Although it is reported that the banned 400+ periodicals will be gradually released after February 20, 65438, there have been waves of turmoil.
Yesterday, June 8th, 165438+ China Association for Science and Technology issued a special inspection notice on periodicals-a notice on carrying out a special inspection on the issue of spamming of papers by journals in charge of China Association for Science and Technology.
Key content
This round of periodical special inspection involves periodicals in the fields of science and technology, electronics, instruments, medicine and mathematics. Although there are only 53 selected journals, all journals of China Association for Science and Technology and its affiliated associations should be comprehensively reviewed.
1, inspection object
All journals published by China Association for Science and Technology. Among them, the key verification: the number of papers published in the whole year >; In 2000, most of the papers in each issue were ≤ 5,000 words or ≤3 pages, and the papers suspected of exceeding the scope appeared in the annual (20 18-2020), bimonthly, xunkan and weekly.
Attention! Screening and labeling of key verification journals: most papers in each issue are ≤ 5,000 words or ≤3 pages, which is only the standard for making journals the key audit, and it is not the same as submitting papers in the future. 5000 words or more than three pages.
2, check the content
Content quality level, publishing qualification, implementation of the "three audits and three schools" system, and business cooperation. In particular, whether the contents, publication and operation of periodicals meet the requirements of relevant laws, regulations and academic norms, and whether there are academic misconduct.
3. Specific requirements
The special inspection shall be conducted by combining comprehensive self-examination with key spot checks. China Association for Science and Technology will conduct spot checks on 53 periodicals on the basis of self-examination by all units and in accordance with key verification requirements. These key spot-check periodicals must be self-checked by the publishing unit and the organizer before June 20th. 165438.
Key sampling periodicals
The list of 53 major sampled journals is as follows:
There are 14 kinds of biomedical journals, among which China Medical Journal is a SCI journal, a bilingual Chinese-English journal with a history of more than 100 years, the earliest Chinese medical journal included in foreign medical indexes in China, and the first academic journal recognized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The current editor-in-chief is Academician Cao Xuetao.
In addition to Chinese Medical Journal, there are two kinds of non-medical SCI journals in this spot check: Journal of Materials Science and Technology; Technology and China Journal of Electrical Engineering.
Original notification
The determination of the country to punish academic misconduct can be seen, and periodical rectification and severe crackdown on academic misconduct will be a long-term trend.