Interdisciplinary Sciences-Computational Life Sciences

Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences is a hybrid Springer journal founded in 2009 and co-published with the International Association of Scientists in the Interdisciplinary Areas, covering computational and artificial-intelligence methods across the life sciences, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《跨学科科学-计算生命科学》（Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences）是（Springer）2009 年创办的混合开放获取期刊，与（IASIA）合作出版，覆盖生命科学中的计算与人工智能方法，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• Bioinformatics and computational genomics, from sequence analysis and annotation to comparative and population genomics.生物信息学与计算基因组学，从序列分析、注释到比较基因组学与群体基因组学。
• Molecular modelling and simulation, including ab initio methods, molecular dynamics and free-energy calculations.分子建模与模拟，包括从头算方法、分子动力学与自由能计算。
• Machine learning and deep learning for biomedical data, spanning multi-omics integration, prediction and generative design.面向生物医学数据的机器学习与深度学习，涵盖多组学整合、预测建模与生成式设计。
• Systems biology and network medicine, reconstructing regulatory, metabolic and disease networks.系统生物学与网络医学，重建调控网络、代谢网络与疾病网络。
• Computer-aided drug design and large-scale virtual screening, linking structural biology with precision drug discovery.计算机辅助药物设计与大规模虚拟筛选，把结构生物学与精准药物发现相连接。
• Medical imaging informatics, clinical data science and computational approaches to traditional medicine.医学影像信息学、临床数据科学以及面向传统医药的计算方法。
• Structural biology, biophysics and cheminformatics methods that underpin interdisciplinary work at the interface of computation and experiment.支撑计算与实验交叉研究的结构生物学、生物物理与化学信息学方法。

History

• Volume 1 appeared in 2009 from Springer in Heidelberg, positioned as an outlet for computation-led work in the life sciences.第 1 卷于 2009 年由海德堡的（Springer）出版，定位为生命科学中以计算为主导的研究阵地。
• The International Association of Scientists in the Interdisciplinary Areas is co-publisher, giving the title a society base rather than a purely commercial one.国际跨学科领域科学家协会为共同出版方，使本刊具有学会背景而非纯商业运营。
• One volume is published each year, with four issues per volume, so Volume 18 covers 2026 and its third issue appeared in September 2026.每年出版一卷，每卷四期，2026 年为第 18 卷，其第 3 期已于 2026 年 9 月面世。
• Accepted papers are posted OnlineFirst on SpringerLink before the printed issue is assembled, shortening publication lag.录用论文在纸本编期之前即以优先数字形式发布于（SpringerLink），从而缩短出版时滞。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2 against 3.9 in 2024, 3.492 in 2022 and 2.233 in 2021, while the five-year impact factor stands at 3.8.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.2，2024 年为 3.9，2022 年为 3.492，2021 年为 2.233，五年影响因子为 3.8。
• Springer reports a median of 11 days from submission to first decision and 193000 downloads in 2025.（Springer）公布的数据显示，2025 年从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 11 天，全年下载量达 19.3 万次。

Editors

• Dongqing Wei of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peng Li of the Henan University of Technology are the co-editors-in-chief.共同主编为上海交通大学的（Dongqing Wei）与河南工业大学的（Peng Li）。
• Wei works on bioinformatics and computational chemistry, from the theory of ferroelectric liquids to multimodal deep learning for drug discovery.（Wei）的研究横跨生物信息学与计算化学，从铁电液体理论到面向药物发现的多模态深度学习。
• Li leads the Centre for Complexity Science at the Henan University of Technology, which applies artificial intelligence to traditional Chinese medicine.（Li）主持河南工业大学复杂性科学中心，致力于把人工智能方法引入中医药研究。
• Dennis Salahub of the University of Calgary chairs the editorial board, with Ho-Kuang Mao of the Carnegie Institution of Washington as vice-chair.编委会主席为卡尔加里大学的（Dennis Salahub），副主席为华盛顿卡内基研究所的（Ho-Kuang Mao）。
• A team of associate editors and an international board supports the editors-in-chief, and manuscripts are handled through Editorial Manager.由多名副编辑与国际编委协助主编工作，稿件经（Editorial Manager）系统处理。
• The journal states that it publishes rapidly through online submission and peer review, with a growing editorial focus on artificial intelligence in the life sciences.本刊声明依托在线投稿与同行评审实现快速出版，编辑重点日益聚焦生命科学中的人工智能应用。