Using the advanced search function of CNKI Database, this paper conducts a statistic analysis of 16 Chinese core periodicals in PE, including the number of ariticles published, that of citations, publishing units,program funded articles and the composite influence factors of these periodicals from 2011 to 2015. The research results indicate that the total number of articles published on the selected periodicals presented a downward trend, but the annual citations were generally on the rise from 2011 to 2015. Most of the articles published were mainly from the host units of these periodicals, and the units that provided the published articles were relatively the same.The annual fund rate of the 16 periodicals kept rising with a high speed and great range.Among the 16 selected periodicals, six of them proceeded with their annual composite impact factors higher than the annual average, nine of them proceeded with their composite impact factors showing negative growth, and six of them proceeded with their composite impact factors lower than the annual average. Currently, 16 Chinese core periodicals in PE maintain a good momentum of development, but there exist still some problems that there are big differences among different periodicals in their quality and academic influence, hence the imbalanced development. Therefore, attention should be paid to the overall coordinated development of all these periodicals.