Abstract: the reformation and development and strength of sci-tech journals depend on many outstanding talents of publication. Training talents is one task of the capital construction of the publication unit. Chinese sci-tech journals editors mainly stem from the sci-tech personnel of the sponsors. The sci-tech journals editors have advantages in role transformation because they have solid professional knowledge, have great ability to study independently, have receptive mind and have good professional ethics. But they also have some problems, such as not well-prepared in mental, not well-grounded in Chinese, not well-learned and well-informed and lack of market consciousness. The traditional single system of personnel placement that the sci-tech personnel change to another post as sci-tech journal editor should be innovated, so the sci-tech journals can go with the tide of reform, optimize the talents structure, increase the key competitive effectiveness and realize the sustainable development.