Journal profile · AREA STUDIES
Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa
ISSN 0201-7083 · Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences
Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa is published by Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 47.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
“Contemporary Europe” focused on the problems of relations and cooperation between Russia and European Union, economical, political, cultural, religious situation in Russia and European countries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AREA STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Роман Николаевич ЛункинPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences15.8%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences15.7%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering15.7%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences6.5%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.2%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences5.2%
- Security, Politics, and Digital TransformationSocial Sciences3.6%
- Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Area Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Area Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Russian Science Index (http://elibrary.ru/)Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85.53%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,293 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 92 |
| 2023 | 98 | 98 | 143 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 49 |
| 2021 | 127 | 127 | 318 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–300 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted1
- book reviewsBook reviews occupy a significant part “Contemporary Europe” to presenting to our readers most of the publications of interest appearing in Russia and European …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
All submissions undergo external and internal double-blind peer review, which determines publication decisions. Model summary
All works submitted are subject to external and internal peer review (double-blind), on the basis of which the decision about the publication of article is made.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences
- ISSN
- 0201-7083
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa
What CAS zone is Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Area Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What are the manuscript requirements of Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–300 words; Keywords: 5–10; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .