Journal Metrics

2026-01-16

Academic journals serve as the most rapid and vital medium for disseminating scholarly information, providing a platform for faculty and researchers to exchange knowledge. Enhancing overall academic standards is a primary mission for the construction and development of higher education institutions, as well as a necessary condition for improving teaching quality. To assist our faculty and researchers in targeting and accurately publishing their academic papers in important domestic and international journals—thereby elevating academic standards, expanding influence, and improving our university's ranking in national and global academic assessments—we have established this Journal Evaluation column for reference.

Core journals in a specific discipline (or specialty) refer to those periodicals that publish a substantial number of high-quality papers, reflect the latest research achievements and frontier developments in the field, and are highly regarded by scholars in that discipline. The Chinese Core Journal Directory is compiled based on the national education project "Bibliometric Research on Core Journals," integrating quantitative indicators such as article volume, citation frequency, and impact factor, and has been validated by experts. We consider this directory to be scientific and authoritative.

For international journals or conference proceedings, recognition is generally based on inclusion in the three major indexing systems: SCI, EI, and ISTP. For economics and management disciplines, SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) and ABI (Abstract of Business Index) are also accepted. Papers published in other academic journals require confirmation by relevant disciplinary experts and the university academic committee.

Journal Evaluation Systems

1. Chinese Journal Evaluation Tools

• Journals included in the "China Sci-Tech Journal Excellence Action Plan"

• Directory of High-Quality Sci-Tech Journals in China

• Chinese Core Journal Directory (Peking University 2023 Edition | 2020 Edition | 2017 Edition)