Strictly speaking, there are no national or provincial standards for distinguishing periodicals and magazines. This is because the State Administration of Press and Publication has long stated that China's publications can only be divided into formal and informal publications, and there are no so-called hierarchical distinctions such as national level and provincial level.

National-level academic journals, national first-level magazines can be found below.

1. "Philosophical Research"

4. "Managing the World"

7. "Political Science Research"

10. Educational Research"

13. "Chinese Language"

16. "Journal of Library Science of China"

19. "Historical Research"

22. "Journalism and Communication Research"

25. "Theoretical Front of Colleges and Universities"

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5. "Economic Management"

8. "Sociological Research"

11. "Acta Psychologica Sinica"

14. "Foreign Literature Review"

17. "Music Research"

20. "Chinese History Research"

23. "Chinese Social Sciences"

26. "Brightness" Daily"

29. "Journal of World Classical Civilization History" English version 3. "Finance and Trade Economics"

6. "Legal Research"

9. "National Research"

12. "Literary Review"

15. "Foreign Language Teaching and Research"

18. "Art"

21 , "World History"

24. "Seeking Truth"

27. "People's Daily"

30. "Sports Science"