建立第三方学术期刊专业审读机构刍议

On building the third-party professional reviewing institution for academic journals

审读是对学术期刊质量评价与综合管理的重要途径。我国现行的学术期刊出版单位阅评制度其自我约束力缺乏,行政系统内组织的审读往往把守在"不违规"底线,对期刊的学术水平、学术质量评判不力。建立独立的第三方学术期刊专业审读机构,可以促进政府职能转变,实现对学术期刊的科学监管;可以提高学术期刊审读的科学性、专业性和公正性,更好地实现评价的价值与效益;可以助推学术期刊提高办刊水平,促进学术繁荣,推动科技文化进步。第三方学术期刊专业审读机构的建立需要政府的制度创新,专业机构的标准创立,被评估方的积极主动配合。

Reviewing is an important route to evaluate the quality of academic journals and it is also an effective way of integrated management for academic journals. Academic journal publishing units in China are often short of self-restraint in present reviewing system. Moreover,administrative agencies only maintain the base line of not violating rules which cannot assess academic level and academic quality of journals very well. Building the third-party reviewing institution can realize the following goals： 1） it can promote changing government functions to realize scientific supervision to academic journals; 2） it can raise scientificity,speciality and fairness in reviewing academic journals and further realize the value and efficiency of assessment; 3） it can enhance the level of academic journals and promote academic development so as to advance sci-tech culture. The building of professional reviewing institution requires all sides work including system innovation of the government and standards establishment of the professional institutions and active cooperation of the evaluated party.