Journal of King Saud University - Science

Journal of King Saud University - Science is an open access journal owned by King Saud University and published by Scientific Scholar, and it has appeared in its present form since 2009. It covers the physical, mathematical, chemical and life sciences, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《沙特国王大学学报科学辑》是沙特国王大学拥有，由 Scientific Scholar 出版的开放获取期刊，自 2009 年以现形制发行。该刊覆盖物理，数学，化学与生命科学，2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal publishes high quality articles across the sciences, so a paper may come from any of several disciplines.该刊发表横跨各科学领域的高质量文章，因此论文可以来自若干学科中的任一。

• Physics is named among its fields, and a study may report a measurement or a model.物理学被列为它的领域之一，研究可以报告一次测量或一个模型。

• Astronomy appears on the list, so work on a celestial object has a place.天文学出现在清单上，因此关于某一天体对象的工作有其位置。

• Mathematics is taken as a field, and a proof or an application may be submitted.数学被当作一个领域接收，可以投稿一篇证明或一项应用。

• Statistics is covered, since a method of analysis is useful across the sciences.统计学也在覆盖之列，因为一种分析方法在各科学领域都有用。

• Chemistry is a named field, and a paper may report the synthesis of a compound.化学是一个列出的领域，论文可以报告一种化合物的合成。

• Biochemistry appears beside it, since the reactions of a living thing are studied at the level of the molecule.生物化学与之并列出现，因为生物体内的反应在分子层面受到研究。

• Earth sciences are taken, and a study may describe the structure of a rock or the history of a region.地球科学会被接收，研究可以描述岩石的结构或一个区域的历史。

• The life sciences are named, so work on an organism falls inside the programme.生命科学被列出，因此关于某种生物的工作属于该刊选题。

• Environmental sciences are covered, since a question about a habitat is often a scientific one.环境科学也在覆盖之列，因为关于栖息地的问题常常是科学问题。

• A paper is judged on scientific originality, so a result must be new to the reader.论文据科学原创性评判，因此结果必须对读者是新的。

• Interdisciplinary interest is valued as well, since a method may speak to two fields at once.跨学科意义同样受重视，因为一种方法可能同时关涉两个领域。

• Research papers form the bulk of its pages, and short communications are taken beside them.研究论文构成其版面的大部分，短通讯与之并列接收。

• Reviews are published, and a survey may gather what is known of a subject.综述会被发表，一篇综述可以汇集某一主题的已知内容。

• Book reviews appear from time to time, and they describe a work of interest to the readership.书评不时出现，介绍读者群感兴趣的著作。

• The journal serves a wide readership, so a paper is written to be read outside its own specialty.该刊服务于广泛的读者，因此论文的写作使其能在本专业之外被阅读。

• Work on a new material is taken when the paper reports how it was made and how it behaves, since a claim about a substance is only as good as the evidence behind it.关于新材料的工作在论文报告其如何制备及其行为时会被接收，因为关于一种物质的论断只与其背后的证据同样可靠。

• A study of a plant extract may appear when its chemistry is analysed, so the journal takes some work that sits between chemistry and biology.对植物提取物的研究在其化学被分析时可以出现，因此该刊接收一些处于化学与生物学之间的工作。

• The journal takes work on water, whether the question is how a pollutant travels or how a supply may be cleaned.该刊接收水方面的工作，无论问题是污染物如何迁移，还是一处水源如何被净化。

• A paper on the geology of a region may describe the strata it contains and the history those layers imply.关于某一地区地质的论文可以描述其所含的岩层以及这些层位所暗示的历史。

• Work on a mathematical model is taken when the account shows what the model explains and where it fails.关于数学模型的工作在记述说明该模型解释了什么以及在何处失效时会被接收。

• The journal publishes studies of the environment of a country, since a local problem often speaks to a wider question.该刊发表某一国家环境的研究，因为一个局部问题常关涉更广泛的问题。

• A paper may report the properties of a nanomaterial, and the journal takes such work when the measurement is careful.论文可以报告某种纳米材料的性质，该刊在测量细致时接收此类工作。

• Work on the chemistry of a natural product is taken, since many useful compounds come from living things.天然产物的化学方面的工作会被接收，因为许多有用的化合物来自生物。

