"Membrane science and technology", a professional scientific journal, aims at the basic and applied research in the field of membrane science and technology and reports unpublished research results in the field of membrane science and technology both domestic and overseas. The contents of the journal cover membrane preparation, characterization, membrane structure adjustment, membrane transfer phenomenon, membrane components manufacturing and engineering application, especially on membrane materials in water quality safety, water resources protection, new energy development and the application of medical and health process, the application results and industrialization in fields such as petroleum, chemical, metallurgy, medicine, food, environmental protection and biological products purification etc. The contents of the journal include new theories, new concepts, new ideas, new discoveries, new technologies, new methods, new materials, new applications and new interdisciplinary subjects. The journal has columns such as expert forum, thematic review, research report, applied research, trends and information. The journal reflects the development trend and the latest information of this discipline, and mainly reports to experts, professors, scientists and engineers engaged in the research, teaching and application of this field in domestic and foreign research institutes, universities, state key laboratories, enterprises and institutions. The scientific journal has won the award: August 1998, second prize of "outstanding sci-tech journals", state administration of petroleum and chemical industry, 2001 "Chinese periodical phalanx" good social benefit, good economic benefit "double effect periodical" title, 2003 China petroleum and chemical industry association "the fifth national petroleum and chemical industry excellent journal (academic category) first prize, 2004 "excellent periodical award of Gansu province" by Gansu provincial press and publication bureau, June 2005, "outstanding science and technology journal award of Gansu province", department of science and technology of Gansu province, August 2006, China petroleum and chemical industry association "the sixth national petroleum and chemical industry excellent journal (academic category) first prize", August 2009, the press and publication bureau of 11 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) of north China co-sponsored the "third excellent periodical award of north China". It has been awarded "Chinese core journal" since 1998. In 2011, the journal won the first prize of "national excellent newspaper of petroleum and chemical industry" by China petroleum and chemical industry association and China chemical industry information association. From 2011 to 2017, the journal was successively rated as "RCCSE China core academic journal" by China academic journal review committee and China science evaluation research center of wuhan university. The journal is also included in important national databases and in the American chemical digest CA.