National Science Review
National Science Review is an open access monthly multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2014, covering all areas of the natural sciences, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 18.1《国家科学评论》是由(Oxford University Press)在(Chinese Academy of Sciences)支持下自 2014 年起出版的开放获取综合性月刊,覆盖自然科学各领域,2025 年影响因子为 18.1。
Scope
- It covers all areas of the natural sciences, including physics and mathematics, chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, materials science and information sciences该刊覆盖自然科学各领域,包括物理与数学、化学、生命科学、地球科学、材料科学与信息科学。
- It aims to report cutting-edge developments across science and technology in China and around the world该刊旨在报道中国及全球科学与技术的前沿进展。
- Its content types include editorials, reviews, research articles, brief communications, perspectives, research highlights, letters and commentaries, interviews and forums其体裁包括社论、综述、研究论文、简报、观点、研究亮点、通信与评论、访谈以及论坛。
- Original research articles were added to its publication scope in 2017, greatly enlarging its authorship and readership原创研究论文于 2017 年被纳入其出版范围,显著扩大了其作者群与读者群。
- It gives priority to significant and innovative original research and to broad reviews of recent progress该刊重视具有重要性与创新性的原创研究,以及概述近期进展的综合性综述。
- It publishes special topics that give comprehensive coverage of a specific research area with major progress in China or internationally该刊出版特别专题,对在中国或国际上取得重大进展的特定研究领域作全景式覆盖。
History
- It was launched in 2014 under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences该刊于 2014 年在(Chinese Academy of Sciences)支持下创刊。
- It initially appeared quarterly and later changed to monthly issues to cope with increasing submissions该刊最初为季刊,后因投稿量增长改为月刊。
- It flipped to full open access in 2019, with all content since launch available online under the open access model该刊于 2019 年转为完全开放获取,创刊以来的全部内容均以开放获取模式在线发布。
- It carries the print ISSN 2095-5138 and the online ISSN 2053-714X其印刷版 ISSN 为 2095-5138,在线版 ISSN 为 2053-714X。
- Its editorial office is at Science China Press in Beijing, China其编辑部设在中国北京的(Science China Press)。
- Its Journal Impact Factor was 23.178 in 2022 and 18.1 in 2025, and it ranked 8th among 140 multidisciplinary sciences journals in 2025其影响因子 2022 年为 23.178,2025 年为 18.1,2025 年在 140 种综合性自然科学期刊中排名第 8。
- Its median time from submission to first decision was 6 days in 2025, and from acceptance to publication 4 days2025 年其从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 6 天,从录用到出版为 4 天。
Editors
- Its Editor-in-Chief is Chunli Bai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences其主编为(Chinese Academy of Sciences)的 Chunli Bai。
- Its Executive Editor-in-Chief is Mu-ming Poo of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences其执行主编为(Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences)的 Mu-ming Poo。
- Its Associate Editors-in-Chief include Qikun Xue, Song Gao, Chung-I Wu, Zhonghe Zhou, Dongyuan Zhao and Lei Guo其副主编包括 Qikun Xue、Song Gao、Chung-I Wu、Zhonghe Zhou、Dongyuan Zhao 与 Lei Guo。
- These associate editors oversee physics and mathematics, chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, materials science and information sciences respectively这些副主编分别负责物理与数学、化学、生命科学、地球科学、材料科学与信息科学。
- Its advisory board includes Nobel laureates such as Jean-Marie Lehn, Hartmut Michel and Ryoji Noyori其顾问委员会包括 Jean-Marie Lehn、Hartmut Michel 与 Ryoji Noyori 等诺贝尔奖得主。
- Its section editors and editorial board members are drawn from leading institutions in China and abroad其学科编辑与编委会成员来自中国与海外的多家一流机构。