Ultrasonics

Ultrasonics is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1963 and published by Elsevier, the only internationally established journal covering the entire spectrum of ultrasound research, technology and applications, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8 and a Q1 place in Acoustics《超声学》（Ultrasonics）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，1963 年创刊，是唯一覆盖超声研究、技术与应用全部领域的国际期刊，2025 年影响因子为 4.8，声学学科居 Q1 区。

Scope

• The journal covers the entire spectrum of ultrasound research, technology and applications, in both fundamental investigations and real-world development期刊覆盖超声研究、技术与应用的全部领域，兼顾基础探索与现实开发。
• The physics of ultrasound section spans acousto-optics, ultrasonic visualization and imaging, surface acoustic waves, acoustic microscopy, acoustic emission, laser ultrasonics, physical acoustics and ultrasound scattering超声物理学板块涵盖声光学、超声可视化与成像、声表面波、声学显微镜、声发射、激光超声、物理声学与超声散射。
• It also takes in air-coupled ultrasonics, phononic crystals, acoustic metamaterials, resonant ultrasound spectroscopy, guided waves and acoustofluidics期刊亦收录空气耦合超声、声子晶体、声学超材料、共振超声谱、导波与声流体技术。
• The biomedical ultrasound section covers ultrasonic bio-effects, characterization of biological media, imaging and signal processing, elastography, high-intensity focused ultrasound, contrast agents and ultrasound-guided drug delivery生物医学超声板块涵盖超声生物效应、生物媒质表征、成像与信号处理、弹性成像、高强度聚焦超声、超声造影剂与超声介导药物递送。
• It further includes sonoporation and sonodynamics, wearable ultrasound devices, minimally invasive ultrasound therapies and surgical ultrasound devices期刊还收录声穿孔与声动力治疗、可穿戴超声设备、微创超声治疗及超声外科器械。
• The ultrasonic NDT, structural health monitoring and material characterization section covers phased arrays, ultrasonic fatigue and ultrasound in civil, aerospace and geological materials超声无损检测、结构健康监测与材料表征板块涵盖相控阵、超声疲劳及土木、航空航天与地质材料中的超声应用。
• Industrial and high-power ultrasonics, non-linear ultrasonics, ultrasonic devices and transducers, and underwater acoustics and ultrasonics complete the scope工业与功率超声、非线性超声、超声器件与换能器，以及水声学与超声共同构成完整收稿范围。
• The journal actively encourages submissions in emerging and interdisciplinary fields such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 and data-driven ultrasonics期刊积极鼓励机器学习、人工智能、工业 4.0 与数据驱动超声等新兴跨学科方向的投稿。

History

• Ultrasonics was founded in 1963 and is among the longest-running journals in its field, marking fifty years of service to the ultrasonics community with an editorial by A. G. Every in 2013《超声学》创刊于 1963 年，是该领域历史最悠久的期刊之一，（A. G. Every）在 2013 年的社论中回顾了其服务超声学界五十年的历程。^[1]
• The journal is published by Elsevier in the Netherlands and carries the print ISSN 0041-624X and the electronic ISSN 1874-9968该刊由荷兰（Elsevier）出版，印刷刊号为 0041-624X，电子刊号为 1874-9968。
• It issued nine volumes a year from 2015 and moved to twelve issues a year from 2025, spanning volumes 55 to 63 in 2015, volumes 136 to 144 in 2024 and volumes 157 to 168 in 2026该刊自 2015 年起每年 9 期，2025 年起增至每年 12 期，2015 年为第 55 至 63 卷，2024 年为第 136 至 144 卷，2026 年为第 157 至 168 卷。
• It is a hybrid journal: authors may opt for open access at an article publishing charge of USD 3860, or publish by subscription at no charge该刊为混合出版模式，作者可选择缴纳 3860 美元文章处理费发表开放获取文章，或经订阅途径免费发表。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.8, compared with 4.1 in 2024, 4.062 in 2022 and 2.89 in 2021, and the CiteScore is 8.32025 年影响因子为 4.8，2024 年为 4.1，2022 年为 4.062，2021 年为 2.89，（CiteScore）为 8.3。
• Elsevier reports a median of 7 days from submission to first decision, 56 days to decision after review, 125 days to acceptance and 4 days to online publication（Elsevier）数据显示，投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 7 天，送审至决定为 56 天，投稿至接受为 125 天，接受至在线发表为 4 天。
• The journal regularly features short communications and special issues on topical subjects, including wearable ultrasonics, ultrasonic metamaterials and biomedical innovations期刊定期刊发简短通讯并组织热点专刊，涵盖可穿戴超声、超声超材料与生物医学创新等方向。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Zhongqing Su of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, whose specialisms include structural health monitoring, wave propagation and non-destructive evaluation现任主编为香港理工大学（Hong Kong Polytechnic University）机械工程系的（Zhongqing Su），专长包括结构健康监测、波传播与无损评估。
• Sixteen associate editors serve the journal, based in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan该刊设有 16 位副编辑，分布于美国、中国、英国、意大利、法国、澳大利亚、日本、韩国、新加坡、俄罗斯与中国台湾。
• Editorial board members include Gail ter Haar of the Royal Marsden Hospital, Margaret Lucas of the University of Glasgow and Cyril Lafon of the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research编委包括皇家马斯登医院（Royal Marsden Hospital）的（Gail ter Haar）、格拉斯哥大学（University of Glasgow）的（Margaret Lucas）与法国国家健康与医学研究院（INSERM）的（Cyril Lafon）。
• The advisory board numbers five members: Arthur Every, Sigrun Hirsekorn, Tribikram Kundu, Peter Lewin and Wolfgang Sachse顾问委员会由 5 位成员组成：（Arthur Every）、（Sigrun Hirsekorn）、（Tribikram Kundu）、（Peter Lewin）与（Wolfgang Sachse）。
• The editorial board totals 47 editors and board members from 16 countries and regions, with the largest groups in the United States, China and the United Kingdom编委会由来自 16 个国家和地区的 47 位编辑与编委组成，以美国、中国与英国人数最多。
• The journal welcomes only manuscripts in which ultrasonics is the core subject rather than an incidental tool or secondary issue期刊仅欢迎以超声学为核心主题、而非仅将其用作附带工具的稿件。