Characteristics of Scientific Databases
Summary: Scientific databases resist general-purpose DBMSs due to unique data structures and usage patterns. It catalogs types, properties, applications, links to statistical DB work, and outlines directions for science-specific data management. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Arie Shoshani
- 2. Frank Olken
- 3. Harry K.T. Wong
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 10 of 10 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | A Decomposition Storage Model | 1985 | SIGMOD | 0.00045235743 |
| 828 | Bit Transposed Files | 1985 | VLDB | 0.00016141484 |
| 2,697 | ZOO: A Desktop Experiment Management Environment | 1996 | VLDB | 8.2791018e-05 |
| 3,501 | A New Compression Method with Fast Searching on Large Databases | 1987 | VLDB | 7.033534e-05 |
| 3,952 | A Specialized Data Management System For Parallel Execution of Particle Physics Codes | 1988 | SIGMOD | 6.5907294e-05 |
| 5,399 | ZOO: A Desktop Experiment Management Environment | 1997 | SIGMOD | 5.5272208e-05 |
| 7,358 | Algebraic Optimization of Computations over Scientific Databases | 1993 | VLDB | 4.7478752e-05 |
| 12,875 | Incremental Database Systems: Databases from the Ground Up | 1993 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,993 | A Database Design for Musical Information | 1987 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 13,015 | Transposition Algorithms on Very Large Compressed Databases | 1986 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 2 of 2 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Statistical Databases: Characteristics, Problems, and Some Solutions | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00053684302 |
| 777 | Metadata Management for Large Statistical Databases | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00016731032 |
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Semantically Similar Papers
| Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,538 | Remotely-Sensed Geophysical Databases: Experience and Implications for Generalized DBMSs | 1983 | SIGMOD | 6.9929718e-05 |
| 7,037 | Data Modelling of Scientific Simulation Programs | 1982 | SIGMOD | 4.8500769e-05 |
| 14,193 | Scientific Data Management: Real-World Issues and Requirements | 1992 | SIGMOD | - |
| 2,367 | Here are my Data Files. Here are my Queries. Where are my Results? | 2011 | CIDR | 8.9502761e-05 |
| 13,499 | Managing Scientific Data: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities | 2011 | SIGMOD | - |
| 615 | A Framework for Research in Database Management for Statistical Analysis: A Primer on Statistical Database Management Problems for Computer Scientists | 1982 | SIGMOD | 0.00019087075 |
| 14,141 | Scientific Databases - State of the Art and Future Directions | 1994 | VLDB | - |
| 777 | Metadata Management for Large Statistical Databases | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00016731032 |
| 14,342 | Statistical Database Management | 1982 | SIGMOD | - |
| 84 | Statistical Databases: Characteristics, Problems, and Some Solutions | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00053684302 |