Is the periodical publishing agency illegal?

Legal analysis: it is not illegal, because it only provides an intermediary service, which is the same as real estate intermediary service, study abroad service and immigration service. Because in order to save time, authors don't necessarily know the journals they want to publish, so many authors simply don't know what journals their authors are suitable for. After all, there are so many academic journals that can publish papers. If they are unpublished authors, they really don't know which journal to look for for for a while.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs. Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. Appearance design refers to a new design with aesthetic feeling and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.