数字时代社科学术期刊改革路径的思考

On the Reform of Social Science Academic Journals in Digital Era:What Way to Take?

社科学术期刊改革是以社科学术期刊为核心的政府与学术界的社会关系调整。现有社科学术期刊结构极不合理,既有悖于学术期刊专业化发展规律,也不适应新世纪中国社科学术发展需要,因此,结构调整是社科学术发展的刚性需求,是相关改革的基础工作。实践证明,政府因"有限理性"的刚性制约难以调整好社科学术期刊的结构,所以,管理体制改革是推进社科学术期刊改革的必由之路。要通过多方连动,在谋求改革共识的基础上达成数字传播时代中国社科学术期刊发展战略共识。在改革路径方面,可以通过试点创建中国人文社科数字期刊及其传播平台,达成调整期刊结构、创新期刊体制,培育一流的中国国家社科学术刊群的目标,并为整个社科学术期刊的改革提供示范;管理体制改革应包括坚持主管主办制度但调整完善主管主办层级,坚持审批制度但依法实行社科学术数字期刊在放开总量限制前提下的准入和退出机制。

The reform of social science academic journals is an adjustment of social relationships between the government and the academic community.An inevitable way to push the reform lies in the structural adjustment and the management-system transformation.With joint efforts and a unity in thinking,it should be agreed upon that a strategic development of the social science academic journals must be realized in today's digitalized China.As for the way to reform,it could never be better to build up a digitalized periodical medium for Chinese humanities and social sciences,and to reform the present institutions so as to agglomerate prestige and popularity for our academic journals.The institutional reform must go to the extent that the practice of'person in charge'should be kept on with some modification of it into a 'hierarchy of person in charge'.Though censorship is still necessary,the restrictions on the total number of digital academic journals ought to be removed.