Since the journal is archival, it is assumed that the ideas presented are important, have been well analyzed or empirically validated, and are of value to the knowledge and data engineering research community. For a more detailed list of current areas published in TKDE , or refer to the editorial in the February 1994 issue. Regular papers usually report results of original research, or may be a well-focused survey that puts recent progress into a broader perspective and accurately assesses limits of existing theories. A concise paper presents results that are important and original and are presented in concise form. A correspondence is used to convey only a few principal ideas or to comment on work previously published in this Transactions.
All categories are subject to the same peer review process.
Figures and tables are counted as 250 words each . In other words, each figure or table, regardless of its size, is considered to be one full page of the manuscript. The title page must include complete contact information for all authors. The corresponding author should be clearly identified as such. An abstract of 100 to 200 words for regular papers, or no more than 50 words for correspondence items, clearly stating the nature and significance of the paper is required at the head of the manuscript.