科学史可以证明,一门学科要得到发展和成熟,都需要有学术讨论;而学术讨论的促成和组织,又最能显示出编辑的作用和价值。以推进编辑学建设为宗旨的《编辑学刊》深谙此理。它所展开的关于“编辑”概念的讨论已被事实证明:关系到编辑学研究对象、学科性质的确定和学科体系的建构牵动着学科建设全局;决不是“从概念出发”,搞脱离实际的概念之争,而是从现 The history of science can prove that a subject needs to be developed and matured, and there needs to be academic discussions. The promotion and organization of academic discussions can best demonstrate the role and value of editors. Editing Journal aims to promote editorial construction. The discussion about the concept of “editing” has been proved by it: the subject of editorial studies, the determination of the nature of disciplines and the construction of disciplinary system affect the overall construction of disciplines; it is by no means “to proceed from the concept,” and to deviate from the actual Concept of the dispute, but from now on