China plans sweeping makeover of academic journals to raise the profile and influence of domestic scientific research

China plans a sweeping makeover of mainland academic journals, turning them into world-class organs similar to British weekly Nature and peer-reviewed US publication Science, to raise the profile and influence of domestic scientific research. The initiative was announced at a press conference co-hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), a government-affiliated organization that serves local scientists, to follow up on the country’s journal of excellence plan drawn up in 2019.