Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America is a weekly peer-reviewed journal published by the United States National Academy of Sciences, covering all scientific disciplines. Founded in 1915, it is one of the most prestigious multidisciplinary scientific journals, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.5, indexed in SCIE.《美国国家科学院院刊》（Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 简称 PNAS）是由美国国家科学院出版的周刊同行评审期刊，涵盖所有科学学科。该刊创刊于 1915 年，是最负盛名的多学科科学期刊之一，2025 年影响因子为 9.5，被 SCIE 收录。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to publish high-impact original research across all scientific and engineering disciplines, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表覆盖所有科学与工程学科的高影响力原创研究，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Physical sciences: original research in physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and engineering, covering fundamental discoveries and applied advances.物理科学： 物理学、化学、天文学、地球科学与工程学领域的原创研究，涵盖基础发现与应用进展。
• Biological sciences: studies in molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, physiology, ecology, evolution, and biomedical research.生物科学： 分子生物学、遗传学、细胞生物学、生理学、生态学、进化论与生物医学研究。
• Social sciences: research in economics, political science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and other social sciences with a quantitative or empirical focus.社会科学： 经济学、政治学、心理学、社会学、人类学及其他社会科学的定量或实证研究。
• Applied and interdisciplinary sciences: interdisciplinary research that bridges traditional disciplines, including applied mathematics, computer science, data science, and sustainability science.应用与交叉科学： 桥接传统学科的交叉研究，包括应用数学、计算机科学、数据科学与可持续性科学。
• Article types: the journal publishes research articles, brief reports, commentaries, perspectives, colloquy papers, and profiles of National Academy members.栏目设置： 该刊发表研究论文、简报、评论、观点、讨论会论文以及美国国家科学院院士简介。

History

• Founding: PNAS was established in 1914, with its first issue published in 1915, making it one of the oldest continuously published scientific journals in the United States.创刊： PNAS 于 1914 年创办，1915 年出版首期，是美国历史最悠久的连续出版科学期刊之一。
• National Academy of Sciences: the journal has been published by the United States National Academy of Sciences since its founding, reflecting the Academy's mission to advance science and its use for the general welfare.美国国家科学院： 该刊自创刊以来由美国国家科学院出版，体现了科学院推进科学及其应用于公共福祉的使命。
• Contributed track: historically, PNAS allowed Academy members to contribute papers with a lenient review process, a track that was phased out in 2023 to standardize peer review across all submissions.贡献通道： 历史上，PNAS 允许科学院成员以较宽松的评审流程投稿，该通道于 2023 年逐步取消，以统一所有投稿的同行评审标准。
• Weekly publication: the journal publishes 52 issues per year, making it one of the most prolific high-impact scientific journals.周刊出版： 该刊每年出版 52 期，是最高产的高影响力科学期刊之一。

Editors

The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by associate editors and a large editorial board:该刊由主编领导，副主编与大型编委会协助工作：

• Editor-in-chief: May R. Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign serves as the editor-in-chief, a position she has held since 2019.主编： 伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的梅·R·贝伦鲍姆（May R. Berenbaum）自 2019 年起担任主编。
• Associate editors: the editor-in-chief is supported by associate editors representing all major scientific disciplines covered by the journal.副主编： 主编由代表该刊涵盖的所有主要科学学科的副主编协助。
• Editorial board: PNAS has one of the largest editorial boards in science, with editors and reviewers spanning all disciplines of the natural and social sciences.编委会： PNAS 拥有科学界最大的编委会之一，编辑与评审者涵盖自然科学与社会科学所有学科。
• Open access option: authors can choose to publish open access in this journal, making their articles freely available to readers upon publication in exchange for an article processing charge.开放获取选项： 作者可选择在该刊发表开放获取文章，使论文发表后即向读者免费开放，并支付文章处理费。