Statistical analysis and prospect of scientific journals in Chinese universities since the reform and opening-up

We investigated the development of scientific journals in Chinese universities in terms of the type,region,organizer,date of starting publication,publication frequency and language by using literature statistical analysis. A total of 1 020 kinds of journals were surveyed after the reform and opening-up, and engineering,agricultural,medicine,comprehensive scientific journals account for 81. 9% of the total. The journals published in 10 cities such as Beijing,Hubei,Jiangsu,Shanghai,Shaanxi and so on account for57. 8%. During the fastest growing period,559 kinds of journals were initiated between 1979 and 1988,accounting for more than half of total journals. With the growth rate slowing down since the1990 s,journal sponsors gradually adjusted the publishing strategy.Scale of scientific journals in Chinese universities has been saturated in the new century,which requires to transform scale expansion into intension development,actively promote the strategy of going out,follow the digital publishing trend,and operate in line with international norms, in order to enhance the competitiveness of scientific journals in Chinese universities from all aspects.