1, journal introduction

Journal of Guizhou University is an academic theoretical publication sponsored by Guizhou University, which mainly reflects the scientific research and teaching achievements of Guizhou University. It is an important garden to carry out academic exchanges at home and abroad and cultivate academic research talents. Journal of Guizhou University strictly follows the purpose of running the journal, adheres to the correct direction of running the journal, and adheres to the correct political standards and editing and publishing standards.

There are 17 in-service editors in the editorial department, of which senior titles account for more than half of all editors. Journal of Guizhou University strictly implements the "three-review system" stipulated by the General Administration of Press and Publication, implements the two-way anonymous peer review system, and strictly controls the quality of manuscripts, so that the journal has always maintained a high quality and level.

2. Journals have won honors.

In 2006, Journal of Guizhou University (Social Science Edition) won the title of "Top 100 Social Sciences Journals in China" for the third time on the basis of being awarded the core journals of China Humanities and Social Sciences, the source journals of China Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) and the core journals of China Humanities and Social Sciences Journals.

The definition and origin of core journals;

1, the definition of core journals

Core journals are the main journals of a certain discipline, generally referring to professional journals with large amount of professional information and high quality, which can represent the development level of professional disciplines and are valued by readers of this discipline. There are many ways to determine the core journals, such as the journals with a large number of articles (that is, the number of documents published in this discipline), the journals with a large number of secondary literature excerpts, and the journals with a large number of readers' citations.

2. The origin of core journals

193 1 Bradford, a famous philologist, first revealed the law of concentration and dispersion of documents, and found that 1/3 papers of a certain discipline were published in 3.2% journals in a certain period; From 65438 to 0967, UNESCO studied the distribution of secondary literature in periodicals and found that 75% of the literature appeared in 10% of the periodicals.

197 1 year, Garfield, the founder of SCI, counted the distribution of references in journals and found that 24% of the citations appeared in 1.25% of journals, and so on. All these studies show that there is a "core effect" in journals, which leads to the concept of "core journals".