Droplet

Droplet is a fully open access, cross-disciplinary journal launched in 2022 and published by Wiley with Jilin University, the first journal devoted to research on droplets and bubbles, and it carries a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.1《液滴》（Droplet）是（Wiley）与吉林大学于 2022 年共同创办的完全开放获取跨学科期刊，为首本专注液滴与气泡研究的期刊，2025 年影响因子为 9.1。

Scope

• Experimental, theoretical and computational fluid dynamics containing droplets and bubbles form the core of the journal含液滴与气泡的实验、理论与计算流体力学构成本刊核心。
• Fluid-structure interactions involving droplets and bubbles, and microfluidics and nanofluidics related to them, are also covered涉及液滴与气泡的流固耦合，以及与之相关的微流控与纳流控，也在涵盖之列。
• Biomimetic surfaces and interfaces involving droplets and bubbles, and soft matter and active materials, are within scope涉及液滴与气泡的仿生表面与界面，以及软物质与活性材料，均属本刊范围。
• Droplet-based 3D and 4D printing is a further topic, together with the water-energy nexus that includes droplets and bubbles基于液滴的 3D 与 4D 打印是另一主题，包含液滴与气泡的水能关系亦在其中。
• Thermal processes that engage droplets and bubbles and droplets and bubbles in biological and bio-inspired systems are covered as well涉及液滴与气泡的热过程，以及生物与仿生体系中的液滴与气泡，同样涵盖。
• The journal also spans novel applications and the development and commercialisation of products based on droplets and bubbles该刊还涉及液滴与气泡的新颖应用，以及相关产品的开发与商业化。
• It publishes reviews, research papers, short communications, research highlights, news and editorials across physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science, bionics and biology该刊发表综述、研究论文、短通讯、研究亮点、新闻与社论，横跨物理、化学、工程、材料科学、仿生学与生物学。

History

• Droplet was launched in 2022 jointly by Wiley and Jilin University, and its first issue in July 2022 opened with a founding editorial by the editors-in-chief该刊由（Wiley）与吉林大学于 2022 年共同创办，2022 年 7 月首期以主编撰写的创刊社论开篇。^[1]
• The publisher of record is John Wiley & Sons Australia with Jilin University as co-publisher, and the editorial office is at Jilin University in Changchun, China出版方为（John Wiley & Sons Australia），吉林大学为共同出版方，编辑部设在中国长春的吉林大学。
• It is described as the first journal centred on droplets and bubbles, spanning fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering该刊被描述为首本以液滴与气泡为中心的期刊，横跨流体力学、物理、化学、生物学与工程学。
• From volume 2 in 2023 it settled into a seasonal rhythm of three to four issues a volume, and it reached volume 5 in 2026自 2023 年第 2 卷起稳定为每卷 3 至 4 期的季度节奏，2026 年已出版至第 5 卷。
• It has been fully open access from launch under a CC BY licence with an article publishing charge of USD 3000, and its content is preserved in CLOCKSS and Portico该刊自创刊起即完全开放获取，采用（CC BY）许可，文章处理费为 3000 美元，内容由（CLOCKSS）与（Portico）长期保存。
• It is indexed in ESCI, Scopus, DOAJ and Ei Compendex, with a CiteScore of 13.8, an acceptance rate of 52 per cent and 25 days from submission to first decision, and its Journal Impact Factor was 9.1 in both 2024 and 2025该刊被（ESCI）、（Scopus）、（DOAJ）与（Ei Compendex）收录，CiteScore 为 13.8，录用率 52%，投稿至初审决定的中位数为 25 天，影响因子在 2024 年与 2025 年均为 9.1。

Editors

• Luquan Ren of Jilin University, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences working on bionic science and engineering, and Chang-Jin Kim of the University of California, Los Angeles, working on microelectromechanical systems and electrowetting digital microfluidics, are editors-in-chief主编为吉林大学的（Luquan Ren，中国科学院院士，研究仿生科学与工程）与美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校的（Chang-Jin Kim，研究微机电系统与电润湿数字微流控）。
• Zuankai Wang of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the executive editor-in-chief, working on droplets and bubbles, wetting and nature-inspired engineering执行主编为（The Hong Kong Polytechnic University）的（Zuankai Wang），研究液滴与气泡、润湿与仿生工程。
• The advisory board has sixteen members from nine countries, including Wilhelm Barthlott of the University of Bonn in Germany, Hans-Jurgen Butt of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany and Gareth H. McKinley of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States顾问委员会由来自 9 个国家的 16 位学者组成，包括德国波恩大学的（Wilhelm Barthlott）、德国马克斯·普朗克高分子研究所的（Hans-Jurgen Butt）与美国麻省理工学院的（Gareth H. McKinley）。
• Other advisers are David A. Weitz of Harvard University, Kathleen J. Stebe and Shu Yang of the University of Pennsylvania, Manoj K. Chaudhury of Lehigh University, Vincent Craig of the Australian National University, Glen McHale of the University of Edinburgh, Frieder Mugele of the University of Twente, Dimos Poulikakos of ETH Zurich and David Quere of ESPCI-Paris and Ecole polytechnique其他顾问还有哈佛大学的（David A. Weitz）、宾夕法尼亚大学的（Kathleen J. Stebe）与（Shu Yang）、理海大学的（Manoj K. Chaudhury）、澳大利亚国立大学的（Vincent Craig）、爱丁堡大学的（Glen McHale）、特文特大学的（Frieder Mugele）、苏黎世联邦理工学院的（Dimos Poulikakos）以及巴黎高等物理化工学院与巴黎综合理工学院的（David Quere）。
• Advisers also include Huiling Duan of Peking University, Lei Jiang of the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liqiu Wang of the University of Hong Kong and Aiqun Liu of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore顾问还包括北京大学的（Huiling Duan）、中国科学院理化技术研究所的（Lei Jiang）、香港大学的（Liqiu Wang）与新加坡南洋理工大学的（Aiqun Liu）。
• The editorial board comprises 43 scholars from 14 countries and regions, and all manuscripts are subject to critical anonymous peer review, with about ten weeks from submission to publication编委会由来自 14 个国家和地区的 43 位学者组成，所有稿件均经严格的匿名同行评审，投稿至出版约需 10 周。