Journal of Membrane Computing

Journal of Membrane Computing is a hybrid open access journal from Springer, issued under the Springer Nature Singapore imprint, launched in 2019 and run in partnership with the International Membrane Computing Society, covering membrane computing from theoretical foundations to physical implementation, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.4.《膜计算学报》由 Springer 出版，采用混合开放获取模式，2019 年创刊，与国际膜计算学会（International Membrane Computing Society）合作办刊，内容覆盖膜计算从理论根基到物理实现的各个层面，2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4。

Scope

• The aims page frames the journal as a forum for an international community of scholars and practitioners who work on all aspects of membrane computing, taking in theories, interdisciplinary areas, applications and implementations.宗旨页把刊物定为国际学者与实践者的论坛，凡研究膜计算理论、交叉领域、应用与实现的同行都被纳入这一范围。
• P systems supply the working vocabulary, and cell-like P systems, tissue P systems and spiking neural P systems are named one by one alongside other variants of the model.P 系统是基本词汇，类细胞 P 系统（cell-like P systems）、组织型 P 系统（tissue P systems）与脉冲神经 P 系统（spiking neural P systems）逐一列出，其他变体同样在列。
• Membrane algorithms and computational complexity form a theoretical strand of their own, with the cost of a computation at the centre of that literature.膜算法与计算复杂性自成一个理论分支，计算代价是这类研究的中心问题。
• Interdisciplinary combinations are named explicitly, among them membrane computing with evolutionary computing, with neural networks, with DNA computing and with DNA storage.交叉组合被逐一点名，膜计算与进化计算、神经网络、DNA 计算以及 DNA 存储的结合都算在内。
• Applications listed on the same page run from optimization and biosystem modeling to ecosystem modeling and fault diagnosis.同一页列出的应用从优化与生物系统建模，延伸到生态系统建模与故障诊断。
• Implementation counts as part of the remit, and work that realises membrane computing models with nanotechnology belongs to the scope.实现是范围的组成部分，用纳米技术把膜计算模型做出来的工作同样属于本刊范围。
• Cellular computing, molecular computing and unconventional computing appear as separate entries, which keeps the door open to work that leaves the strict P system frame.细胞计算、分子计算与非常规计算各自单列，跳出严格 P 系统框架的工作因此仍有位置。
• Parallel and distributed computing has a heading, and the membrane controller is listed beside it as a device-level reading of the model.并行与分布式计算自成条目，膜控制器并列其旁，把模型读成器件层面的对象。
• Bio-inspired computing and DNA nanotechnology widen the frame beyond the theory of computation, and the aims page groups them with the biologically motivated side of the field.仿生计算与 DNA 纳米技术把范围拓到计算理论之外，宗旨页把它们与这一领域受生物学启发的一侧放在一起。
• Cross-fertilisation between biological and technological studies is the stated aim, so that a community working on biologically inspired computational intelligence can take shape.宗旨写明要促成生物学研究与技术研究之间的相互滋养，围绕受生物学启发的计算智能形成一个研究群体。
• The span claimed runs from theoretical underpinnings through technological advancement to physical implementations, a line the overview repeats in almost the same words.刊物声称的跨度从理论根基经技术进展直到物理实现，概述段几乎用同样的措辞重复了这条线索。
• Groundbreaking interdisciplinary research and the applications that follow from it carry special emphasis on the same page.有突破意义的交叉研究以及由它带出的应用在同一页上受到特别强调。
• Editors are drawn from theoretical computer science, engineering, mathematics and nanotechnology, a mix that mirrors the range of the scope.编辑队伍来自理论计算机科学、工程、数学与纳米技术，这一构成与范围的跨度相称。
• Four kinds of manuscript are accepted, namely original research papers, survey and review articles, short communications and tutorial papers.刊物接受四类稿件，即原创研究论文、综述与评论文章、短通讯以及教程性论文。
• A rapid review and publication process is promised in the overview block of the publisher page, a commitment that shapes the journal's working rhythm.承诺快速评审与快速出版，这一条写在出版方页面的概述栏中，也定下了刊物的运转节奏。

