As a special school in sociology of science,Bernal School has two important theory contributions: Firstly,he claims that science can be planned,and he does some work in theory basis and implement countermeasure of planning science;Secondly,taking Marxism s standpoint,viewpoint and method as foundation,he studies social function of science deeply.

At present,in the edition of university journals,we must have an explicit recognition of its attribute so that we may be able to focus on the social functions of university journals in China properly and promote its smooth development in spite of the various interferences of publ.