Difference 1: The creators are different.

SSCI is a companion piece of social science citation index SCI, which was founded by American Institute of Scientific Information.

CSSCI is a citation index of Chinese social sciences, which is a database developed by China Social Sciences Research and Evaluation Center of Nanjing University. It is a landmark project in the evaluation of humanities and social sciences in China to retrieve the collection of papers and references in the social sciences in China.

Difference 2: Different languages.

SSCI publishes English papers; Chinese papers published by CSSCI.

Difference 3: different permissions.

SSCI is a world-class authority system; CSSCI is an authoritative retrieval system in China.

Difference 4: The difficulty of publication is different.

Generally speaking, SSCI is more difficult to publish than CSSCI.

SSCI searches social science literature, mainly in the direction of liberal arts, such as law, politics and other majors; Cssci retrieval involves a wider range of majors, including liberal arts and science majors. SCI is a scientific citation retrieval, and its receiving direction mainly involves agriculture, biology and engineering.

SSCI is a social science citation index, both of which are international databases, and its authority is self-evident. The articles received are all English papers.

CSSCI is a citation index of social sciences in China, and its collection direction mainly involves social sciences such as law, management, economics and history.