The Collaborative Development of Scientific Journals and New Quality Productive Forces

(Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi 530002, China)

Abstract

To fully demonstrate the innovation-led characteristics of new quality productive forces and the cultural mission of scientific journals themselves, it is essential to strengthen the mutual empowerment between scientific journals and new quality productive forces, thereby promoting their collaborative development. This study synthesizes existing research, based on the formation and development of new quality productive forces and combined with the functions and roles of scientific journals, to identify convergence points between the two. Specific pathways for their collaborative development are explored from perspectives including cluster development, building high-quality teams, enhancing content quality, and expanding international influence. Promoting the collaborative development of scientific journals and new quality productive forces can not only fully embody the cultural positioning and mission of scientific journals but also accelerate the formation and development of new quality productive forces. Facing China's new economic environment and emerging trends in global competition, strengthening the collaborative development of scientific journals and new quality productive forces injects greater innovative vitality into the high-quality development of scientific journals while simultaneously promoting the development of new quality productive forces through timely reporting of scientific research achievements.

Keywords: scientific journals; new quality productive forces; functions and roles; collaborative development; consortium

1. Core Concepts of New Quality Productive Forces

1.1 Core Connotation

Traditional productivity primarily refers to humanity's ability to transform and conquer nature. With the advancement of modern science and technology, new forms of material productive forces are emerging under favorable conditions of intelligence and informatization. Compared with traditional productivity, the formation and development of new quality productive forces represent a transformative shift based on scientific and technological innovation, representing an advanced state of productivity quality that aligns with new development concepts and emphasizes both "newness" and "quality." In terms of connotation, new quality productive forces should be founded on high technology, high efficiency, and high quality, with innovation as the leading factor. This distinguishes them from the current strategic upgrading and transformation of emerging industries, aligns with the high-quality development and new development concepts proposed by the state, and guides the construction of a modern industrial system. In promoting new quality productive forces, new production relations must be formed that are compatible with this type of productivity, driving continuous reform of economic systems, technological systems, and supervision mechanisms, optimizing the allocation of production factors, improving high-standard market systems, stimulating market vitality, and building a favorable production environment.

1.2 Core Elements

According to production relations and activities, the core elements of new quality productive forces can be broadly categorized into laborers, labor materials, and labor objects [2]. In the formation and development of new quality productive forces, the newly constructed talent pool serves as the laborers, specifically including strategic talents with innovative thinking capabilities and application-oriented talents proficient in using relevant tools. The formation and development of new quality productive forces often require the application of new production tools and mastery of key core technologies, providing strong technical support for industrial development while continuously innovating production technologies, industry formats, and management systems. To ensure sustained momentum for new quality productive forces, labor objects should be continuously expanded and the potential of existing labor objects fully tapped, based on laborers and labor materials.

1.3 Basic Characteristics

The emergence of new quality productive forces marks the appearance of a new productivity form centered on knowledge and technological innovation, emphasizing the importance of extensive information technology application and knowledge capital. New quality productive forces exhibit characteristics such as knowledge intensity, innovation-driven development, extensive application of information technology, and interdisciplinary integration [3]. Through scientific and technological innovation, more new products and services should be developed, while continuously exploring new processes and models during development. Simultaneously, intelligent, networked, and digitalized production and management models should be constructed through the extensive application of various advanced information technology means.

2. Functions and Roles of Scientific Journals in New Quality Productive Forces

On the path of collaborative development with new quality productive forces, scientific journals must not only fulfill their fundamental functions of knowledge dissemination and academic exchange but also clarify their role as problem-posers for enterprises, actively responding to the practical demands of industry modernization and transformation. In cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, they should actively promote integrated collaborative development from research to application. Led by flagship enterprises and supported by the research operations of universities and research institutes, they should integrate other innovation entities to create highly synergistic innovation consortiums, jointly accomplishing scientific and technological innovation [6]. On this basis, as important nodes for integrating scientific and technological resources and improving knowledge service systems, scientific journals should take cluster development as the starting point, strengthen the promotion and application of scientific and technological innovation achievements, achieve effective guidance of strategic emerging industries and future industries, and accelerate the formation and development of new quality productive forces.

