However, there is a lack of English publications, which are listed as representative works of human intangible cultural heritage and world memory. Traditional Chinese medicine has spread to nearly 200 countries and regions, representing academic works of traditional Chinese medicine
As a quintessence of traditional Chinese medicine in our country, how can we make more domestic and foreign audiences understand, listen to, and learn, and continuously improve the effectiveness of external dissemination? At the "First Forum on Enhancing the International Influence of Chinese Medicine Journals" held in Shanghai a few days ago, Huang Luqi, an academician of the CAE Member, said that the academic research of Chinese medicine should also innovate the ways of external publicity and external discourse expression, work hard on building a discourse system for external communication, work hard on being receptive and easy to understand, actively cultivate excellent scientific and technological journals of Chinese medicine, and strive to improve the academic level and publishing quality.
Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter learned that at present, Chinese medicine culture is constantly "going out", and Chinese medicine has been spread to 196 countries and regions. Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion, Tibetan medicine bath method, Taijiquan, etc. have been listed in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Human Beings, and the Chinese medicine classics Huangdi Neijing and Compendium of Materia Medica have also been listed in the Memory of the World. With the inheritance, innovation, and development of traditional Chinese medicine, especially the internationalization, English scientific and technological journals of traditional Chinese medicine are ushering in a more favorable development environment.
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In the library of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, you can find "sister" magazines from the same mother, one in Chinese and one in English. Among them, "Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture" magazine was originally "Medical Ancient Literature Knowledge" and was founded in 1984 as a bimonthly publication. This journal is under the supervision of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and co sponsored by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has long focused on academic hotspots in traditional Chinese medicine, integrating ancient and modern perspectives, and looking at the world to quickly disseminate the latest research results in the field of traditional Chinese medicine humanities. It is included in the China Core Journal Database and selected for the T2 level classification of high-quality scientific and technological journals by the China Association for Science and Technology.
The Chinese Medicine and Culture, which shares the same origin as it, is even more youthful. It is also an all English academic journal in the field of traditional Chinese medicine humanities, jointly sponsored by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, under the supervision of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. It promotes the exchange and dialogue between researchers in the natural and humanities fields of traditional Chinese medicine, and builds an exchange platform for interdisciplinary research in traditional Chinese medicine. The magazine has been successfully selected as a new high starting point publication in the "Excellent Action Plan for Chinese Science and Technology Journals". It was officially launched domestically in 2020 and is currently included in well-known domestic and foreign databases such as Scopus. It has not only been included in the "World Impact Index of Science and Technology Journals" report, but also in the "Top 10 Most Beautiful Covers of Chinese Excellent Science and Technology Journals".
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The number of English scientific and technological journals in traditional Chinese medicine continues to increase, and interpreting the profound heritage and connotation of traditional Chinese medicine from different disciplinary perspectives has become an important platform and window for telling the story of traditional Chinese medicine to the world. However, there are still issues with the overall small number, low internationalization level, long publishing cycles, and uneven distribution of publishing resources in English journals of traditional Chinese medicine. Further exploration of publishing ideas is needed to promote the comprehensive integration of research and communication, publication and feedback, inheritance and dissemination, and contribute to the development of traditional Chinese medicine worldwide.
In this era of integrated media, traditional Chinese medicine journals also need deep integration and international dissemination. The first platform for enhancing the international influence of Chinese medicine English journals was launched on the same day, aiming to promote the parallel development of Chinese and English journals, promote the internationalization of Chinese medicine journals, and cultivate the creation of world-class Chinese medicine science and technology journals. This platform has issued a collaborative development proposal and proposed a work plan. The first Forum on Enhancing the International Influence of Traditional Chinese Medicine Journals was hosted by the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, hosted by the Chinese Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the editorial department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Experts and scholars from 120 Chinese medicine universities and research institutes across the country, as well as leaders of English Chinese medicine journals and association journals, attended the forum.
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