Journal profile
Slovesnost' i istoriia
ISSN 2712-7591 · eISSN 3034-4514 · Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) RAS · Russian Federation
Slovesnost' i istoriia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 64 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Slovesnost' i istoriia is published by Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) RAS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Classics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Peer-reviewed scientific journal “Texts and History” (Slovesnost’ i istoriia) is published by the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskii Dom) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is dedicated not only to the oral or written text in history, but also to the history of the text, its language, the history of the plot, the topos and literary device, the history of the book. The journal deals with the issues of cultural history, the reflection of history in literature, and the connection between literature and historical processes. The journal promptly responds to new ideas and current events. We accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemical notes, bibliographic thematic reviews, conference chronicles. The audience of the journal “Texts and History” is historians of literature and language, folklorists, specialists in the field of medieval musical text, paleographers, book historians, cultural historians.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Svetlana A. SemyachkoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities12.8%
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities8.9%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities8.7%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities7.8%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities7.7%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities5.9%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences5.7%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Elibrary.RU, CyberLeninkaPublisher 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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 272 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 20 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 14 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 7 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 6 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 4 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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-ND | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 120–150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 15
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted7
- bibliographic thematic reviewsWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- conference chroniclesWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- historical sources prepared for publicationWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- literary textsWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- polemical notesWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- reviews of new booksWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
- scientific articlesWe accept for publication both scientific articles and literary texts and historical sources prepared for publication, as well as reviews of new books, polemica…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Copyright and License Statement Model summary
Articles of the journal “Texts and History” are published under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open Access Policy Model summary
The journal “Texts and History” has joined the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which aims to provide open access to peer-reviewed scientific literature. An electronic version of each issue appears on the journal’s website immediately after being printed. There is no fee for publication in the journal or for access to the full-text version of the 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
- Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) RAS
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- German, French, English, Italian, Russian
- ISSN
- 2712-7591
- Electronic ISSN
- 3034-4514
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Slovesnost' i istoriia
How long does peer review take at Slovesnost' i istoriia?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Slovesnost' i istoriia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 120–150 words; Keywords: ≤ 15; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 Slovesnost' i istoriia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Slovesnost' i istoriia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Slovesnost' i istoriia open access, and what is the APC?
Slovesnost' i istoriia 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: .