Shandong Science is a comprehensive academic journal of natural sciences sponsored by the Shandong Academy of Sciences. It targets scientific and technical workers in universities, research institutions, and enterprises, striving to promptly report innovative and high-level research results of significant importance in both basic theory and applied research across major fields of natural sciences. It is now a core journal of science and technology in China and one of the most renowned academic journals in Shandong Province.
Shandong Science was first published in 1984 under the name Journal of Shandong Academy of Sciences. In 1989, it obtained the national unified issue number and was renamed Shandong Science. In 2005, with the continuous development of the journal, it changed from a quarterly to a bimonthly publication. To date, 32 volumes and 161 issues have been published, with more than 2,600 papers. The journal aims to base itself in Shandong Province while serving the whole country. Its main content is to report on basic theories and applied research across various disciplines of natural sciences, reflect the latest scientific and technological achievements, disseminate scientific and technological information, exchange academic ideas, and promote the commercialization and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements to advance the development of science and technology.
Shandong Science gives priority to reporting on projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, key scientific and technological research projects, and projects supported by provincial ministries and commissions. The journal strives to become a first-class academic journal in China. The journal maintains a short publication cycle, enabling the timely publication of excellent papers. In recent years, bibliometric indicators such as impact factor and total citation frequency have steadily increased. The journal's influence in academic communities both domestically and internationally has grown accordingly, and it is widely welcomed by science and technology workers in China. As the only comprehensive natural science journal sponsored by the Shandong Academy of Sciences, Shandong Science has effectively promoted academic exchanges between Shandong’s scientific community and those at home and abroad, facilitated the industrialization of high-tech achievements, and generated certain social and economic benefits.
To further elevate the journal’s level, a new editorial board was formed. Three academicians from China and abroad serve as advisors, and 84 renowned professors and doctoral supervisors from universities and research institutes at home and abroad serve as editorial board members, providing strong academic support. The editorial board guides the journal in line with the development trends of cutting-edge disciplines, selects topics, organizes manuscripts with focus, conducts academic exchanges with experts and scholars in several key domestic and international fields, and enhances the academic visibility of the journal and its sponsor. The board also invites distinguished academics to contribute columns, fostering scholarly exchanges and debates, and attracting researchers in related disciplines to follow the development trends of the field.
Leveraging its sponsor’s research strengths, Shandong Science effectively promotes the development of related disciplines, facilitates academic exchanges across the entire field, and supports the transformation of scientific and technological achievements as well as technical services. As a comprehensive natural science journal, its disciplines include biology, computer science, energy, automation, laser, new materials, analytical testing, covering almost all fields of natural sciences. It provides a platform for emerging, interdisciplinary, and niche disciplines to present new ideas and engage in scholarly exchanges. The journal’s most prominent feature is that it emphasizes not only basic theoretical research but also the application and promotion of scientific and technological achievements. By publishing applied research papers, it promotes collaboration between industry and academia, vigorously facilitates the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and generates both social and economic benefits.
Since its inception, Shandong Science has made significant progress in all aspects. In the future, the journal will continue to implement practical measures to comprehensively enhance its academic level and further promote academic exchanges between Shandong’s scholarly community and counterparts at home and abroad.
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