If you want to know which periodical to publish, you must understand the difference between the two periodicals. Core journals are relatively high-level journals in China. It is also the main periodical of a certain subject. Generally speaking, it refers to a professional periodical with a large amount of professional information and high quality, which can represent the development level of professional disciplines and is valued by readers of this discipline.
It can be said that most excellent Chinese papers are published in core journals or some relatively good journals. And good core journals don't have to worry about the source of manuscripts and excellent authors at all. However, a few core journals don't have to worry about funding. Because of the national financial allocation, these core journals can even be published without fees, and some can even give authors a small amount of manuscript fees.