The evaluation of journals is quite significant for the science and technology management department,literature information agency,journal editors and technology workers.The evaluation mechanism of journals in China reveals a situation which can be concluded as follows,the diversification of evaluation subjects,the emphasis on the whole journal rather than the evaluation of articles,and the independent of the evaluation system.For the evaluation of journals,it is supposed to establish an evaluation mechanism which makes distinction between social and science journals on the evaluation standard,integrates the subjective and objective evaluation and combines the qualitative and quantitative evaluation.