Journal profile · LITERATURE, SLAVIC
Russian Studies in Literature
ISSN 1061-1975 · eISSN 1944-7167 · Taylor & Francis
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Russian Studies in Literature: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2020 (Volume 56, Issue 3-4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Studies in Literature is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies, Soviet and Russian History and Contemporary Literature and Criticism, together about 57.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This title has ceased (2022). Russian Studies in Literature publishes high-quality, annotated translations of Russian literary criticism and scholarship on contemporary works and popular cultural topics as well as the classics. Selections are drawn from the leading literary periodicals including Literaturnaia gazeta (Literary Gazette), Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie (New Literary Review), Oktiabr (October), Voprosy literatury (Problems of Literature), and Znamia (Banner). An editorial introduction to every issue provides context and insight that will be helpful for English-language readers. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, SLAVIC
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences33.5%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences12.7%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities11.4%
- Vladimir Nabokov Literary StudiesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.6%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities4%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities3.8%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Slavic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q4 | 705/934 | 24th |
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in AHCI on 21 November 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCICurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Index, MLA International
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2021
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2021
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 4,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 692 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1061-1975
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-7167
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 3-4 (2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Studies in Literature
Which databases index Russian Studies in Literature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Studies in Literature is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Russian Studies in Literature open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Studies in Literature is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .