Systems Engineering (bimonthly) was founded in June 1983, and after two trial issues agreed by the leadership of Hunan Provincial Party Committee, it was officially approved by the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee on 23 January 1984 to be founded by the Hunan Systems Engineering Society and openly circulated to the whole country. The journal has a number of professional columns, including Theory and Review, Logistics Systems Engineering, Financial Systems Engineering, Socio-Economic Systems Engineering, Ecological Systems Engineering, Traffic Systems Engineering, Information Systems and Management, Systems Engineering Methods and Applications, etc. The journal adheres to the orientation of quality and professionalism, the pursuit of academic quality and innovation, the cultivation of academic talents, the strict implementation of academic norms and ethics, and the practice of The journal has implemented the system of ‘three reviews and three proofreads’ and anonymous review system.
In 2022, Systems Engineering has maintained the status of ‘National Chinese Core Journal’, ‘Source Journal of Chinese Science and Technology Paper Statistics’, ‘Important Journal of Management Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China’, ‘National Journal of Science and Technology’, ‘Important Journal of Management Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China’, ‘Important Journal of Management Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China’, ‘Important Journal of Management Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China’, and ‘Important Journal of Management Science of China’. Journal’, “Source Journal of Chinese Science and Technology Paper Statistics”, “Important Journal of Management Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China”, “FMS High Quality Journal of Management Science (Chinese Journal)”, etc., and was selected by Book and Newspaper Resource Centre of Renmin University of China as “Catalogue of Highly Reprinted Journals of Reproduced Newspaper Material in 2022” and part of the ‘Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Journals World Impact Index (WJCI) Report (2022)’, as well as ranked No. 2 in the subject category of Systems Science in the Annual Report of Impact Factor of Chinese Academic Journals (Natural Science and Engineering Technology - 2022 Edition). in 2023, it was selected as a CSSCI (2023-2024) Extended Source Journal and China Science Citation Database (CSCD) Source Journal, which enjoys high professional influence in the field of management science in China, and is popular and concerned by the readers.