• The journal takes a study of energy, whether the subject is a new cell or a way of storing heat.该刊接收能源方面的研究，无论主题是一种新型电池，还是一种储热方式。

• The journal takes work on a catalyst, since a substance that speeds a reaction is useful to industry.该刊接收催化剂方面的工作，因为加速反应的物质对工业有用。

• A paper may report a sensor, and the account should show how sensitive it is and how it was calibrated.论文可以报告一种传感器，记述应说明它有多灵敏以及如何被标定。

• Work on the synthesis of a compound is taken when the route is described well enough for another chemist to repeat it.关于某化合物合成的工作在其路线描述得足以让另一位化学家重复时会被接收。

• The journal publishes work on a mineral, and its structure may be read from a diffraction pattern.该刊发表矿物方面的工作，其结构可以从衍射图样中读出。

• A study of a microorganism is taken, since the smallest forms of life do much of the chemistry of the world.微生物的研究会被接收，因为最小的生命形式承担了世界上许多化学过程。

• Work on a polymer is covered, since a material that can be shaped has many uses.聚合物方面的工作也在覆盖之列，因为一种可被成形的材料有许多用途。

• The journal takes work on a mathematical inequality or a proof, provided the result is new and clearly argued.该刊接收数学不等式或证明的工作，只要结果新颖且论证清楚。

• A paper may report a statistical method, and the journal takes it when the method is shown to work on real data.论文可以报告一种统计方法，该刊在其被证明可用于真实数据时接收它。

• Work on the remote sensing of a landscape is taken, since a satellite can see a pattern that a single observer cannot.景观遥感方面的工作会被接收，因为卫星可以看到单个观察者看不到的格局。

History

• The journal has appeared in its present form since 2009, as its publisher states.据出版方说明，该刊自 2009 年以来以现形制发行。

• It is owned by King Saud University, which appoints its editor-in-chief.该刊为沙特国王大学所有，主编由该校任命。

• It is published by Scientific Scholar, a house with offices in the United States and in India.该刊由 Scientific Scholar 出版，该社在美国与印度设有办事机构。

• The print number is 1018-3647 and the online number 2213-686X.其印本刊号为 1018-3647，在线刊号为 2213-686X。

• Twelve issues appear in a year, so the title is monthly.该刊每年出版十二期，因此为月刊。

• Every article is free to read on the day it appears, since the journal is open access.每篇文章在发表当天即可免费阅读，因为该刊是开放获取的。

• Its impact factor was 4.199 for 2023 and 3.3 for 2025, with a five-year figure of 3.7.其影响因子 2023 年为 4.199，2025 年为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.7。

• The title records a CiteScore of 10.2, which places it high among multidisciplinary journals.该刊的 CiteScore 为 10.2，在综合性期刊中位置靠前。

• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and in Scopus.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录。

• The Directory of Open Access Journals carries it, and its record is also held by the national library of medicine.开放获取期刊目录载有该刊，其记录也由美国国家医学图书馆保存。

• The journal is a general title, so its contents range across the fields its publisher names.该刊是一份综合性期刊，因此其内容横跨出版方所列举的各领域。

• A volume of the journal is gathered each year, and the articles of a year sit together in it.该刊每年汇集为一卷，一年的文章汇于其中。

Editors

• (Abdullah M. Al-Enizi) is the editor-in-chief of the journal.（Abdullah M. Al-Enizi）是该刊主编。

• The university appoints the editor and oversees the composition of the board.大学任命主编并监督编委会的组成。

• An editorial office at the university handles the flow of manuscripts.设于该校的编辑部处理稿件的流转。

• Associate editors cover physics, geology and the other fields the journal takes.副编辑覆盖物理学，地质学以及该刊所接收的其他领域。

• The board draws on scientists from several countries, so the title is not tied to one school.编委会吸纳多国的科学家，因此该刊不系于单一学派。

• A manuscript is sent to reviewers who work on the subject it addresses.稿件被送给研究其主题的评审人。

• The editors receive the reports and take the decision on a paper.编辑收到报告后就论文作出决定。

• The journal office answers queries about submission and follows each paper.该刊办公室答复关于投稿的询问并跟踪每篇论文。

• The editors state that a study is judged on its science rather than on the field it comes from.编辑声明一项研究据其科学性而非其所属领域来评判。