Brain Informatics

Brain Informatics is an open access journal published by Springer under the SpringerOpen programme since 2014, founded by Ning Zhong and devoted to computational approaches to brain science and brain-inspired intelligence, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and a first quartile rank of 23 of 330 in neurosciences《脑信息学》（Brain Informatics）是（Springer）以（SpringerOpen）形式自 2014 年起出版的开放获取期刊，由（Ning Zhong）创办，致力于脑科学的计算研究与类脑智能，2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在神经科学类 330 种期刊中列第 23 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research on brain science that adopts computational and informatics technologies, especially artificial intelligence该刊刊载采用计算与信息学技术（尤其是人工智能）研究脑科学的原创论文。
• It addresses human brain related issues from computational, cognitive, physiological, biological, physical, ecological and social perspectives该刊从计算、认知、生理、生物、物理、生态与社会等视角探讨与人脑相关的议题。
• Emerging information technologies and advanced neuro-imaging are solicited, together with their application to brain studies该刊征集新兴信息技术与先进神经影像方法及其在脑研究中的应用。
• Work on brain-inspired intelligent systems and their applications, including health studies, is within scope面向类脑智能系统及其应用（含健康研究）的工作亦在其范围内。
• Article types include original research papers, brief reports and critical reviews文章类型包括原创研究论文、简报与批判性综述。
• Review articles may be systematic syntheses of a research area, evaluations of progress or critical assessments within the journal's scope综述可以是对某研究领域的系统综合、进展评价，或就该刊范围内的议题作批判性评述。
• It is an open access journal, so articles are free to read and an article processing charge is payable on acceptance该刊为开放获取期刊，文章免费阅读，录用时收取文章处理费。

History

• The journal was launched in 2014 by Springer in Berlin, with its first volume complete in a single issue该刊 2014 年由（Springer）在柏林创办，首卷以一期完整刊出。
• It has appeared quarterly since 2015, publishing four issues in each annual volume该刊自 2015 年起为季刊，每卷出 4 期。
• It was founded by Ning Zhong, professor at Maebashi Institute of Technology in Japan and a foreign member of the Engineering Academy of Japan该刊由（Ning Zhong）创办，他是日本前桥工业大学教授、日本工程院外籍院士。
• Its stated core theme is that brain science meets artificial intelligence, and it serves the international brain informatics research community该刊提出的核心主题是脑科学与人工智能相遇，服务于国际脑信息学研究群体。
• After a decade of development the journal was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and Ei Compendex经过十年发展，该刊已被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）与（Ei Compendex）收录。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 8.3 in 2025, ranking 23rd among 330 journals in neurosciences and 33rd among 210 in computer science, artificial intelligence该刊 2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在神经科学类 330 种期刊中列第 23 位，在计算机科学人工智能类 210 种期刊中列第 33 位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Ning Zhong, the journal's founder, who works on brain informatics, web intelligence and knowledge-based systems现任主编为（Ning Zhong），即该刊创办人，研究脑信息学、网络智能与知识系统。
• An interdisciplinary editorial board brings together researchers in computer science, neuroscience, cognitive science and medicine跨学科编委会汇集了计算机科学、神经科学、认知科学与医学领域的研究者。
• The journal is published under the SpringerOpen programme and applies the publisher's editorial policies on peer review and research integrity该刊以（SpringerOpen）形式出版，适用出版方关于同行评审与科研诚信的编辑政策。
• Review submissions are judged on whether they are systematic and substantial syntheses or well-founded critical assessments of topics in the journal's scope综述稿件以其是否构成系统而实质的综述、或对刊物范围内议题有充分依据的批判性评述作为评判标准。
• Authors are not required to use a language editing service before submission, and manuscripts are assessed on scientific content作者投稿前无须使用语言编辑服务，稿件按科学内容评审。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system, and accepted articles are assigned digital object identifiers and deposited in public repositories稿件经出版方在线系统提交，录用文章获得数字对象唯一标识符并存入公共仓储。