This evaluation process further refined the methodology for assessing core journals, making it more scientific and rational while striving to ensure that the results accurately reflect objective realities. The evaluation of core journals employs a combined approach of quantitative analysis and qualitative review. The quantitative evaluation framework includes 16 key indicators: citation counts (for both full texts and abstracts), citation rates (for full texts and abstracts), total citations, external citations (from journals, doctoral dissertations, and conference proceedings), impact factor, external impact factor, 5-year impact factor, 5-year external impact factor, characteristic factor, paper impact score, paper citation index, mutual citation index, recognition through awards or inclusion in major indexing tools, proportion of funded papers (at national and provincial/ministerial levels), web-based download volume, and web-based download rate. A total of 49 databases and abstract journals were selected as sources for collecting these evaluation metrics, yielding an impressive dataset of over 9.3 billion document instances across 13,953 distinct journal titles. Nearly 8,000 subject experts participated in the core journal评审 process. After rigorous quantitative screening and expert-driven qualitative reviews, 1,981 core journals were identified from China’s currently published Chinese-language periodicals.
The selection of core journals involves a comprehensive evaluation—conducted using scientific methods—of the academic quality and scholarly impact of papers published in various periodicals over a specific timeframe. This extensive undertaking is carried out by more than 100 experts and journal professionals from over ten university libraries in the Beijing area, along with the Literature & Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing VIP Information Co., Ltd., the China Academic Journal (CD-ROM Edition) Electronic Magazine Publishing House, the China Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, Beijing Wanfang Data Co., Ltd., the National Library, and the Institute for Evaluation Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Their assessment is based on bibliometric principles and methodologies, involving thorough literature retrieval, statistical analysis, and expert reviews tailored to each discipline.
This evaluation process further refined the methodology for assessing core journals, making it more scientific and rational while striving to ensure that the results accurately reflect objective realities. The evaluation of core journals employs a combined approach of quantitative analysis and qualitative review. The quantitative evaluation framework includes 16 key indicators: citation counts (for both full texts and abstracts), citation rates (for full texts and abstracts), total citations, external citations (from journals, doctoral dissertations, and conference proceedings), impact factor, external impact factor, 5-year impact factor, 5-year external impact factor, characteristic factor, paper impact score, paper citation index, mutual citation index, recognition through awards or inclusion in major indexing tools, proportion of funded papers (at national and provincial/ministerial levels), web-based download volume, and web-based download rate. A total of 49 databases and abstract journals were selected as sources for collecting these evaluation metrics, yielding an impressive dataset of over 9.3 billion document instances across 13,953 distinct journal titles. Nearly 8,000 subject experts participated in the core journal评审 process. After rigorous quantitative screening and expert-driven qualitative reviews, 1,981 core journals were identified from China’s currently published Chinese-language periodicals.
This is the eighth consecutive time that *Statistics & Decision-Making* has been included in the *Chinese Core Journals Guide*.
