Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Russian Language Studies
ISSN 2618-8163 · eISSN 2618-8171 · RUDN University · Russian Federation
Russian Language Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Language Studies is published by RUDN University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistic research and analysis, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy and Foreign Language Teaching Methods, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), where students from 155 countries study, is an international center of learning Russian. Our university holds Russian language Olympiads for foreign students in Russia and students in foreign countries, prepares foreign teachers of the Russian language, organizes international students’ exchange and scientific traineeships, fulfills inter-University contracts. Learning and teaching Russian abroad is coordinated by the International Association of Teachers of the Russian language and literature. Many world universities opened Russian language departments. Russian language centers operate in Europe, the USA, Latin America, Asia, Africa. The scientific journal "Russian language studies" publishes materials on fundamental and applied scientific and methodical problems in philology - The study of the Russian language in Russia and in the world (linguistics, psycholinguistics, linguoculturology, text analysis, ethnolinguistics, methods and techniques of teaching, etc.). The journal publishes articles on the Russian language and methods of teaching in a different linguistic and cultural environment. The journal is primarily addressed to research scientists and graduate students, and may also be useful to teachers of the Russian language of higher and secondary schools. The editorial board of the journal includes leading experts in the Russian language from Russia and various countries of the world. Editors of the journal take care of the development of the scientific and methodological potential of the publication and its acquisition of international status. The aim of the journal is to create a scientific, research, educational and information space for presenting the achievements of scientists from various regions of the world in Russian language studies and methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language. The targets of the journal are: Delivering the achievements of Russian and foreign scientists in Russian language studies and methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language, publishing the results of scientific centers in developing and keeping the Russian language in the multipolar world;Characterizing scientific articles on Russian language functioning in Russia and abroad;Pointing out the essential problems in methods of teaching Russian as a foreign, non-native, and native language;Analyzing modern trends in Russian language teaching at school and university;Reflecting problems of learning a
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Editor-in-chief Viktor M. ShakleinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 7, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Italy 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities17.4%
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities10.2%
- Foreign Language Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences9.4%
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences8.4%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities7.4%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | Q2 | 313/1137 | 72nd |
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 374/1221 | 69th |
| Education | Q3 | 1108/1698 | 34th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPublisher website
Other: White List RCSI, Russian Index of Science Citation, ANVUR, Google Scholar, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Dimensions
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 343 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 152 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 123 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | 99 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 116 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 76 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 75 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 8
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted4
- annotationsThe journal publishes scientific articles (theoretical, academic and research, methodical), review articles, book reviews, annotations, scientific reports about…Length not stated
- book reviewsThe journal publishes scientific articles (theoretical, academic and research, methodical), review articles, book reviews, annotations, scientific reports about…Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal publishes scientific articles (theoretical, academic and research, methodical), review articles, book reviews, annotations, scientific reports about…Length not stated
- scientific reports about russian and foreign scientistsThe journal publishes scientific articles (theoretical, academic and research, methodical), review articles, book reviews, annotations, scientific reports about…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship of the Paper
References must use APA style; specific rules in «Formatting a Reference List» section. Model summary
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Disclosure
All authors should disclose (declare in the corresponding section of the manuscript) any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to affect the results or the conclusions of their manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Access and Retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Originality: only original articles not published before; self-plagiarism not allowed. Model summary
The journal publishes only original articles that have not been published before. Self-plagiarism is not allowed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors transfer non-exclusive license to publisher; authors remain full rightsholders Model summary
The right of authorship belongs to the authors of articles. The authors transfer the rights to use the article (including the use and distribution of an article in the Open Access) to the publisher of the journal on a non-exclusive license (Publishing Agreement (Public Offer)). At the same time, authors remain full rightsholders. Publishing Agreement (Public Offer) to Publish an Article in an Acad…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediately upon publication. Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
A double-blind peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial staff of the journal. This implies that neither the reviewer is aware of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer. Members of the editorial board and leading global experts in corresponding areas of sciences, invited as independent r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Plagiarism
No plagiarism; article must not be previously published or under consideration elsewhere Model summary
Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another paper as the author(s) own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another(s) paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Author Self-Archiving
This journal follows the Green Open Access principles and permits and encourages authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal.
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
- RUDN University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2618-8163
- Electronic ISSN
- 2618-8171
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Language Studies
How long does peer review take at Russian Language Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Russian Language Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 8; Reference style: APA. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Russian Language Studies based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (7), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Russian Language Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Language Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Russian Language Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Language Studies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .