On Goals and Measures to Establish First-class Academic Journals——In View of College Journals of Arts

The goal of establishing the world first-class scientific and technological journals has clearly been advanced. Therefore, College journals of liberal arts cannot be absent from this process and should be actively integrated. It is still in the beginning stage for university liberal arts journals to establish the first-class academic ones. From the perspective of the problems present, it is not only the lack of sense of the times, but also the lack of grasping the characteristics of the media and of accurate perception of the standard of "first-class". Thus, it is urgent for colleges in China to find the right remedy and catch up the current tide. The goal of the first-class academic periodicals may include but are not limited to the world first-class scientific and technological periodicals, and the journal staffs should have a duty-bound and promising role in their mind to play in establishing first-class academic periodicals. The countermeasures should be to get rid of the outdated idea and bring forth the new. First, the correct political orientation should be held. As for college journals of liberal arts, it is necessary to have distinct political attribute, and must strive for the ideological initiative and strengthen the right to speech for the international affairs. The second is to optimize and adopt the comprehensive evaluation criteria system, expert assignment and absorb "law and discipline index", "social benefit index" and "new measurement index". Third, multiple measures are taken for excellence. Both domestic and international editors should be treated as equal in project funding. Efforts should be done to stimulate the potential of editors and strive to reach the first class.