Digital Chemical Engineering

Digital Chemical Engineering is a quarterly open-access journal published by Elsevier as an official publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, launched in 2021 to cover the interface between chemical engineering and data science, machine learning and digital technologies, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.4《数字化学工程》是（Elsevier）为（Institution of Chemical Engineers）出版的季度开放获取期刊，2021 年创刊，聚焦化学工程与数据科学、机器学习及数字技术的交叉，2025 年影响因子为 5.4。

Scope

• The journal publishes interdisciplinary research across chemical engineering and the digital sciences and technologies该刊发表横跨化学工程与数字科学技术的交叉研究。
• It seeks contributions that advance data science, machine learning and computational sciences for chemical engineering problems该刊征集以数据科学、机器学习与计算科学推进化学工程问题解决的论文。
• Digital twins, Industry 4.0, cyber-physical systems, process simulation and process modelling are central topics数字孪生、工业 4.0、信息物理系统、过程模拟与过程建模是核心议题。
• Process control, automation, sensors, robotics, virtual reality, blockchain and big data analytics are also within scope过程控制、自动化、传感器、机器人、虚拟现实、区块链与大数据分析同样在报道范围内。
• Systems thinking, process systems engineering, process optimisation, fault detection and diagnosis belong to the methodological core系统思维、过程系统工程、过程优化以及故障检测与诊断属于方法核心。
• Sustainability and society topics include life cycle assessment, industrial symbiosis, circular economy, energy, water, materials, safety and risk, and engineering education可持续与社会议题包括生命周期评价、产业共生、循环经济、能源、水、材料、安全与风险以及工程教育。
• Sectors covered range from bio-resources, catalysis and manufacturing to food and beverages and health and wellbeing所涉行业从生物资源、催化与制造延伸到食品饮料以及健康与福祉。

History

• Volume 1 appeared in December 2021, opened by an editorial that set out the journal's digital transformation agenda第 1 卷于 2021 年 12 月出版，开卷社论阐明了该刊面向数字化转型的办刊思路。^[1]
• The founding editorial was written by Jin Xuan and Jinfeng Liu, who have led the journal as editors-in-chief since launch这篇创刊社论由 Jin Xuan 与 Jinfeng Liu 撰写，二人自创刊起担任主编。
• It is an official publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, published by Elsevier in partnership with the society and the European Federation of Chemical Engineering该刊是（Institution of Chemical Engineers）的官方出版物，由（Elsevier）与该学会及（European Federation of Chemical Engineering）合作出版。
• The journal is fully open access, with an article processing charge of USD 1650, and publishes four volumes a year该刊为完全开放获取期刊，版面费为 1650 美元，每年出版四卷。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）收录，并列入（Directory of Open Access Journals）。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.1 in 2024 and 5.4 in 2025其影响因子 2024 年为 4.1，2025 年为 5.4。

Editors

• Jin Xuan, professor at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, is editor-in-chief for artificial intelligence, process simulation, digital twins and Industry 4.0主编之一为（Loughborough University）教授 Jin Xuan，负责人工智能、过程模拟、数字孪生与工业 4.0 方向。
• Jinfeng Liu, professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, is the other editor-in-chief for systems thinking, process control, automation and fault diagnosis另一位主编为（University of Alberta）教授 Jinfeng Liu，负责系统思维、过程控制、自动化与故障诊断方向。
• The editorial board includes Kathleen Aviso of De La Salle University, Jie Bao of UNSW, Benoit Chachuat of Imperial College London and Panagiotis Christofides of UCLA编委会包括（De La Salle University）的 Kathleen Aviso、（UNSW）的 Jie Bao、（Imperial College London）的 Benoit Chachuat 与（UCLA）的 Panagiotis Christofides。
• Further members come from Zhejiang University, Tianjin University, the University of Leeds, Heriot-Watt University, the University of the Witwatersrand and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro其他成员来自（Zhejiang University）、（Tianjin University）、（University of Leeds）、（Heriot-Watt University）、（University of the Witwatersrand）与（Federal University of Rio de Janeiro）。
• Review is single anonymized, with suitable papers sent to at least two independent reviewers该刊实行单盲评审，合适稿件送交至少两位独立审稿人。
• It publishes original research papers, industrial case studies, reviews, perspectives of up to 5000 words and short communications of up to 2000 words该刊刊载原创研究论文、工业案例研究、综述、不超过 5000 字的观点文章以及不超过 2000 字的短通讯。