Chinese core journals are journals with high academic level in China and an important part of China's academic evaluation system. They are mainly reflected in the recognition of academic level. For example, in a considerable number of teaching and scientific research units, they declare senior titles, obtain doctoral thesis defense qualifications, declare scientific research projects, evaluate the academic level of scientific research institutions or institutions of higher learning, and the workload completed by faculty and staff. One of the prerequisites is to publish many papers in core journals within a certain period of time. Generally speaking, Chinese core journals refer to the journals included in the Compendium of China Core Journals published in Peking University every year. * * * is divided into seven parts: the first part is philosophy, sociology, politics, law and military affairs; The second part of the economy; The third part is culture, education and history; The fourth part is natural science; The fifth part is medicine and health; Part VI Agricultural Science; The seventh part is the core journals of industrial technology, which have a high academic level and are an important part of China's academic evaluation system. Mainly reflected in the confirmation of academic level, such as in some teaching and research units. One of the prerequisites for applying for senior titles, obtaining the qualification for doctoral thesis defense, applying for scientific research projects, evaluating the academic level of scientific research institutions or institutions of higher learning, and the workload completed by faculty and staff is to publish many papers in core journals within a certain period of time, which are divided into national, provincial and municipal levels. Introduction to the Core Journals of Humanities and Social Sciences in China (2008 Edition) is the result of years of research and development by the Research Center for Bibliometrics and Scientific Evaluation of China Academy of Social Sciences. Through quantitative analysis of the development law and growth trend of academic journals, quantitative screening and expert argumentation, the book determines the core part of journal development and application, and selects 386 core journals in 23 disciplines and comprehensive disciplines of humanities and social sciences in China. The "list of core journals" and "list of journal citations" in the book list the core areas of academic influence of journals from the perspective of journal use; In addition, for the convenience of users, the book also briefly introduces the excellent journals and source journals with characteristics in the research field recommended by experts, and lists the core journals from different angles. Academic journals are an important carrier of academic research results and an important link and platform for knowledge production. In recent years, the evaluation of academic journals has attracted more and more attention from academic circles, scientific research management circles, periodical circles and library and information circles. Scientifically determining the scope of core journals is of great significance for obtaining high-density academic information resources, for the majority of scientific researchers to concentrate on reading the contents of professional journals in various disciplines, and for library and information units to establish basic core collections. Mastering and using core journals is helpful to discover and use academic documents, and get twice the result with half the effort. The selection process of core periodicals is also a concrete evaluation process of periodicals, which has attracted the attention of periodical evaluation circles because it mainly adopts bibliometrics method. The publication of this book will provide a useful reference for the optimization and evaluation of academic journals.