Founded in July 1985, Publishing Research magazine is an academic publication in the publishing industry under the supervision of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication (formerly known as the China Institute of Publishing Science).
Publishing Research is now selected as the core journal of "Chinese Core Journal Essentials Overview"; Source journals of Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI); Core journal of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences; From 2003 to 2013, it has ranked first in the reprint rate of news and communication newspapers in the "Newspaper Copy Materials Publishing Industry" of the National People's Congress for nine times.