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Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research

Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2078-1938

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.185

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.717

Total Worksi

431

Total Citationsi

649

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research is an open-access international journal that publishes materials in Russian and English.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageRussian, English

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications431

Publisher OrgCentre for Independent Social Research

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2078-1938

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double blind peer review

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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?

Russian, 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

143

2019

128

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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

HistoryQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Gender StudiesQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesAnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsEastern European Communism and ReformsSoviet and Russian HistoryLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationArctic and Russian Policy StudiesDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication

Frequently asked questions about Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research

Is Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research: 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 Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research?

Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research 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 0.29.

Is Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research?