Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук

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OUR MISSIONHISTORY OF THE JOURNALFOUNDER AND PUBLISHERINDEXINGTHEMATIC COVERAGEREGULAR SECTIONSTHEMATIC ISSUES The ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’ is the only Russian scientific periodical devoted entirely to the current theoretical and scientific-practical problems of the African continent. Its mission isto present an objective view of the socio-political and socio-economic processes taking place in Africa, overcoming language barriers and differences in national research approaches. To achieve this mission, Journal’s publications include articles by researchers from Russia and Africa, as well as representatives of African studies from other extra-regional research centres. Starting from 2024, all scientific articles of the Journal are published in two languages, namely Russian and English, with the entire scientific apparatus being adapted accordingly (where possible, references are provided to sources and literature published in the respective languages). This approach is intended to ensure mutual penetration of research approaches and academic discourse of African studies, both within Russia and in other countries and regions of the world. It is a matter of principle for the Editorial Office of the Journal to present on a regular basis the position of Africans themselves on the processes taking place on the African continent and in the world, and to promote the achievements of African social science and its theoretical approaches to solving global problems. Special attention is paid to the development of mutually beneficial Russian-African cooperation, with both purely academic materials and applied articles summarising some practical aspects of Russia’s interaction with African countries.

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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.

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