A Bibliometrics Analysis of the Core Journals of the Past 30 Years and Research Course Review

Core have become a very heavy and sensitive topic for the academic circle in the Mainland of China.In retrospect,the research course of core over the past 30 years is characterized by three points,i.e.the number of papers is growing exponentially;the number of citations is increasing;the research contents extend from core journals' technical target to their application functions.The academic problem ofcore journals has become a public and social problem with increasing side effects when involving interests along with their generalization of functions and regarded as a criterion to evaluate academic journals,academic levels,achievements in scientific research,even the only criterion.It is an objective fact that there are some differences among due to the ability,background,and history of running of journals.Editors,especially editors of non-key academic periodicals should learn to treat it rightly with a pragmatic and dedicated spirit.