The 2025 World-Class Scientific and Technological Journals Catalogue was officially released on September 12 at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Pujiang Innovation Forum, which was held in Shanghai.

The catalogue, developed by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in collaboration with relevant research institutions, selected 6,132 world-class scientific and technological journals. The selected journals cover 23 languages and are based in 55 countries and regions worldwide.

The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and China ranked among the top five, with 353 Chinese journals selected, accounting for 5.8 percent of the total.

Two journals hosted by IWHR, International Soil and Water Conservation Research (ISWCR) and the International Journal of Sediment Research (IJSR), were included in the catalogue.

The 2025 catalogue was compiled based on an evaluation system for world-class scientific and technological journals developed by the ISTIC and relevant research institutions. The system adopts a four-dimensional evaluation framework covering organizational strength, academic leadership, academic impact, and social impact.

The release of the catalogue provides a fair and objective evaluation standard for scientific and technological journals from different countries and in different languages. It also offers equal opportunities for journals from emerging countries and newly launched journals to be assessed. The catalogue is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of scientific and technological journals, improving the global academic ecosystem, and fostering exchanges and cooperation in scientific and technological innovation.