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Aims and scope

Discover Analytics is an open access journal publishing research on computational, mathematical, methodological, and descriptive aspects of analytics. Papers should describe work that adds to the understanding of analytical theory, detail research on new or existing analytical methodologies, or report on the application of analytical techniques for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns of data across multidisciplinary areas.   

The topics covered by the journal include but are not limited to:

Operations research
Project management
Decision making, decision aiding, decision support systems
Business intelligence
Quality metrics
Data presentation architecture
Data analytics science and engineering
Statistical and mathematical methods for data analytics
Use of algorithms, AI, and machine learning technologies in data analytics
Organizational, ethical, and social implications of analytics
Fundamentals of analytics (but not limited to):

  • Architectural analytics
  • Behavioral analytics
  • Cognitive analytics
  • Decision analytics
  • Digital analytics
  • Learning analytics
  • Marketing analytics
  • People analytics
  • Policy analytics
  • Portfolio analytics
  • Risk analytics
  • Social analytics
  • Software analytics
  • Speech analytics
  • Supply chain analytics
Data analytics techniques and tools (but not limited to):
  • Cohort analysis
  • Factor analysis
  • MonkeyLearn
  • Monte Carlo simulations
  • Natural language processing
  • Qlik Sense
  • Regression analysis
  • Tableau
  • Time series analysis
Principles of big data analytics
  • Data collection
  • Data storage
  • Data processing
  • Data cleansing
  • Data analysis
Principles of business analytics:
  • Descriptive analytics
  • Diagnostic analytics
  • Predictive analytics
  • Prescriptive analytics
Applications of data analytics to solve real world problems (but not limited to):
  • Banking
  • Education
  • Energy and mining
  • Environment/climate
  • Finance
  • Forensic science
  • Healthcare, medicine, and pharmaceuticals
  • Imaging
  • Internet of things
  • Life sciences
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Security
  • Smart cities
  • Social science

Content Types

Discover Analytics welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with analytics research. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to analytics research, management science/operations research, and related fields. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.

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