Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
RussianStudiesHu
ISSN 2677-1640 · eISSN 2677-0660 · Foundation for the Russian Language and Culture · Hungary
RussianStudiesHu: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RussianStudiesHu is published by Foundation for the Russian Language and Culture. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soviet and Russian History, Philosophy, History, and Historiography and Eastern European Communism and Reforms, together about 50.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations, History and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RussianStudiesHu is an open-access online academic periodical covering historical Russian Studies. It uses double-blind peer review and, since 2021, has published two issues a year, with online content being continually expanded throughout the year. Besides being accessible on the periodical’s own website, issues are freely accessible at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences’ repository (EDIT), the Electronic Periodicals Archive & Database of the Hungarian Electronic Library (EPA) as well as in many other major international databases, including Scopus. The periodical materials are also made available in printed format by the Publisher. Manuscripts are accepted in English and Russian, and in rare, exceptional cases, in Hungarian, on condition that the article has not been published elsewhere in any language. RussianStudiesHu welcomes authors who can provide an academic treatment of any issue related to Eastern Slavic, Russian or Soviet history (including their Hungarian and Eastern European aspects), either as a historian or by means of a related discipline, provided they accept the periodical’s Rules of Publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Mikhail KovalevPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences29.4%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities14.7%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences6%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences5.7%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.8%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences3.9%
- European Cultural and National IdentitySocial Sciences3.6%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities3.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q3 | 695/1186 | 41st |
| History | Q3 | 1358/1936 | 29th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q4 | 995/1221 | 18th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 683/745 | 8th |
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
EPA, EDITPublisher 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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 84 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 12 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- essaysEssays Review ArticlesLength not stated
- review articlesEssays Review ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Plagiarism
- Authorship
provided they accept the periodical’s Rules of Publication Model summary
provided they accept the periodical’s Rules of Publication
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Manuscripts are accepted in English and Russian, and in rare, exceptional cases, in Hungarian, on condition that the article has not been published elsewhere in any language. Model summary
Manuscripts are accepted in English and Russian, and in rare, exceptional cases, in Hungarian, on condition that the article has not been published elsewhere in any language.
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
- Foundation for the Russian Language and Culture
- Country or region
- Hungary
- Language
- English, Hungarian, Russian
- ISSN
- 2677-1640
- Electronic ISSN
- 2677-0660
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RussianStudiesHu
How long does peer review take at RussianStudiesHu?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Which databases index RussianStudiesHu?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RussianStudiesHu is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is RussianStudiesHu open access, and what is the APC?
RussianStudiesHu 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: .