After the establishment of Central South University, Journal of Railway Science and Engineering (ISSN 1672-7029,CN43-1423/U) was established by the former Journal of Changsha Railway University with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Press and Publication. A multidisciplinary comprehensive academic journal administered by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Central South University and the China Railway Society.
Journal of Railway Science and CSCD source journals, Chinese Core Journals, Chinese Science and Technology Core Journals, RCCSE core journals, full-text journals of Chinese Academic Journals (optical disc edition), source journals of Chinese Academic Journals Comprehensive Evaluation Database, full-text journals of Wanfang data-Digital Journal Group, journals of China Science and Technology Journals Quality database. It is also included in international databases such as the American Engineering Index (EI Compendex), Scopus database, EBSCO database, American Chemical Abstracts (CA) and JST Database.
The Journal of Railway Science and Engineering mainly reflects the new theory, new technology, new equipment, new techniques and new materials in the development of the rail transit science and technology in our country. It mainly introduces the scientific achievements in rail transit engineering and the new developments of international rail transit technology.