INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS

International Journal of General Systems is a periodical devoted primarily to the publication of original research contributions to system science, basic as well as applied. However, relevant survey articles, invited book reviews, bibliographies, and letters to the editor are also published. The principal aim of the journal is to promote original systems ideas (concepts, principles, methods, theoretical or experimental results, etc.) that are broadly applicable to various kinds of systems. The term “general system” in the name of the journal is intended to indicate this aim–the orientation to systems ideas that have a general applicability. Typical subject areas covered by the journal include: uncertainty and randomness; fuzziness and imprecision; information; complexity; inductive and deductive reasoning about systems; learning; systems analysis and design; and theoretical as well as experimental knowledge regarding various categories of systems. Submitted research must be well presented and must clearly state the contribution and novelty. Manuscripts dealing with particular kinds of systems which lack general applicability across a broad range of systems should be sent to journals specializing in the respective topics. Manuscripts submitted to the journal that the editors do not consider compatible with these Aims and Scope are routinely rejected. All other manuscripts are subject to peer review at the discretion of the Editorial Office. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

《国际通用系统杂志》主要发表对系统科学、基础和应用的原始研究成果。但是，相关的调查文章、受邀的书评、参考书目和致编辑的信函也会被出版。该期刊的主要目的是推广广泛适用于各种系统的原始系统思想（概念、原理、方法、理论或实验结果等）。期刊名称中的“一般系统”一词旨在表明这一目标——对具有普遍适用性的系统理念的定位。该期刊所涵盖的典型学科领域包括：不确定性和随机性；模糊性和不精确性；信息；复杂性；系统的归纳和演绎推理；学习；系统分析和设计；以及各类系统的理论和实验知识。提交的研究必须有很好的介绍，并且必须清楚地说明其贡献和新颖性。处理特定类型系统的手稿，这些系统在广泛的系统范围内缺乏普遍适用性，应发送给专门从事各自主题的期刊。编辑认为与这些目标和范围不符的提交给期刊的稿件通常被拒绝。所有其他的手稿都要经过编辑部的同行评审。本杂志所有发表的研究文章都经过了严格的同行评审，通过最初的编辑筛选和独立专家评审的匿名评审。