About the Journal

• Aims and Scope
• Indexing
• Founder and Publisher
• Publication Frequency
• Privacy Statement
• ISSN and Registration

• AIMS AND SCOPE

  The peer-reviewed academic journal Istoricheskiy Vestnik (The Historical Reporter) is a unique scholarly project created by leading Russian and international historians. The journal specializes in thematic historical research and exclusive documentary publications.

  The journal's aim is to promote historical awareness and strengthen cooperation with the global scholarly community, contributing to an objective, unbiased, and academic understanding of history.

  The journal accepts for publishing: Original academic articles; Translations of articles published in other journals (with permission from copyright holders); Reviews; Reports on scholarly events; Book reviews; Archival and source materials.

  Subject areas:

  Responsibility of the journal editors
  • Russian History
  • World History
  • Source Studies
  • Social, Political, and Military History

  The journal is included in the List of Leading Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals and Publications recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission (ВАК) for publishing key results of dissertations for the degrees of Doctor of Sciences (доктор наук) and Candidate of Sciences (кандидат наук) (Category K2). The articles correspond to the Nomenclature of Scientific Specialties approved by Order No. 118 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (February 24, 2021):

  • 5.6.1 Russian History
  • 5.6.2 World History

  The journal is included in the «White List» (Белый список) of academic journals (Level 3 of the Unified State Register of Scientific Publications — ЕГПНИ).

  The journal is included in the List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications approved by the Academic Council of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

  Languages: English, Russian

• INDEXING

  The articles published in the journal are indexed in international abstracting and full-text databases, including: RSCI, Google Scholar, Dimensions, OpenAlex, Scilit, Semantic Scholar.

• Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for the Creation, Support and Development of the Historical and Cultural Electronic Encyclopedia and Library «Runivers» (Руниверс) | Leninsky Prospekt 15A, floor 6, room 49, Moscow 119071, Russia
  Year of establishment: 2012

• PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

  Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year

  Type: Academic / Scholarly journal

  Format: Print and online

  Discipline: History

  Audience: members of the Academy/Academies of Sciences, professors, lecturers, students, and general readers interested in Russian and world history

  Dewey Decimal Classification: 900

  Country of publication: Russian Federation

  Status: Active

  All published articles are assigned a DOI.

  Istoricheskiy Vestnik is an open-access journal, and its content is distributed under the Creative Commons International Public License (CC BY-NC).

  The journal's open-access policy complies with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) — meaning that all articles are available online for users to freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search the articles and create link to them, index them, utilize them as software data, or generally use them for any lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers beyond those inseparable from Internet access itself.

  The full-text free version of the journal is available on the journal's website, as well as on elibrary.ru and CyberLeninka.

• PRIVACY STATEMENT

  All names and contact details provided by authors on the journal's website are used exclusively for the technical process of preparing the article for publication and for communication with authors and reviewers. Under no circumstances will this information be disclosed to third parties or other organizations.

• ISSN AND REGISTRATION

  ISSN 2411-1511 (Online)

  ISSN 2306-4978 (Print)

  Registered with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (ROSKOMNADZOR / РОСКОМНАДЗОР).

  Date of registration: September 3, 2012

  Registration certificate: ПИ № ФС77-51055