Journal positioning
《科学学与科学技术管理》 is supervised bythe Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and sponsored by the Tianjin Institute for Science and Technology Development Strategy (formerly the Tianjin Institute of Science of Science), and isthe journal of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy,1980founded in,monthly. It is a traditional core journal in science of science and S&T management, coveringS&T policy, innovation systems, knowledge networks, research evaluation, talent policy, industry-university-research collaboration, technology transfer, etc. Compared with 《中国软科学》, which leans toward decision-making consultation, this journal places more emphasis onacademic mechanistic analysis and theoretical contributions to S&T management。
This skill is apositioning / journal selection / rewriting frameworktool, and does not replace the journal's latest official submission guidelines. Before formal submission, you must re-check the latest template published on the official website, the editorial system, or by the editorial office.
When to trigger
- The user explicitly says the target journal is 《科学学与科学技术管理》 or Science of Science and Management of S&T
- The manuscript topic is close to this journal, but it is uncertain whether the problem awareness, methodological strength, and target readership match
- A general Chinese S&T management manuscript needs to be rewritten into a narrative more acceptable to 《科学学与科学技术管理》
- Before submission, it is necessary to list this journal's high-frequency rejection risks and alternative submission directions
Key facts (verification date 2026-05; subject to the latest 《投稿须知》 on the official website)
- Supervising/sponsoring: supervised by the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau; sponsored by the Tianjin Institute for Science and Technology Development Strategy; journal of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policyjournal;1980founded in,monthly。
- Title: generally no more than 20 characters, and if there is a subtitle, keep it within 30 characters.
- Abstract: the Chinese abstract is about 300 charactersor so.
- Keywords:no fewer than 3。
- Length: papers should be 15000–20000 characters(on the long side, emphasizing systematic and in-depth research).
- Official website/submission system: ssstm.org (submissions via the online editorial system).
- Review cycle: external review tends to be long; from initial review to publication may take several months (subject to the editorial office's latest notice).
- The above values and process are subject to the latest 《投稿须知》 on the official website.
Topic preferences
- S&T policy, innovation systems, and knowledge networks
- Research evaluation, talent policy, and industry-university-research collaboration
- Enterprise innovation, patents, and technology transfer
Methods and evidence
- Enterprise/patent/project data, policy evaluation, network analysis, text mining, case studies, and systematic reviews are all acceptable.
- The mechanisms should be grounded in innovation resource allocation, incentives, knowledge spillovers, and organizational capabilities, and elevated to the level of science and technology management theory.
- Empirical work must address identification and robustness; patents should be differentiated by quality rather than merely counted.
Structure and Writing
- The introduction connects the science and technology policy issue with the gap in innovation theory.
- Variable construction needs to specify the measures for patent quality, R&D investment, project performance, or knowledge networks.
- Policy implications should be oriented toward science and technology governance, enterprise innovation, and industrial upgrading, and derived from the evidence in this paper.
Routing to Prevent Mis submission
- This journal is quickly positioned as belonging to the "Management Science and Business Administration" channel; only when the core contribution of the manuscript satisfies "organization, strategy, innovation management, management science models, systems engineering, or enterprise management mechanisms must be the core contribution" should 《科学学与科学技术管理》 be taken as the first choice.
- For similar profiles, first compare:
rural-economy(《农村经济》) /science-and-technology-progress-and-policy(《科技进步与对策》) /science-research-management(《科研管理》) /scientific-decision-making(《科学决策》). If the readership of these journals is closer, do not force submission to this journal merely because of similar names, regions, or variables. - Common mis submissions: if it is only about macro policy effects, compare economics/industry/public administration journals. Before formal recommendations, it is still necessary to go through the official verification checklist.
Official Verification Checklist
- Before formally giving submission format/process recommendations, first read
../../resources/source-basis.mdand../../resources/official-source-map.md, start verification from the official source anchors, and state the verification date in the response. - Search for "《科学学与科学技术管理》 submission guidelines / call for papers / author guidelines" and rely on the latest page of the official website (ssstm.org) editorial system; do not follow the format of second-hand submission agency websites.
- Check: title within 20 characters, Chinese abstract about 300 characters, keywords ≥3, length 15000–20000 characters, reference format, funding/author information, copyright and indexing authorization.
- Confirm again the review cycle and submission system entry (the values above may change with official website updates).
- If this skill conflicts with the latest official requirements, the official requirements shall prevail.
Pre submission Self check
- One sentence explaining why this manuscript falls within the core readership of 《科学学与科学技术管理》
- The first 3 paragraphs of the introduction already present the issue level, theory/mechanism, and main evidence of concern to this journal
- The literature review engages in dialogue with at least 2-3 recent articles on the same topic in this journal or Chinese journals of the same tier
- Title ≤20 characters, Chinese abstract about 300 characters, keywords ≥3, length and reference format have been rechecked against the official guidelines
- Policy/management implications are derived from the evidence in this paper, rather than being vague slogans
High frequency Rejection Landmines
- Counting patents only by quantity without distinguishing quality
- Confusing policy background with project types
- Writing science and technology management issues as broad industrial policy
Alternative Submission Judgment
More purely scientometrics/theoretical → studies-in-science-of-science (《科学学研究》); more oriented to R&D project management → science-research-management (《科研管理》); more oriented to decision consulting → china-soft-science (《中国软科学》).
Output Format
【匹配度】高 / 中 / 低(一句话理由)
【目标期刊】《科学学与科学技术管理》
【选题标签】<最贴近的 2-3 个主题>
【方法证据】<当前方法是否够本刊标准>
【最大风险】<最可能导致退稿的一点>
【需核验官方要求】<投稿系统/题目/摘要/关键词/篇幅/参考文献等>
【改投建议】<若不匹配,给出更合适期刊>