2.1 Disseminating Scientific Knowledge

In the process of modern social scientific progress and knowledge dissemination, scientific journals play a vital role. As an important platform for releasing scientific and technological achievements, scientific journals safeguard research integrity through rigorous review systems, ensure the quality and innovation of published content, provide researchers with a platform for sharing new knowledge and showcasing new achievements, and offer readers a relatively professional and authoritative knowledge acquisition platform. In the form of knowledge dissemination, they promote scientific development and drive the continuous improvement of overall societal scientific literacy.

2.2 Strengthening Innovation Drive

Scientific journals reflect the latest research progress and future development directions in various scientific fields by publishing cutting-edge research reports, thematic special reports, and review articles. They provide researchers with important academic resources and abundant sources of inspiration, offering reliable theoretical and technical support for their scientific research and providing momentum for scientific and technological innovation [4]. As an important driver of new quality productive forces development, scientific journals can disseminate advanced production technologies and concepts to relevant industries, enhance industrial innovation capabilities, and promote sustainable industrial development.

2.3 Promoting Academic Exchange

Compared with traditional print media dissemination, with the continuous development of new media, the scientific journal publishing system has been continuously improved, breaking the geographical and cultural boundaries of traditional academic exchange. As an important window for international academic exchange, scientific journals can provide a platform for global researchers to exchange ideas and learn from each other, offering them opportunities for international academic dialogue, promoting global scientific research exchange and cooperation, exploring diversified problem-solving solutions from different perspectives, and simultaneously accelerating the international dissemination speed of scientific research achievements while enhancing the international influence of scientific journals.

2.4 Enhancing Research Capacity

Scientific journals enhance research talent cultivation and research capacity by showcasing the latest scientific achievements. Researchers write articles based on one or more scientific projects they participate in, relying on the research process and its outcomes, and publish them in scientific journals [5]. Throughout this series of activities, researchers' scientific thinking, critical analysis abilities, and academic writing skills are fully exercised, helping them summarize research achievements and explore new ideas.

3. Specific Paths for Collaborative Development of Scientific Journals and New Quality Productive Forces

3.1 Establishing Innovation Consortiums and Promoting Journal Cluster Development

With the formation and development of new quality productive forces, to drive the innovative transformation of scientific journal entities in the new era and on the path of collaborative development with new quality productive forces, scientific journal publishing units should accurately grasp the core position of scientific and technological innovation in new quality productive forces, strengthen top-level design, establish innovation consortiums, integrate multiple forces, promote cluster development of scientific journals, and accelerate the construction of a world-class scientific journal system. In the collaborative development of scientific journals and new quality productive forces, the goal should be to continuously improve the effectiveness of scientific and technological achievement transfer and transformation. Innovation consortiums should be established to connect relevant universities and research institutes across regions, actively building a shared technology supply system and integrating advantageous resources from all parties. This enhances the scale and intensification of journal operations while assisting the development of various innovation entities. In this innovation consortium construction, journal publishing units can obtain talent and technical support from universities and research institutes, while these innovation entities can gain practical venues and platforms for showcasing scientific research achievements provided by forestry journals, achieving deep integration of industry, academia, and research [7].

