Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Social Sciences), a comprehensive academic journal of humanities and social sciences is sponsored by China University of Petroleum (East China) under supervision of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Founded in 1984, it is openly circulated at home and abroad.

Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Social Sciences) is listed in AMI Comprehensive Evaluation Report of Chinese Humanities and Social Science Journals (2022) released by the China Academy of Social Science Evaluation. It has been awarded as Excellent Journal of Shandong Province, Excellent Social Science Journal of the National University of Science, Technology and Agriculture. In 2003, it was appraised as Excellent Social Science Journal in National Colleges and Universities in the Seventh Quality Inspection and Evaluation of Academic Journals of Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities.

Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Social Sciences) covers feature columns of Energy Economy and Policy, Environmental Resources and Energy Law, Energy Humanities, Economy and Management, Literature and Culture, etc.