Complex & Intelligent Systems aims to provide a forum for presenting and discussing novel approaches, tools and techniques meant for attaining a cross-fertilization between the broad fields of complex systems, computational simulation, and intelligent analytics and visualization.

The transdisciplinary research that the journal focuses on will expand the boundaries of our understanding by investigating the principles and processes that underlie many of the most profound problems facing society today.  

Key topics of focus include:  

Complexity
    - Complex evolutionary and adaptive Systems
    - Emergent properties and behavior in complex Systems
    - Self-organizing collective systems
    - Biological and social inspirations in problem solving
    - Systems Science and Engineering  
Intelligent Data Analytics
    - Data mining and knowledge discovery
    - Machine learning
    - Pattern recognition
    - Big Data Analytics and data science
    - Data-driven problem solving
Computational Simulation
    - Knowledge-based Systems
    - Agent based Systems
    - Uncertainty modeling
    - Decision support Systems
    - Brain-like computing
    - Ubiquitous computing
    - Computational visualization and interaction

Complex & Intelligent Systems is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal and ultimately the entire scientific endeavor. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice as detailed here: https://www.springer.com/us/editorial-policies

Evaluation process:
After technical check and screening for English quality, all new submissions are automatically screened using CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect cases of suspected plagiarism. Editors are also able to run a similarity report at any other point during the review process or post-publication.

All manuscripts are subject to a double-blind peer review process during at least 2 rounds coordinated by a Chief Editor responsible for the respective submission track (major topic). The average time from submission until the final decision is five months. The acceptance rate is around 26%. The evaluation workflow is supervised and monitored by an Editors-in-Chief.

peer-reviewed research

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Yaochu Jin
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH,UK
Email: yaochu.jin@surrey.ac.uk

Anas Alfaris
Center for Complex Engineering Systems (CCES)
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
KACST: P.O. Box 6086, 11442 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
And: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT: E38, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Emails: aalfaris@kacst.edu.sa / anas@mit.edu

ADVISORY EDITORS

Janus Kacprzyk
Systems Research Institute
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Email: kacprzyk@ibspan.waw.pl

Mo Jamshidi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Email: Mo.Jamshidi@utsa.edu

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Biswajeet Pradhan
Faculty of Engineering and IT
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Email: Biswajeet.Pradhan@uts.edu.au

Dujuan Wang
Business School
Sichuan University, China
Email: djwang@scu.edu.cn

Enrique Herrera-Viedma
Department Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
ETS de Ingenierias Informática y de Telecomunicación
University of Granada, Spain
Email: viedma@decsai.ugr.es

Francisco Herrera
Department Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
ETS de Ingenierias Informática y de Telecomunicación
University of Granada, Spain
Email: herrera@decsai.ugr.es

Harish Garg
School of Mathematics
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
University Under MHRD, Govt. of India
Email: harishg58iitr@gmail.com

Jun Wang
Department of Computer Science,
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Email: jwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk

Kay Chen Tan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Email: eletankc@nus.edu.sg

Mengjie Zhang
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Email: mengjie.zhang@ecs.vuw.ac.nz

Renaud Lambiotte
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Email: renaud.lambiotte@unamur.be

Suresh Chandra Satapathy
School of Computer Engineering
KIIT, Bhubaneswar, India
Email: sureshsatapathy@gmail.com

Wei-Neng Chen
School of Computer Science & Engineering
South China University of Technology, China
Email: cschenwn@scut.edu.cn

Wenli Du
East China University of Science and Technology, China
Email: wldu@ecust.edu.cn

Witold Pedrycz
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Alberta, Canada
Email: pedrycz@ece.ualberta.ca

Yew Soon Ong
School of Computer Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: ASYSOng@ntu.edu.sg

Yunqiang Yin
School of Management and Economics
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
China
Email: yinyq@uestc.edu.cn

EDITORIAL BOARD

Abbass Hussein, The University of New South Wales,Australia
Abhishek Gupta, Technology and Research (A*STAR),Singapore
Aimin Zhou, East China Normal University, China
Alexander Brownlee, University of Stirling,UK
Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Benjamin Inden, Nottingham Trent University,UK
Bo Liu, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Cengiz Kahraman, Istanbul Technical University,Turkey
Chaoli Sun, University of Surrey, UK
Edwin Lughofer, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Efrén Mezura Montes, University of Veracruz,Mexico
Farrukh Aslam Khan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Florentin Smarandache, University of New Mexico,USA
Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno,Italy
Handing Wang, University of Surrey, UK
Hiroki Sayama, Binghamton University, State University of New York,USA
Huiru Zheng, Ulster University, UK
Hussein Abulkasim, Ryerson University, Canada
Hyondong Oh, Loughborough University, UK
Ivo Bukovsky, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Jinliang Wang, Tianjin Polytechnic University, China
John McCall, Robert Gordon University,UK
Jonathan Fieldsend, University of Exeter,UK
Józef Korbicz, University of Zielona Góra,Poland
Ke Li, University of Exeter, UK
Kevin Wong, Murdoch University,Australia
Kezhi Li, University College London, UK
Kóczy T. László, Széchenyi István University,Hungary
Laura García, University of Córdoba, Spain
Luis Magdalena, European Centre for Soft Computing,Spain
Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University,Australia
Mansour Alsaleh, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Massimo Squillante, University of Sannio, Benevento,Italy
Michael John Watts, Auckland Institute of Studies,New Zealand
Muhammet Gul, Munzur University,Turkey
Murillo G. Carneiro, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia, USA
Nikhil R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Nilanjan Dey, Techno India College of Technology, India
Nitin Naik, Defence School of Communications and Information Systems(DSCIS),UK
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology,Mexico
Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK
Qiang Li, Bielefeld University, Germany
Ran Cheng, University of Birmingham,UK
Ricardo Cerri, Federal University of São Carlos,Brazil
Richard Allmendinger, University of Manchester,UK
Ruili Wang, Massey University, New Zealand
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science & Technology,Poland
Sanyang Liu, Xidian University,China
Sattam Alsubaiee, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology,Saudi Arabia
Scott Dick, University of Alberta,Canada
Shan He, University of Birmingham,UK
Spencer Thomas, National Physical Laboratory,UK
Suresh Sundaram, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore
Uzay Kaymak, University of Technology, Eindhoven,Netherlands
Vincenzo Conti, Kore University of Enna,Italy
Wenjian Luo, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen,China
Xiang Feng, East China University of Science and Technology,China
Xingguang Peng, Northeastern Polytechnical University,China
Xingyi Zhang, Anhui University,China
Yongsheng Dong, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore
Yuji Sato, Hosei University, Japan
Yun Yang, Yunnan University, China
Zhou Wu, Chongqing University,China

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Wail Alkowaileet
Center for Complex Engineering Systems (CCES)
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
P.O. Box 6086, 11442 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: w.alkowaileet@cces-kacst-mit.org

SPRINGER IN-HOUSE EDITOR

Nabil Khélifi
Springer Heidelberg, Germany
E-mail: Nabil.Khelifi@springer.com