Major sections in this journal include a review and commentary, experiment and research, technology and equipment, analytical method and quality control, and translation and digests. An English title is included in each issue. The journal published its first issue in October, 1979. So far over 70 issues were published to date on a quarter base. In summary, the humic researches in China have made rapid progress in recent years.
Many reports are on the potential applications of humic substances.
However, the mechanisms involved in these applications are still not yet clear. Current techniques for characterizing methods and IHSS standards are not widely used. This search covered only a small fraction of information from a vast database. Most original papers are not available at the time of search. Please be reminded that if any translation in this short review is different from the authors, please follow their original titles.