社刊工程的概念,是新闻出版总署1996年提出的,旨在促进图书出版与期刊出版的紧密结合和相互促进。社刊工程的提出,对于促进书刊互动、提高出版工作的集约化发展具有重要意义。图书出版和期刊出版,是现代社会科学文化知识积累和传播的两种基本的和重要的方式,是出版文化的主体,也是衡量一个国家和社会科学文化发 The concept of social magazine project was proposed by the General Administration of Press and Publication in 1996 to promote the close integration and mutual promotion of book publication and periodical publication. The publication of the social magazine project is of great significance to promoting the interaction between books and publications and enhancing the intensive development of publishing work. Book publishing and periodical publishing are two basic and important ways to accumulate and disseminate knowledge of culture in modern social sciences. They are the main body of publishing culture and also a measure of a country’s and social science culture