“Journal of Jilin University (Science Edition)” is a comprehensive academic journal in the fields of science sponsored by Jilin University and administrated by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The journal started publication in 1955. The original name at starting publication was “Journal of Natural Science of Northeast People University”, which was changed into “Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Jilinensis” in 1958 owing to the name change of the university. The present journal name has been begun since the beginning of 2002 after a new Jilin University was set up, which comes from the amalgamation of the original Jilin University, Jilin University of Technology, Bethune Medicine University, Changchun University of Science and Technology and Changchun Post and Telecommunication Institute on June 12, 2000. The domestic journal number is CN 22-1340/O, and the international journal number is ISSN 1671-5489.

The editorial board of the journal consists of 54 members who are all well-known professors. Among them there are five Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, they are Profs. Feng Shou-hua(chemist), Shen Jia-cong(chemist), Sun Chia-chung(chemist), Xu Ru-ren(chemist) and Zou Guang-tian(physicist). Prof. Qiu Shi-lun (The chairman of “973” project of P.R.China, Head of MacDiarmid Laboratory) holds the post of the editor-in-chief.

The journal mainly covers the latest scientific research results achieved in basic theoretical research, applied and developed researches, the contents of which are contained in the columns of theses, reviews, research notes and letters in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, life science, computer science, electricity and electronics, environment science and so on.

The international standards and rules in both editing and publishing are strictly carried out. In order to be convenient for the readers, who do not understand Chinese, to acquire information and for the international abstract journals and literature databases to cite the contents, the journal name, the authors' names, the corresponding communication address, a detailed abstracts and keywords, and copyright indication are also described in English.

The “Journal of Jilin University (Science Edition)” enjoys a high prestige both at home and abroad. The articles published in the journal are all accepted for coverage in many well-known scientific and technological literature databases and abstract journals such as “MR”, “CA” and “CSA: MI” in USA, “Zbl Math” in Germany, “AJ” in Russia, “SA” in England, “Chinese Scientific and Technical Database”, “Chinese Mathematical Abstracts” and so on. The impact factors and the total cites of the journal rank in the front row among the journals of Chinese universities and institutes. The journal entered the rank of Double Hundred Journals of the Chinese Scientific and Technological Journal Array in 2001 and has become one of the best core scientific and technological journals.

The journal won successively national prizes in excellent journals appraised by the State Scientific and Technological Ministry and the News-publication Government Office nineteen times, the first-class prize in both edition quality and academic quality, and the first prizes of the excellent journal of Chinese universities given by the Ministry of Education ten times and the first-class prizes and excellent journal both at edition quality and style given by Jilin Province six times, and it was appraised two consecutive outstanding S.& T. journals of China in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

All the editors and staffs of the Editorial Department will work conscientiously and cautiously to serve the readers and authors whole-heartedly as always, and are determined to make greater contributions to building a first-class university and running a first-rate journal.

Address: Editorial Department of Journal of Jilin University (Science Edition), Nanhu Campus, Jilin University, No.5372 Nanhu Road, Changchun 130012, P.R.China.

Tel: 86-431-88499428; E-mail: sejuj@mail.jlu.edu.cn; http://xuebao.jlu.edu.cn.