OnMay 11, under the invitation of Science Press of China and the Publication Committee under Chinese Academy of Sciences, James Testa, vice president of Thomson Reuters Science, Technology, andMedicalInformation Group visitedthe Science Press of China and made a presentation. In the morning, Science Press of Chinaheld aSCI journal recommendation meeting.Counterparts from the Science Press of China,fromjournals of Science in China andother SCI-journals, and five non-SCIjournals publishedby the the SciencePress of China, attended the meeting. Editors from the five non-SCI journals introduced their journals fromthe perspectives of journal features, the member composition of the editorial boards,manuscript source,respectively.Thenjournal editorshave a short discussion with delegates from Thomson Reuters.(see 汤森路透科技与医疗信息集团James Testa一行访问科学出版社 ) After the morning meeting, we several edtiors from geologcial and geographical journals ( Journal of Geographical Sciences,Journal of Arid Land, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology , Advances in Polar Science,Journal of Mountain Science )had a lunch together. As it's the first time for me to get to know some of them, EIC Yu made a brief introduction on the other several editors.Then I made a brief introduction about our journal and our institute, and welcome them tovisit Chengdu and our institute in the future. Prof. Yao from Journal of Geographical Sciencesmade aninteresting and accuratesummary forthis gathering: our several journals hererepresent the vastness ( Journal of Geographical Sciences, Journal of Arid Land ),the depth( Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology ), and the height of geographical sciences( Advances in Polar Science,Journal of Mountain Science ). In the afternoon, under the invitation of Director JIN Jianhui,the Academic Activities and Publication Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,James Testa made a presentation about the SCI journal selection standards and process,and exhibited somecomparative researchresults based on the SCI index database.Jamses Testaalso gave some suggestions on how to improve journal quality and journal impact factor.After the presentation, the meeting attendees were active in asking questions related to SCI journal selection and elimination. On the question how to improve journal impact factor,James Testa has aquip answer: Select the best manuscripts; Provide better service!
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