The so-called A magazine is the main magazine, and B magazine is the supplement, or supplement. It is useless to publish papers on it, which are usually published in regular journals. Professional title evaluation must be published in magazines. Because period A is the main period, while period B and others are some supplements or supplements.

Class A, Class B and Class C are simple identifications of periodical level by some units, which are not necessarily and inconsistent. CSSCI, a journal of humanities and social sciences, is searched by Nanjing University, and its level is higher than that of Peking University, because there are more magazines in Peking University.

Different units have different accreditation standards. Generally speaking, most schools and institutions have their own recognized ABC journals, depending on their own institutions, but most of them are still the same.

Extended data:

Level A: SSCI, A &；; Periodicals included in HCI. SSCI and A & M human-computer interaction are important symbols to measure the level of scientific research. Academics usually think that SSCI is a&; The HCI paper is at the front.

Class a and class II: CSSCI journals. The academic level of CSSCI periodicals is recognized and respected by domestic educational circles, and it is an important data for counting the construction effect of "2 1 1 Project" and applying for key disciplines and doctoral programs at all levels. Some CSSCI journals are recognized as representative top journals in universities.

Class A and Class III: National authoritative professional journals belonging to two disciplines. An important periodical with a level above Class B can be used as an important index for the comparison of scientific research ability of colleges and universities, doctoral dissertations, the declaration of provincial and national key disciplines, and the evaluation of teachers' senior titles, and is usually an important periodical of a certain specialty.

Class B: Other journals included in CSSCI, papers included in ISSHP, Xinhua Digest, China Social Science Digest, Guangming Daily and People's Daily are all regarded as Class B. ..

Class C: Journals that are not included in CSSCI, but included in Compendium of Core Journals in China, and have important influence in this discipline, are mostly published by young teachers in colleges and universities.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Citation Index of Chinese Social Sciences