Recently, the China Social Sciences Research Evaluation Center at Nanjing University sent a letter to the editorial office of South China Quarterly: Journal of University of Macau (SCQJUM), confirming that the journal, edited and published by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau (UMIAS), has been selected as a source journal for the CSSCI (2025-2026). This renewed recognition reflects not only the academic excellence of SCQJUM but also the outstanding research achievements of the University of Macau. The UMIAS and the SCQJUM editorial team are deeply grateful to all departments and colleagues at the University of Macau for their dedicated support.

The Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) is a citation database in the humanities and social sciences developed by the China Social Sciences Research Evaluation Center at Nanjing University. CSSCI follows bibliometric principles and uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. It selects academic journals with strong scholarly quality and rigorous editorial standards as source journals from more than 2,700 Chinese-language academic journals in the humanities and social sciences in China. CSSCI is currently one of the most influential and authoritative core‑journal evaluation systems in China’s humanities and social sciences. Its source journals are selected every two years.

Starting from the 2023-2024 period, the China Social Sciences Research Evaluation Center at Nanjing University has officially included academic journals from the Hong Kong and Macau regions. SCQJUM is among the first “C-journals” selected from the Hong Kong and Macau regions. The journal embraces the editorial philosophy of “Making Chinese scholarship global” and “An international journal for the Chinese academic community.”

The full text of SCQJUM can be accessed on the website of the UMIAS at: https://ias.um.edu.mo/scq/?lang=zh-hant.