BTBU attaches great importance to scientific research work, promotes the development of scientific research, constantly improves the scientific research mechanism, improves the scientific research management system, strengthens the construction of scientific research management team, standardizes the scientific research service process, and effectively improves the scientific research service ability.

The University adheres to the strategy of development driven by scientific research and innovation, actively integrates into the development of the capital, deepening the cooperation between government, industry, university and research, exploring the establishment of a benign mechanism for scientific research to apply society and scientific research to serve the country, and has formed a basic mechanism for industry-university-research cooperation and social service to adapt to the construction of a high-level research-oriented university.

The academic journals sponsored by the university, "Journal of Beijing Technology and Business University (Social Science Edition)", are the national Chinese core journals and CSSCI source journals, "China Plastics" and "Journal of Food Science and Technology.