3.2 Building High-Quality Talent Teams and Optimizing Talent Structure

The formation and development of new quality productive forces are rooted in four major elements: human capital, scientific innovation, industrial upgrading, and production reform. Among these, human capital holds the primary position and is also the core element for forging new quality productive forces and driving the high-quality leap of scientific journals [8]. In the process of collaborative development between scientific journals and new quality productive forces, emphasis should be placed on building self-innovation capacity, with innovation-driven development as the core and talent as the primary resource. Innovative talents adaptable to new quality productive forces development should be cultivated through a multi-level, comprehensive training system to enhance the professional skills of scientific journal editorial teams, enabling them to adopt a global perspective, employ innovative thinking, and promote the internationalization and high-quality development of scientific journals. In cultivating innovative talents for new quality productive forces, scientific journal publishing entities must correctly recognize the necessity for scientific journals to adapt to new quality productive forces development, increase emphasis on cultivating composite publishing talents, focus on the innovation capacity and professional competence of publishing personnel, formulate differentiated talent training programs according to job division, and construct a well-structured, systematically完善的人才培养链条和梯队 [9]. The collaborative development of scientific journals and new quality productive forces requires not only that scientific journal practitioners possess certain professional knowledge and skills but also that they can keenly capture frontier dynamics of industry science and technology in their work. Taking forestry science journals as an example, practitioners must continuously enhance their publishing and forestry professional knowledge and skills through publishing professional training and attending industry conferences, while also staying informed about smart forestry applying advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence, precision forestry applying remote sensing technology, geographic information systems, and precision fertilization and irrigation techniques, and biotechnology and genetic improvement applying gene editing, transgenic technology, and biological breeding techniques, to comprehensively understand the latest applications of new quality productive forces in the forestry industry [10]. Meanwhile, based on keen industry insight and innovative consciousness, practitioners can fully apply modern technological means in data analysis, promotion, and other work aspects of scientific journals, using new media channels to intensify publicity and expand the influence and competitiveness of scientific journals.

3.3 Interdisciplinary Integration and Enhancing Journal Content Quality

According to the requirements for the development of the publishing industry during the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, publishing work should implement the content and editorial quality improvement plan to effectively enhance the content construction level and service supply capacity of publishing units. To develop new quality productive forces, labor objects should be continuously expanded and extended, and strengthening content innovation of scientific journals constitutes an important part of building new quality productive forces in scientific journals [11]. Faced with constantly evolving technologies and industry formats under new quality productive forces development, scientific journals should always regard high-quality published content as their foundation for existence. Meanwhile, they should keep pace with the development of the digital and information age, promote continuous deepening of content innovation, and provide strong support for the scientific and technological development and technological innovation of related industries while meeting the reading needs of the general audience. Taking innovation as the primary driving force for development and adhering to the national policy orientation for interdisciplinary studies, scientific journals should fully demonstrate their strong driving force, create a strong atmosphere for interdisciplinary integration, and enhance innovation capacity in various scientific research fields through proactive planning, active integration, and multi-domain collaboration [12]. Cultivating high-quality specialized talents serves as one of the key links for achieving interdisciplinary integration. While focusing on enhancing professional capabilities of talents, attention should also be paid to expanding their knowledge in related disciplines, helping to develop their scientific literacy and innovative spirit. In combination with the development of the information age, scientific journals should not only strengthen interdisciplinary integration within professional fields but also pay attention to interdisciplinary knowledge fusion and innovation, actively promoting cross-disciplinary integration between various disciplines and artificial intelligence, big data, and other fields. They should flexibly use various forms such as special issues and columns to expand the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary integration. Simultaneously, facing the market demand for scientific research achievements, modern new media interactive exchange platforms should be built to provide strong support for developing new interdisciplinary fields in forestry. Taking forestry science journals as an example, they should rely on their research advantages in the forestry field to continuously explore and expand interdisciplinary integration pathways between forestry and chemistry, biology, artificial intelligence, and other disciplines, provide high-quality publishing services according to different research directions, and lay a rich material foundation for subsequent related research [13].

