Recently, the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Literature Center announced the Most Popular Journals in 2021. The Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Social Sciences Edition) was selected as the Most Popular Comprehensive Humanities and Social Sciences Journal in 2021 for the first time. Among the 571 comprehensive humanities and social science journals, 57 were listed as the most popular in 2021, and the Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Social Sciences Edition) ranked 32nd.