[Research Contribution] China’s Experience in Developing Scientific Journals and Its Implications for Vietnam

Over the past two decades, China has made remarkable strides in innovation and the production of scientific knowledge. The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 ranked China 10th in the world, making it the only middle-income economy in the top 30. Recently, a statistical report on the scientific publishing market in China noted that the 20 largest international publishers by output published 83% of all research papers involving China-based authors from 2012 to 2021. Drawing from a study by an author at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), this article analyzes the policies and current state of scientific journal development in China, thereby offering several implications for Vietnam in building and developing its own scientific journals in the time to come.