Abstract: Quest Macau (ISSN 3081-1414, eISSN 3081-1422, CODEN: AQABAF, DOI prefix: https://doi.org/10.66106/aqabaf), a gold open-access Chinese-language academic quarterly published by Quest Press Limited, has recently been officially indexed by the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI). Developed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine, OUCI is an open access academic search engine and citation database built upon Crossref's Cited-by service and the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC). It indexes scholarly literature from all publishers worldwide that use Crossref's citation services. Unlike commercial databases, OUCI adheres to an open, transparent, and non-commercial operational philosophy. Rooted in Macau, the journal focuses on interdisciplinary and cross-cutting research. All accepted articles undergo rigorous international peer review and are published under the CC BY 4.0 license, making them permanently and freely accessible. This indexing marks the journal's official integration into the global open science infrastructure network. This article, taking into account the journal's positioning, analyzes the practical value of this indexing.
Quest Macau 《澳门求索》编辑部 Editorial Office (Wed,) studied this question.