The full name of statistical source journal is China Statistical Source Journal of Scientific Papers, which is commonly referred to as the core journal of science and technology. The core journals of science and technology are a kind of core journal system in China, which plays an important role in promoting personal evaluation and academic evaluation in China. The source journals of statistics are also selected according to the indicators of journals, and the catalogue is updated every two years.
Selection principle:
(1) According to the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and objectivity, China Institute of Science and Technology Information adopts the principle of quantitative evaluation data as the main factor, supplemented by qualitative evaluation by experts, to carry out the selection of core sci-tech periodicals in China. The selection results were announced to the public through online publishing, holding a press conference, and officially releasing the Citation Report of China Sci-tech Journals (Core Edition).
(2) China science and technology core journals are evaluated and adjusted once a year. Journals evaluated include those that were selected as the core journals of science and technology in China last year and those that applied to become the core journals of science and technology in China that year.
(3) Ensuring the authority of academic experts in evaluating the "core journals" of science and technology: A dynamic expert committee for evaluating the "core journals" of science and technology should be established under the organization of the journal management department, and the academic level of scientific journals in a certain discipline must be decided by scientific academic experts, and cannot be evaluated exclusively by the journal management department.