The chart below shows IJDS's review time statistics. The statistics only counts the original submissions that have been processed. For example, the 2025 statistics is based on 90% of the original submissions received in 2025 that already had an editorial decision. When all 2025 submissions are processed, some of the statistics will change.
One may ask whether these review statistics include desk rejections. They do. In 2025, IJDS's desk rejection rate is 36.9%. Excluding desk rejections, the average, median, 90%, and the longest review time for 2025 are (in days): 64, 67, 75, and 98, respectively. It appears that the 90% review time is less sensitive to inclusion (74 days) or exclusion (75 days) of desk rejections. That is why we use the 90% review time to benchmark the timeliness of IJDS's review process.
Editors at IJDS promise a quick and quality review. By "quick", our goal is that 90% of the submissions will be reviewed in 90 days. By "quality", what I mean is that when authors see the editorial reports, I hope that the authors would agree that the editors have spent their time and paid their attention in reading the paper and writing the report. From my vintage point, IJDS is delivering on both promises.
IJDS will be running three special issues in 2026. Please consider submitting your best data science work to IJDS.
- Digital Twins (deadline: Feb 15, 2026)
- The Dual edge of AI: AI and energy (deadline: May 1, 2026)
- AI/data science and healthcare (deadline: Sept 15, 2026)
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Yu Ding, Ph.D.
Editor in Chief, INFORMS Journal on Data Science
Anderson-Interface Chair and Professor
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
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