Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1970 as Computer Programs in Biomedicine and renamed in 1985, covering computing methodology and software systems for biomedical research and medical practice, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.4（Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，1970 年以（Computer Programs in Biomedicine）之名创刊，1985 年改为现名，涵盖面向生物医学研究与医学实践的计算方法与软件系统，2025 年影响因子为 6.4。

Scope

• It encourages the development of formal computing methods and their application in biomedical research and medical practice该刊鼓励形式化计算方法的发展及其在生物医学研究与医学实践中的应用。
• It covers computing methodology and software systems derived from computing science for implementation in all aspects of biomedical research and medical practice该刊覆盖源自计算科学、可用于生物医学研究与医学实践各个领域的计算方法与软件系统。
• It stimulates basic research into application software design and reports the state of biomedical information processing projects该刊推动应用软件设计的基础研究，并报道生物医学信息处理项目的研究现状。
• It reports new computer methodologies applied in biomedical areas and promotes the distribution of demonstrable software to avoid duplication of effort该刊报道应用于生物医学领域的新计算机方法，并促进可演示软件的分发以避免重复劳动。
• It provides a forum for discussion and improvement of existing software and promotes the international exchange of information on formal methods, standards and software in biomedicine该刊为讨论与改进既有软件提供平台，并促进生物医学形式化方法、标准与软件的国际信息交流。
• It serves biochemists, biologists, geneticists, immunologists, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, clinicians and epidemiologists其服务对象包括生物化学家、生物学家、遗传学家、免疫学家、神经科学家、药理学家、毒理学家、临床医生与流行病学家。
• It also serves psychiatrists, psychologists, cardiologists, chemists, physicists, computer scientists, programmers, systems analysts, engineers and teachers of medical informatics该刊还面向精神病学家、心理学家、心脏病专家、化学家、物理学家、计算机科学家、程序员、系统分析师、工程师与医学信息学教师。

History

• The journal was founded in 1970 under the title Computer Programs in Biomedicine, with Werner Schneider of Uppsala University as its first managing editor该刊 1970 年以（Computer Programs in Biomedicine）之名创刊，（Uppsala University）的 Werner Schneider 为首任执行编辑。^[1]
• It was renamed Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine in 1985, continuing the volume numbering from volume 20该刊 1985 年更名为（Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine），卷号自第 20 卷起延续。^[2]
• It was published in Amsterdam by Elsevier Science Publishers, and its predecessor was indexed in MEDLINE from volume 2 in December 1971 to volume 19 in 1985该刊由阿姆斯特丹的（Elsevier Science Publishers）出版，其前身 1971 年 12 月自第 2 卷起被 MEDLINE 收录至 1985 年第 19 卷。
• It began with fewer than four issues a year, later published six issues a year, and after 2015 grew to more than twelve, with fifteen volumes appearing in 2026该刊创刊时每年不足四期，后增至每年六期，2015 年后超过十二期，2026 年出版十五卷。
• Yu-Chuan Li became editor-in-chief in 2013, and the journal celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2020 with a bibliometric review of fifty years of publicationsYu-Chuan Li 于 2013 年出任主编，该刊 2020 年迎来创刊五十周年，并发表回顾五十年历程的文献计量综述。
• It is the companion title to the open access journal Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update, whose editors-in-chief are Yi Guo and Svitlana Zinger其姊妹刊为开放获取期刊（Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update），主编为 Yi Guo 与 Svitlana Zinger。
• Its impact factor was 4.8 in 2024 and 6.4 in 2025其影响因子 2024 年为 4.8，2025 年为 6.4。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Filippo Molinari, professor at the Polytechnic of Turin, whose fields are medical imaging, image and signal processing, ultrasound, digital pathology and artificial intelligence现任主编 Filippo Molinari 为（Polytechnic of Turin）教授，研究领域为医学成像、图像与信号处理、超声、数字病理学与人工智能。
• The co-editors-in-chief are Ean Hin Ooi of Monash University Malaysia and Vinithasree Subbhuraam in Houston, United States共同主编为（Monash University Malaysia）的 Ean Hin Ooi 与美国休斯敦的 Vinithasree Subbhuraam。
• Associate editors include Ewart Carson of City University of London, Oliver Faust of Anglia Ruskin University, Spyretta Golemati of the University of Athens, Rachel Sparks of King's College London and Jinman Kim of the University of Sydney副编辑包括（City University of London）的 Ewart Carson、（Anglia Ruskin University）的 Oliver Faust、（University of Athens）的 Spyretta Golemati、（King's College London）的 Rachel Sparks 与（University of Sydney）的 Jinman Kim。
• The board has about thirty editors and editorial board members from twelve countries and regions, the largest groups being in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom编委会约有三十位编辑与编委，来自十二个国家与地区，以美国、意大利与英国人数最多。
• Submissions go through the Editorial Manager system, and all papers undergo single anonymized review with at least two reviewers稿件经（Editorial Manager）系统投稿，所有论文均经至少两位审稿人的单盲评审。
• The journal no longer accepts multiple corresponding authors, requires an ethics statement with a date and reference number, and does not allow authorship changes after acceptance该刊不再接受多位通讯作者，要求伦理声明注明日期与编号，且不允许录用后变更作者。