On July 31, 2020, the journal Digital Humanities Research, the first academic journal in the field of digital humanities in mainland China was approved for public distribution by the National Press and Publication Administration of China, with the domestic unified serial publication number CN10-1717/C. Digital Humanities Research is a peer-reviewed journal co-founded by the School of Information Resource Management (iSchool) and the Book and Newspaper Data Center in Renmin University of China, who are responsible for the editing and publication services of this new journal.

Digital Humanities Research was founded with the missions to promote the development of digital humanities research, build an academic exchange platform where humanities and technologies are better integrated.

Digital Humanities Research is scheduled to be published quarterly. Its first issue will be officially published in November 2020.