Journal of Nantong University (Social Science Edition) started in 1985, CN 32-1754/C, ISSN 1673-2359, bimonthly, 140 pages, which is domestically published. There are several special columns such as “Yangtze River Delta & Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Forum”, “Philosophy Research”, “Politic & Law Research”, “Sociology Research”, “Literature & Linguistics Research”, “History Research”, “Culture & Art Research”, “Economics & Management”, “Education & Psychology Research”, “Jiang Hai Celebrity Research”, and “Journalism and Communication Research”. Among them, “the Yangtze River Delta & Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Research” and “Philosophy Research” are key columns, and “Jiang Hai Celebrity Research” as Special Column. It is indexed in “CSSCI Source Journal”, “Chinese Core Journal”, “An Important Reprinted Source Journal for the Copy of Newspapers and Periodicals in the National People's Congress”, “RCCSE Chinese Core Academic Journal”, “Top 100 National Social Science Journal” and “Jiangsu Periodicals Phalanx Preeminent Journal”. It is also awarded with CAJ-CD Specification Refined Executive Journal.