Responsibilities and boundaries of China's STM journals in the national ethical governance of science and technology

Since the release of the Opinions on Strengthening the Governance of Science and Technology Ethics by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the General Office of the State Council in 2022, ethical governance has gradually become an integral part of national science and technology (S&T) governance and has received high attention from the CPC and the state. Scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals, as an important subject in the ethical governance of S&T, should abide by the consensus and norms of the publishing industry and play their own roles in the collaborative governance of S&T in the new era. On this basis and in view of the problems and challenges faced by STM journals in the new era, this paper proposes that Chinese STM journals should change their minds to further promote their function and introduces specific measures to realize such changes.