The Journal of Shanxi University (Natural Science Edition) covers the natural sciences and is sponsored by Shanxi University. It is devoted to basic and applied research in mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, life sciences, geology and other branches of knowledge ans has been included in some of the better evaluation and information retrieval systems, such as CA, Digest Journal of Russia, CSCD, and Source Journals for Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations. Because of its academic achievements it is one of the key Chinese journals in science and technology and has been a top award winner among science and technology journals at universities nationwide and one of the best journals in science and technology sponsored by a university.