SCD: Science Citation Database is a domestic citation database independently developed by the research group of China University, which owns all intellectual property rights. Since 2006, it has been used in the evaluation of China University and the graduate school of China University. University evaluation should be objective, fair and open. As an easy-to-measure performance evaluation tool, SCD should also have an intuitive attribute at a glance.

Scd periodicals belong to Class B periodicals, which are Chinese scientific citation databases and domestic citation databases with all intellectual property rights independently developed by the evaluation group of China University. SCD journals include 1205 kinds of domestic journals, including 690 kinds of science (including science, engineering, agriculture and medicine) and 5 kinds of liberal arts (including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history and management).