The core of NTU is evaluated by China Social Science Research and Evaluation Center of Nanjing University every two years.

By analyzing the citation influencing factors of all academic journals of humanities and social sciences published within two months in China, it refers to the ratio of the number of articles published in the first two years (excluding journal self-citation) to the number of articles published in the first two years when a journal is cited by CSSCI source journals in a statistical year; The total cited frequency refers to the total number of articles cited by CSSCI source journals since publication (including journal self-citation).

The publication with the highest results is the core source periodical of NTU.

Nanda core source:

NTU core source periodicals have been widely recognized by academic circles. In terms of influence, its ranking is the most authoritative in China, and it is more difficult to be selected than the core of Peking University.

List of source journals to be included in management discipline: Management World, Nankai Business Review, China Soft Science, Scientific Research Management, Scientific Research, Public Management Magazine, China Management Science Magazine, Management Science, Science and Technology Management, R&D Management, Foreign Economics and Management, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Magazine, Management Magazine, China Administration, Management Review, China Management Science, Soft Science, China Science and Technology Forum, System Engineering Theory and Practice.