Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge
The Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Dagstuhl Publishing. It covers research on graph-based abstractions for data and knowledge and related methods and techniques, in particular graph algorithms, graph databases, graph representation learning, knowledge graphs, knowledge representation, linked data and the Semantic Web. The journal implements a diamond open access model, charging no fees for authors or readers, and allowing authors to retain copyrights.
History
The journal was initiated by the former Editors-in-Chief of the Elsevier publication Journal of Web Semantics - Ian Horrocks, , and - who jointly resigned from their role at Elsevier in late 2022 to initiate a new journal that they hoped might better serve the community.
A task force of senior researchers was formed to develop the concept of a new journal, including publishing model, scope, and the actual title. In addition to the three original Editors-in-Chief, this group also included , Tim Finin, , , , and . includes many researchers who also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Web Semantics, as well as new members to strengthen the focus beyond the Semantic Web.
In the course of 2023, Dagstuhl approved the new journal for inclusion into its publishing portfolio,
making it one of the first such publication to be hosted by this organisation (the only other research journal at the time being ).
The first issue with twelve original peer-reviewed articles appeared in December 2023.
In 2024, Uli Sattler became an Editor-in-Chief after Ian Horrocks had completed his initial term. and indexed by DBLP.
Long-term archives of the journal are maintained by the German National Library.
Contribution to open access publishing
An important motive for creating the journal was the desire to foster free knowledge and scholarly open access.
The journal now provides peer-reviewed publication and professional support at no cost to authors or readers (diamond open access, sometimes also known as platinum open access).
As of 2023, there was no standard approach for setting up new diamond OA journals, and TGDK is notable for establishing new ways of addressing the associated challenges. These challenges include legal issues (especially clarifying the role of the official publisher), technical needs (especially submission and review system), archiving (especially long-term preservation), and infrastructural requirements (running web services). Commercial publishers cover these needs but rarely support diamond OA, with MIT Press being the only major such publisher in 2023 Another existing model at the time were overlay journals, in computer science most notably . Some further diamond OA journals in computer science relied on the support of large professional societies, examples being Journal of Machine Learning Research and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. A summary of the options and challenges for diamond OA publishing in computer science as of 2022 was given by Aidan Hogan.
The strategy of TGDK was to approach Dagstuhl as a potential publishing organisation. Dagstuhl had previously published conference proceedings in its LIPIcs series, but its only journal was Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, established in 2014. The proposal for hosting TGDK as a new entry had to be evaluated positively by Dagstuhl's Publishing Advisory Board. The choice of Dagstuhl as a publisher addressed most of the legal, organisational, infrastructural, and archival challenges.
Even with the support of Dagstuhl, some costs need to be covered for processing articles, even if they do not amount to the level of typical article processing fees of commercial publishers. These remaining costs are covered by sponsoring organizations, so that no fees need to be charged to authors. The is the current main sponsor of TGDK. which is based on the Django framework. The submission system is hosted by Dagstuhl.
History
The journal was initiated by the former Editors-in-Chief of the Elsevier publication Journal of Web Semantics - Ian Horrocks, , and - who jointly resigned from their role at Elsevier in late 2022 to initiate a new journal that they hoped might better serve the community.
A task force of senior researchers was formed to develop the concept of a new journal, including publishing model, scope, and the actual title. In addition to the three original Editors-in-Chief, this group also included , Tim Finin, , , , and . includes many researchers who also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Web Semantics, as well as new members to strengthen the focus beyond the Semantic Web.
In the course of 2023, Dagstuhl approved the new journal for inclusion into its publishing portfolio,
making it one of the first such publication to be hosted by this organisation (the only other research journal at the time being ).
The first issue with twelve original peer-reviewed articles appeared in December 2023.
In 2024, Uli Sattler became an Editor-in-Chief after Ian Horrocks had completed his initial term. and indexed by DBLP.
Long-term archives of the journal are maintained by the German National Library.
Contribution to open access publishing
An important motive for creating the journal was the desire to foster free knowledge and scholarly open access.
The journal now provides peer-reviewed publication and professional support at no cost to authors or readers (diamond open access, sometimes also known as platinum open access).
As of 2023, there was no standard approach for setting up new diamond OA journals, and TGDK is notable for establishing new ways of addressing the associated challenges. These challenges include legal issues (especially clarifying the role of the official publisher), technical needs (especially submission and review system), archiving (especially long-term preservation), and infrastructural requirements (running web services). Commercial publishers cover these needs but rarely support diamond OA, with MIT Press being the only major such publisher in 2023 Another existing model at the time were overlay journals, in computer science most notably . Some further diamond OA journals in computer science relied on the support of large professional societies, examples being Journal of Machine Learning Research and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. A summary of the options and challenges for diamond OA publishing in computer science as of 2022 was given by Aidan Hogan.
The strategy of TGDK was to approach Dagstuhl as a potential publishing organisation. Dagstuhl had previously published conference proceedings in its LIPIcs series, but its only journal was Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, established in 2014. The proposal for hosting TGDK as a new entry had to be evaluated positively by Dagstuhl's Publishing Advisory Board. The choice of Dagstuhl as a publisher addressed most of the legal, organisational, infrastructural, and archival challenges.
Even with the support of Dagstuhl, some costs need to be covered for processing articles, even if they do not amount to the level of typical article processing fees of commercial publishers. These remaining costs are covered by sponsoring organizations, so that no fees need to be charged to authors. The is the current main sponsor of TGDK. which is based on the Django framework. The submission system is hosted by Dagstuhl.
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