Journal profile · LITERATURE, SLAVIC
Russian Literature
ISSN 0304-3479 · eISSN 1878-3678 · Elsevier
Russian Literature: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,420; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Literature is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Literature 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 40.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, SLAVIC
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences13.5%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences13.4%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering13.3%
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences5.4%
- European Linguistics and AnthropologySocial Sciences4.6%
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Slavic | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Slavic | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.91%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,597 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 69 | 9 | 40 |
| 2021 | 54 | 10 | 105 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,420 / EUR 2,210 / GBP 1,940 / JPY 271,910 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0304-3479
- Electronic ISSN
- 1878-3678
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Literature
What CAS zone is Russian Literature in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Russian Literature is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Literature, Slavic. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Russian Literature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Literature is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Russian Literature open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Literature is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,420.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .