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Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1555-6492

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.19

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.439

Total Worksi

1,837

Total Citationsi

6,268

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal that publishes original research, surveys, speeches, and discussions. It also examines mutual interests in defense, national security, and foreign policy.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyBimonthly, <2006>-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,837

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1555-6492

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

456

2019

426

2020

509

2021

263

704

2022

2023

2024

221

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of ScienceMultidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Frequently asked questions about Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Is Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences?

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.05.

Is Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.