Think Tank: Theory & Practice (bimonthly) is a high-end professional academic journal focusing on the combination of theoretical research on think tanks and practical innovation of think tanks in China, which is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-sponsored by the Documentation and Intelligence Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University. The journal reports on good views, good ideas and good reports in the field of think tanks; continues to track important issues of keen interest in the field of think tanks, and encourages and promotes academic controversy and academic innovation; and continues to promote the formulation and improvement of relevant national policies through the research on new think tanks, and to promote the innovation and development of all relevant fields in the country.
Readership: think tank theory researchers, think tank construction practitioners, think tank education and teaching personnel in government departments, universities, research institutes, and enterprises, as well as those interested in other fields.
Since its inception in February 2016, the journal has taken the lead in the field of think tank research, filling the gap of no special academic journal in the field of think tank research at home and abroad.In 2018, it was included in the JST database of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and was selected as the best think tank journal of the China Think Tank Report; in 2020, it was rated as the most popular journal in the discipline of management in the database of the National Philosophy and Social Science Documentation Centre; In 2021, it was included in the Chinese Social Science Citation Index CSSCI Extended Source Journals, and selected as ‘Think Tank Journal Group (Version 1.0)’; in 2022, it was included in the China Science and Technology Core Journals; in 2023, it was included in the Extended Journals of China's Humanities and Social Sciences A Journal Citation Database; and it was included in Peking University's Chinese Core Journals Catalogue.