353 Chinese journals selected for the 2025 World-Class Science and Technology Journals Directory
The World-Class Science and Technology Journals Directory has been released, with the 2025 edition including 6,132 journals 353 Chinese journals were selected, helping promote fairer international evaluation and academic dissemination
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China released the 2025 WorldClass Science and Technology Journal Directory in Shanghai, which includes 6,132 science and technology journals distributed across 55 countries and regions worldwide, with 353 journals from China selected.
The directory was released on the day of the opening ceremony of the 2026 Pujiang Innovation Forum. The organizers said the directory was compiled based on the Web of Science database and related evaluation indicator systems, aiming to provide a fairer evaluation reference for science and technology journals in different countries and languages.
The report also noted that the directory evaluates journals from dimensions such as academic organizational capability, academic leadership, academic influence, and social influence, and lists the distribution of firstclass science and technology journals founded in the past 10 years. The ISTIC said it will continue to promote annual updates and open sharing of the directory in the future.