數字圖書館和科學出版物,安全和政府也將被考慮。《華爾街日報》偶爾會發表有關政策、標準和最佳實踐的白皮書。

The journal aims to promote and communicate advances in big data research by providing a fast and high quality forum for researchers, practitioners and policy makers from the very many different communities working on, and with, this topic.The journal will accept papers on foundational aspects in dealing with big data, as well as papers on specific Platforms and Technologies used to deal with big data. To promote Data Science and interdisciplinary collaboration between fields, and to showcase the benefits of data driven research, papers demonstrating applications of big data in domains as diverse as Geoscience, Social Web, Finance, e-Commerce, Health Care, Environment and Climate, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, life sciences and drug discovery, digital libraries and scientific publications, security and government will also be considered. Occasionally the journal may publish whitepapers on policies, standards and best practices.