Strategic Study of CAE(SSCAE, ISSN: 1009-1742; E-ISSN: 2096-0034) is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), cosponsored by CAE Center for Strategic Studies and Higher Education Press Co., Ltd., and published by China Engineering Science Press Co., Ltd. This journal is one of the “1+9+1” journal series launched by the CAE. The standing editorial board of the journal is also the CAE Advisory Committee.
SSCAE is an academic journal regarding strategic research on engineering science and technology. It mainly publishes research papers that reflect key achievements from strategic research projects of the engineering field and aims to encourage academic achievements, guide industry development, and provide a reference for scientific decision-making of relevant government departments. SSCAE publishes special topics and welcomes free submissions. The special topics are collected mainly based on the advisory projects launched by the CAE, focusing on major projects. The free submissions centers on strategic research outputs in key research areas of the engineering field.
The topic of the journal focuses on three major directions: comprehensive, strategic, and prospective research results concerning major national strategic needs and key issues of economic and social development; major research outputs regarding key engineering and technological decision-making; and advancements in strategic research in response to the decision-making of sudden major events.
SSCAE is a bimonthly journal published in Chinese. It is one of the source journals for both Core Journals of China and Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations (CSTPCD). It is also included in the China Science Citation Database (CSCD), the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chinese Bibliographic Database (JST China), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The journal is selected into the Excellence Action Plan for China's STM Journals in 2019.
This journal cooperates with the following databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Chongqing VIP Information Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Superstar Information Technology Co, Ltd., Depository Library of Chinese Publications, National Social Sciences Database, National Center for Philosophy and Social Science Documentation, Baidu Scholar, and Higher Education Press.
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of the journal released by CNKI in 2023 was 7.204, and its Academic Journal Clout Index was 764.732, ranking first among the 55 academic journals in the category of Basic Disciplines of Engineering and Technological Science. The JIF of the journal released by CSCD was 1.9061, ranking first among the comprehensive journals for industrial technologies. SSCAE was selected as one of the 100 Outstanding Academic Journals of China 2022, with a core impact factor of 3.387, ranking 39th among the 2151 core technical journals (comprising 1996 journals published in Chinese and 155 journals in English). The journal was also selected as an Outstanding S&T Journals of China, with 20 papers being selected into the Frontrunner 5000: Top Articles from Outstanding S&T Journals of China.
