The Reform Forum is a large academic journal that publishes long theoretical articles and research reports, and is popular with readers because of its frequent publication of articles of academic value and inspiration  But the magazine decided to compress its layout because of economic reasons such as rising paper prices, printing fees and distribution fees  In order to maintain the original content coverage, the magazine has adjusted its editorial guidelines since 1989  Long theoretical articles are no longer published
The decline in circulation may be related to the change of editorial policy
 The circulation of the magazine declined in 1990