Cyborg and Bionic Systems

Cyborg and Bionic Systems is a peer-reviewed gold open access journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in affiliation with Beijing Institute of Technology, founded in 2020 and devoted to the co-design of hybrid systems between living beings and robotic systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 20.9《赛博格与仿生系统》是由（American Association for the Advancement of Science，AAAS）与（Beijing Institute of Technology）联合出版、2020 年创办的同行评审金色开放获取期刊，致力于生物体与机器人系统之间混合系统的协同设计，2025 年影响因子为 20.9。

Scope

• Its mission is to promote knowledge interchange and hybrid system co-design between living beings and robotic systems, so that living beings inspire new robotics and robotics extend the capabilities of living creatures该刊宗旨是促进生物体与机器人系统之间的知识交流与混合系统协同设计，让生物启发新型机器人、机器人拓展生物的能力。
• It publishes original peer-reviewed articles based on fundamental science, applied science, or their interaction, and also publishes reviews of the latest advances该刊刊载基于基础科学、应用科学或二者相互作用的原创同行评审论文，并刊载最新进展综述。
• Its main fields are robotics, biomedical engineering and neuro-engineering, all centred on cybernetic organisms and bionic systems其核心领域为机器人学、生物医学工程与神经工程，均围绕赛博格生物体与仿生系统展开。
• Robotic topics include biomimetic robotics, wearable robotics at large, living systems-robotics symbiosis and robotic solutions for life-science monitoring机器人主题包括仿生机器人、各类可穿戴机器人、生命系统与机器人共生，以及面向生命科学监测的机器人方案。
• Neuro-engineering topics include physiologically active bio-robotics and life-long bio-machine interfaces and coexistence神经工程主题包括具生理活性的生物机器人，以及终身生物-机器接口与共存。
• Biomedical topics span imaging, biomaterials, biosensors, bio-actuators, bio-reactors, organ-on-chips, bio-assembly and tissue engineering生物医学主题涵盖成像、生物材料、生物传感器、生物执行器、生物反应器、器官芯片、生物组装与组织工程。
• It also welcomes insight on the ethical, legal and social implications around CBS-related technologies该刊还欢迎围绕赛博格与仿生系统相关技术之伦理、法律与社会影响的见解。

History

• It was launched in 2020 as the seventh journal in the Science Partner Journal programme of AAAS该刊于 2020 年创刊，是（AAAS）科学合作期刊计划中的第七本期刊。^[1]
• Its founding Editor-in-Chief was Toshio Fukuda of Nagoya University and Beijing Institute of Technology其创刊主编为（Nagoya University）与（Beijing Institute of Technology）的 Toshio Fukuda。
• It is published by AAAS in affiliation with Beijing Institute of Technology, which holds an exclusive licence to the content while authors keep copyright该刊由（AAAS）出版并与（Beijing Institute of Technology）合作，由后者持有内容独家许可，作者保留版权。
• Like all Science Partner Journals it is editorially independent from the Science family of journals与所有科学合作期刊一致，该刊在编辑上独立于（Science）系列期刊。
• It publishes on a continuous basis under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, so content is free to read as soon as it is ready该刊以连续方式出版，采用知识共享署名（CC BY）许可，内容一经制作完成即可免费阅读。
• It was accepted into the Science Citation Index Expanded in 2024, with all articles since December 2020 indexed该刊于 2024 年被科学引文索引扩展版（SCIE）收录，2020 年 12 月以来的全部文章均被索引。
• Its impact factor was 18.1 in 2024 and 20.9 in 2025, ranking second among 48 robotics journals其影响因子 2024 年为 18.1，2025 年为 20.9，在 48 种机器人学期刊中位列第二。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Zhenchang Wang of Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University现任主编为（Beijing Friendship Hospital，Capital Medical University）的 Zhenchang Wang。
• The Deputy Editors are Tianyi Yan and Jian Yang, both of Beijing Institute of Technology副主编为（Beijing Institute of Technology）的 Tianyi Yan 与 Jian Yang。
• Its Advisory Board includes Toshio Fukuda, Qiang Huang, Alois Knoll and Abderrahman Kheddar其顾问委员会成员包括 Toshio Fukuda、Qiang Huang、Alois Knoll 与 Abderrahman Kheddar。
• The Managing Editor is Xin Liu of Beijing Institute of Technology编辑部主任为（Beijing Institute of Technology）的 Xin Liu。
• Editorial Board Members come from institutions across China, Europe and North America, covering robotics, neuro-engineering and biomedical engineering编委会成员来自中国、欧洲与北美的多家机构，覆盖机器人学、神经工程与生物医学工程。
• The board oversees the review process and solicits high-quality manuscripts, with Young Editors serving on an ad hoc basis编委会负责监督评审流程并邀约高质量稿件，青年编委以临时方式参与评审。