3.4 Strengthening Academic Exchange and Expanding Journal International Influence

Against the backdrop of globalization, scientific journals serve as important platforms for the dissemination and exchange of scientific research achievements, and their influence and internationalization level directly relate to the promotion of scientific and technological innovation and the cultivation of new quality productive forces. Since the release of the 'Opinions on Deepening Reform to Cultivate World-Class Scientific Journals' in 2019, various departments have continuously promoted the construction of a world-class scientific journal system through various measures. It is necessary to expand the international influence of scientific journals from multiple dimensions. Strengthening academic exchange is the primary task. Scientific journals should take the initiative to actively participate in various domestic and international academic conferences, which not only helps to timely grasp the latest research dynamics but also enables them to solicit high-quality manuscripts through conference platforms, injecting fresh vitality into the journals. Meanwhile, journals should closely monitor national policies and strategic orientations to ensure published content aligns with national development needs. In manuscript screening, priority should be given to new theories and technological achievements that can promote economic construction and social development, with rapid publication and widespread dissemination to accelerate the pace of scientific and technological innovation [14]. International cooperation is key to broadening horizons and enhancing the influence of scientific journals. Scientific journals should actively establish cooperation with internationally renowned journals and research institutions, achieving resource sharing and complementary advantages through collaborative publishing, joint research, or hosting high-end forums. Simultaneously, attracting internationally renowned experts to join editorial boards can not only enhance the academic level of journals but also increase their recognition in the international academic community. Hosting international academic conferences is an important pathway to promote international cooperation and exchange, fostering collision and fusion of research ideas by building open and inclusive exchange platforms [15]. Open access policies can also lower the threshold for obtaining scientific information, further promoting the widespread dissemination and application of research achievements. Publicity and promotion are effective means to enhance the influence of scientific journals. Scientific journals should fully utilize social media platforms such as Twitter to regularly publish high-quality content abstracts or research findings, maintain close interaction with the academic community, and attract more readers' attention. Cooperation with internationally renowned academic platforms such as Google Scholar, through data sharing and link building, can improve the ranking and visibility of journals in search engines. Establishing a regular evaluation mechanism to widely collect feedback from readers and authors, and timely adjusting and improving journal publishing and promotion strategies, ensures that journals always maintain vitality and competitiveness.

3.5 Building Service Platforms and Leveraging Advanced Technology Advantages

Based on the interaction between scientific journals promoting new quality productive forces development and new quality productive forces empowering the high-quality development of scientific journals, a nationally unified, powerful journal publishing service platform should be actively built to better empower new quality productive forces development. This platform should achieve collection and sharing of data and resources, improve publishing efficiency, and provide personalized information services for readers through technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, thereby fostering more scientific research outputs. While promoting scientific and technological innovation, it also drives the high-quality development of scientific journals, providing support for new quality productive forces development [16]. When building scientific journal publishing service platforms, digital, data, information, and intelligent technologies should be integrated, attempting to apply advanced technologies such as big data, blockchain, and cloud computing to strengthen the core capacity building of scientific journals and comprehensively transform the publishing processes, formats, and models of scientific journals. The platform interface should be designed to be intuitive and concise, with multimedia publicity, scientific and technological resource sharing, and scientific research achievement transformation as core content, while improving functions such as personalized recommendations, keyword searches, and interactive reading to optimize user experience [17]. Integrating comment, like, and share functions of new media social software provides support for exchange and interaction between readers and authors, readers and platforms, readers and readers, and between scientific journals and authors and readers, creating a good interactive atmosphere and sense of community that enhances the platform's attractiveness to users. From the perspective of improving the quality of scientific journal operations, the editorial and proofreading环节 should be the focus, with vigorous development of intelligent proofreading systems and active construction of artificial intelligence proofreading service platforms. In building artificial intelligence proofreading service platforms, professional corpora should be constructed by selecting authentic language materials through a combination of manual standards and machine annotation. When connecting professional corpora with artificial intelligence proofreading service platforms, Chinese information processing should be emphasized, with reasonable selection of general corpora for detecting spelling errors and typos, as well as professional corpora in relevant scientific fields, to serve as training corpora in Chinese information processing and improve the accuracy of proofreading systems. In artificial intelligence proofreading service platforms, common sensitive words, prohibited words, and other vocabulary should also be integrated to provide more comprehensive proofreading samples and reduce the workload of manual editorial proofreading [18].

Conclusion

Under the strategic background of building a strong science and technology nation, actively promoting the collaborative development of scientific journals and new quality productive forces can not only accelerate the transformation and application of the latest scientific research achievements in relevant industries and stimulate scientific and technological innovation vitality but also promote the high-quality and international development of scientific journals. This should be based on innovative talents and scientific and technological innovation strength, optimizing the layout of scientific journals and assisting in the construction of new quality productive forces in scientific journals.

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About the Author: Yang Liping (1986—), female, Han ethnicity, from Huaihua, Hunan, Master's degree, Editor (intermediate level), research interests: journal publishing, forestry science popularization.

(Responsible Editor: Li Yansong)