According to the requirements of Notice on Periodical Verification Work (No. 13 [2022]) of National Press and Publication Administration and The Reading Measures of Periodicals Charged by China Association for Science and Technology (Proposed Regulations), China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) organized the annual in-depth verification and review of periodicals in China, which includes the publication operation, publication orientation, publication quality, the responsibility implementation of the organizers, the compliance of periodicals and their practitioners, periodical integration development and other aspects, to promote the sustainable and healthy development of journals.
Marine Technology (CN 10-1744/U ISSN 1006-1738), a scientific and technical periodical, which is supervised by CAST and sponsored by China Institute of Navigation (CIN) was honored as “excellent” periodical by the expert group in the verification and review process.
A total of 171 journals supervised by CAST were selected for this review, accounting for 33.5% of the total number of journals in charge of CAST. Among them, 153 journals were reviewed by academic journals and 18 journals were reviewed by non-academic journals. The evaluation is divided into three categories: “excellent”, “qualified” and “unqualified”, accounting for 43.3%, 54.4% and 2.3% of the total number of journals reviewed respectively.
CAST proposed that the journal organizers and publishers should thoroughly implement the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, fully implement the ideological work responsibility system, and seriously organize editors to study Quality Management Regulations of Newspapers and Periodicals, Periodicals Publication Form Specification, Books, Periodicals, Audiovisual Products, Electronic Publications and Other Major Selections for the Record, Notice on Further Standardizing Publications Diction” and other important normative documents. The organizers should improve the quality management system and effectively regulate publication order. Publishers should carefully comply with laws and regulations, national policies, the purpose of the journal, editorial guidelines and industry norms, try to establish a sense of quality, and strengthen to check on topic selection, content, editing, proofreading, printing and other aspects. The “excellent” periodicals should continue to make efforts, further play a good role as a model to drive CIN construction and journal development integrated planning, take effective measures to promote the sustainable and high-quality development of the host periodical, and constantly improve the academic quality and influence.