History

• The first volume carries 2019, and Crossref records four issues for it, so the journal opened as a quarterly with a complete first year.第 1 卷标注 2019 年，Crossref 为该卷登记了 4 期，刊物一开始就以季刊形态出满全年。
• Volume 8 belongs to 2026 and its third issue is dated September, which keeps one volume to a calendar year and four issues to a volume.第 8 卷属于 2026 年，其中第 3 期标注 9 月，一卷对一年、每卷 4 期的节奏由此延续。
• Two numbers identify the title, 2523-8906 for print and 2523-8914 for the electronic edition, printed together in the journal information block.刊名对应两个编号，纸本为 2523-8906，电子版为 2523-8914，两者一起印在期刊信息栏里。
• Springer publishes the journal, the site footer names Springer Nature Singapore as the imprint, and Crossref still holds the older house name Springer-Verlag.期刊由 Springer 出版，网站页脚标出的实体是 Springer Nature Singapore，Crossref 则仍保留旧社名 Springer-Verlag。
• A partnership with the International Membrane Computing Society is listed under societies and partnerships, which ties the title to the research community around P systems.与国际膜计算学会的伙伴关系列在学会与合作一栏，刊物由此与 P 系统研究群体相连。
• The journal is hybrid, so the subscription route carries no charge for authors while an open access route becomes available once a paper is accepted.刊物走混合模式，订阅路线不向作者收费，论文录用之后另有一条开放获取路线可选。
• Open access articles are published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY, and the licence leaves copyright with the authors.开放获取文章以 CC BY-NC-ND 或 CC BY 许可发表，版权留在作者手中。
• Fifty-six open access articles are counted on the journal page, and the gold share of output is put at 32.94 per cent.刊页统计的开放获取文章为 56 篇，金色路线占产出的 32.94%。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 2.4 and the five-year figure is 2.0, both printed in the metrics panel beside downloads and decision speed.2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，五年影响因子为 2.0，两项都印在指标栏里，与下载量和审稿速度并列。
• Three measurements read 1.9 for 2023, 2.9 for 2024 and 2.4 for 2025, a rise followed by a partial retreat.近三次测量为 2023 年 1.9、2024 年 2.9 与 2025 年 2.4，先上升后回落。
• Journal Citation Reports places the title in computer science, theory and methods at 59 of 146, a Q2 position in the Emerging Sources Citation Index edition.期刊引证报告把它列在计算机科学理论与方法类目，146 种期刊中排第 59 位，属 Emerging Sources Citation Index 版次的 Q2。
• The median wait from submission to a first decision is 13 days, a figure printed on the home page beside the impact factor.从投稿到首次决定的中位等待为 13 天，这个数字与影响因子并排印在首页。
• Downloads reached 45.3k in 2025, annual output runs at about 27 articles, total citations stand at 375 and a cited half-life of 3.8 years points to fast turnover.2025 年下载量为 45.3k，年发文约 27 篇，总被引 375 次，3.8 年的被引半衰期说明文献更替较快。
• Indexing reaches well past the Emerging Sources Citation Index and takes in Scopus, EI Compendex, DBLP, zbMATH, Mathematical Reviews, INSPEC and the ACM Digital Library, while CLOCKSS and Portico hold the archive.收录范围远超出 Emerging Sources Citation Index，还包括 Scopus、EI Compendex、DBLP、zbMATH、Mathematical Reviews、INSPEC 与 ACM Digital Library，CLOCKSS 与 Portico 负责存档。

Editors

• Gheorghe Păun holds the honorary editor-in-chief post, and the board page gives the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest as his affiliation.荣誉主编为（Gheorghe Păun），编委页把他的单位标为罗马尼亚科学院数学研究所（Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy），所址在布加勒斯特。
• Linqiang Pan of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan is editor-in-chief, the second name in the masthead that opens the board page.主编为（Linqiang Pan），任职于武汉的华中科技大学（Huazhong University of Science and Technology），在编委页开头的署名序列中排第二。
• Gexiang Zhang of Chengdu University of Information Technology is managing editor and takes the third place in that sequence.执行编辑为（Gexiang Zhang），任职于成都信息工程大学（Chengdu University of Information Technology），在同一序列中排第三。
• Eleven advisers form the advisory board, among them Cristian S. Calude of the University of Auckland and Oscar H. Ibarra of the University of California, Santa Barbara.顾问委员会由 11 位学者组成，其中包括奥克兰大学的（Cristian S. Calude）与加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校的（Oscar H. Ibarra）。
• Grzegorz Rozenberg of Leiden University, Ion Petre of the University of Turku and Takashi Yokomori of Waseda University in Tokyo sit on the same board.莱顿大学的（Grzegorz Rozenberg）、图尔库大学的（Ion Petre）与东京早稻田大学的（Takashi Yokomori）同在这份名单上。
• Xin Yao of Lingnan University in Hong Kong, Natalio Krasnogor of Newcastle University and Kamala Krithivasan of IIT Madras complete the advisory group.香港岭南大学的（Xin Yao）、纽卡斯尔大学的（Natalio Krasnogor）与印度理工学院马德拉斯分校的（Kamala Krithivasan）补足了这个顾问群体。
• Seventeen members make up the editorial board itself, and their affiliations run through Romania, Hungary, Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada, Japan, Spain, India and Hong Kong.编委会正式成员为 17 人，成员机构分布在罗马尼亚、匈牙利、奥地利、英国、德国、意大利、美国、加拿大、日本、西班牙、印度与中国香港。
• Cătălin Buiu of Politehnica București, Erzsébet Csuhaj-Varjú of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and Rudolf Freund of TU Wien are on it.（Cătălin Buiu）来自布加勒斯特 Politehnica 大学，（Erzsébet Csuhaj-Varjú）来自布达佩斯的罗兰大学，（Rudolf Freund）来自维也纳工业大学。
• Lila Kari of the University of Waterloo, Natasha Jonoska of the University of South Florida, Vincenzo Manca of the University of Verona and Claudio Zandron of Milano-Bicocca fill further seats.滑铁卢大学的（Lila Kari）、南佛罗里达大学的（Natasha Jonoska）、维罗纳大学的（Vincenzo Manca）与米兰比可卡大学的（Claudio Zandron）占据另外几个席位。
• Florentin Ipate of the University of Bucharest, Thomas Hinze of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Radu Nicolescu of the University of Auckland are also on the board.布加勒斯特大学的（Florentin Ipate）、耶拿大学的（Thomas Hinze）与奥克兰大学的（Radu Nicolescu）同样在名单之中。
• Review is single blind in the wording of the guidelines, where referees stay anonymous and authors are known to them.评审按指南的措辞是单盲，审稿人保持匿名，作者的身份对审稿人可见。
• The editor-in-chief reserves the right to reject a submission that does not meet the guidelines, which puts a desk decision ahead of external review.主编有权拒收不符合指南的投稿，初筛因此排在外审之前。
• Simultaneous submission is barred, work already published elsewhere cannot be reused in part or in full, and software may be used to screen for plagiarism.一稿多投被禁止，已在他处发表的内容不得部分或整体重发，刊物还会用软件筛查抄袭。
• Each manuscript carries an abstract of 150 to 250 words and 4 to 6 keywords, and submissions enter through the Springer Nature system at submission.nature.com.每篇稿件须附 150 至 250 词的摘要与 4 至 6 个关键词，投稿经 submission.nature.com 的 Springer Nature 系统提交。