Abstract: Medical sci-tech periodicals are not only an important channel for popularizing medical scientific research achievements,but also an important carrier for exchanging experience in combating COVID-19 and recording anti-epidemic achievements. During the epidemic period,medical sci-tech periodicals launched relevant scientific research achievements through the network,strengthened the dissemination of the latest scientific research achievements,and made efforts to serve the society,the public and the anti-epidemic,which was highly recognized and praised by all walks of life. This major responsibility,mission and overall service awareness are not only the performance during the epidemic,but also should become the norm for medical journal editors. For the domestic medical sci-tech periodicals,it will be a new challenge for the periodical editors to adapt to the new situation of giving priority to online publishing and open access,broaden the digital communication and publishing channels of paper products,balance the timeliness of hot research with the preciseness and value of academic research and continuously improve the academic quality and level of papers.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine, medical sci-tech periodicals, public health emergencies, coping ability