Quantitative Biology
Quantitative Biology (commonly abbreviated as Quant. Biol.) is a quantitative biology quarterly founded in 2013 by Tsinghua University, Peking University and Higher Education Press, now published by Wiley in partnership with HEP, with a 2025 impact factor of 2.2.Quantitative Biology（常用缩写 Quant. Biol.）是清华大学、北京大学与高等教育出版社联合创办的定量生物学季刊，2013 年创刊，现由 Wiley 与高教社合作出版，2025 年影响因子为 2.2。[1]
Scope
- Scope: the journal publishes interdisciplinary research using quantitative approaches and technologies to analyse and integrate biological systems, construct and model engineered life systems and deepen understanding of the life sciences.学科定位： 期刊发表以定量方法与技术分析整合生物系统、构建并建模工程化生命系统的跨学科研究。
- Subject coverage: it spans all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology, synthetic biology, systems biology and theoretical biology.收录主题： 范围覆盖生物信息学与计算生物学、合成生物学、系统生物学与理论生物学的全部领域。
- Publishing model: the journal is open access, publishing on that basis since 2022 under a CC BY licence.出版模式： 期刊为开放获取，自 2022 年起以开放获取方式出版，采用 CC BY 许可。
- Indexing and metrics: indexed through the Science Citation Index Expanded and ESCI system, the journal sits in the third quartile of mathematical and computational biology, with a 2025 impact factor of 2.2 and a five-year factor of 2.6.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版与 ESCI 体系收录，在数学与计算生物学类别中列第三区，2025 年影响因子为 2.2，五年影响因子为 2.6。[2]
History
- Founded in 2013: the journal was launched in 2013 by Tsinghua University, Peking University and Higher Education Press, published from Beijing by HEP.2013年创刊： 期刊于 2013 年由清华大学、北京大学与高等教育出版社联合创办，由高教社在北京出版。
- Publisher history: the NLM catalogue records the journal as published by HEP through 2024, with Wiley taking over from that year.出版方沿革： 美国国家医学图书馆馆藏记录显示，期刊由高教社出版至 2024 年，其后由 Wiley 接手出版。
- Open access history: the journal joined the open access directory in 2022, charging an article processing fee with a waiver policy in place.开放获取沿革： 期刊于 2022 年起进入开放获取目录，收取文章处理费并设减免政策。[3]
- Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 3.1 in 2022, 1.4 in 2024 and 2.2 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2022 年为 3.1，2024 年为 1.4，2025 年为 2.2。
- Frequency: the journal appears quarterly.刊期： 期刊为季刊。
Editors
- Editors-in-chief: the journal is led by Chao Tang of Peking University and Xuegong Zhang of Tsinghua University.现任主编： 主编为北京大学的汤超与清华大学的张学工。
- Editorial background: the pair represent experimental quantitative biology and bioinformatics respectively, mirroring the multi-institution founding structure.主编背景： 两位主编分别代表定量生物学实验与生物信息学方向，与研究机构的联合创办结构相呼应。
- Editorial board: the board spans computational biology, systems biology and synthetic biology, with a submission community rooted in the domestic quantitative biology network.编委构成： 编委会覆盖计算生物学、系统生物学与合成生物学方向，投稿社群依托国内定量生物学共同体。[4]
- Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the ScholarOne system and undergo peer review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 ScholarOne 在线系统递交，接受同行评审。
- Editorial policy: the journal weighs the explanatory power of quantitative approaches for real biological questions, welcoming modelling, experiment and data science in equal measure.编辑方针： 期刊强调定量方法对生命系统问题的实际解释力，欢迎建模、实验与数据科学并重的成果。