本雜志以VLDB基金會(huì)的名義出版，包括學(xué)術(shù)貢獻(xiàn)，研究信息系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)、技術(shù)進(jìn)步對(duì)信息系統(tǒng)的影響以及新型數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)應(yīng)用的開(kāi)發(fā)?！禫LDB期刊》除了出版普通期刊外，還出版了一些特別的期刊。每卷一期（通常是第三期）的論文都是從上一年的VLDB會(huì)議上挑選出來(lái)的。其他特別問(wèn)題的重點(diǎn)是編輯和編委會(huì)認(rèn)為對(duì)數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)界至關(guān)重要的信息，包括：隱私保護(hù)數(shù)據(jù)管理數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)與信息檢索的集成生命科學(xué)的數(shù)據(jù)管理、分析和挖掘數(shù)據(jù)流處理XML數(shù)據(jù)管理電子化服務(wù)數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)多媒體數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)

Published on behalf of the VLDB Endowment, this journal contains scholarly contributions that examine information system architectures, the impact of technological advancements on information systems, and the development of novel database applications.The VLDB Journal also publishes a number of special issues in addition to the regular ones. One issue of each volume (usually the third) is devoted to selected papers from the previous year's VLDB Conference. Other special issues focus on information that the Editors and the Editorial Board determine to be of importance to the database community, including:Privacy-Preserving Data ManagementIntegration of databases and information retrievalData Management, Analysis and Mining for the Life SciencesData Stream ProcessingXML Data ManagementE-ServicesDatabases and the WebMultimedia Databases