How to distinguish the level of journals, national, provincial, municipal?

Municipal journals are a kind of provincial journals. There are 3 differences between provincial journals and national journals:

One, the organizers of the two are different:

1, the organizer of provincial journals: provincial journals are organized by the departments, commissions, offices, bureaus, and institutes of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, the provincial social organizations and institutions, and the institutions of higher education.

2, the organizer of national journals: by the Party Central Committee, the State Council and its departments, or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the democratic parties and national people's organizations.

Second, the nature of the two are different:

1, the nature of provincial journals: domestic and foreign academic journals for public circulation.

2, the nature of national journals: national key publications.

Three, the two competent units are different:

1, the competent units of provincial journals: provincial units in charge of journals for the provincial periodicals.

2, the competent unit of national periodicals: national unit in charge of national periodicals.

Baidu Encyclopedia - National Periodicals

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