Journal profile
Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi
ISSN 1991-6434 · eISSN 2409-4811 · St. Tikhon's Orthodox University · Russian Federation
Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi is published by St. Tikhon's Orthodox University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soviet and Russian History, Theology and Canon Law Studies and Religion and Society Interactions, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal publishes papers on problems of church history from the beginnings to the contemporary period. In the same time we accept research texts consecrated to the topics which are important for understanding of historical being of Church. Particular attention is paid to the development of church organization, church-state, church-social and interconfessional relations, the role of Christianity in the formation of various ethnic, social and political identities and in the development of culture, the processes of secularization of society and their consequences for the life of the Church, historiography of church history, as well as biographies of certain church actors (including theologians).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief BP Mefodiy of YegoryevskiyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 23, Italy 3, United States 2, Germany 2, Serbia 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences29%
- Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences6.5%
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities6.4%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities6.2%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.9%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities4.1%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.1%
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
SCIEPublisher website
Other: Official Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Registration Agency, Russian scientific electronic library, Google Scholar
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 764 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 52 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 47 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | 61 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 46 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 36 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 29 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted7
- articlesArticles on a wide range of problems in the fields of world history, Russian history and church history.Length not stated
- current eventsCurrent Events: reports on significant academic events in the study of world history, Russian history and church history.Length not stated
- paperThe recommended size is 40,000 characters with spaces, including footnotes. However, the Editorial Board admits the reasonable extension of the size up to 50,00…Length not stated
- publicationsThe size of materials in the section Publications can be up to 120,000 characters with spaces, including the introductory text.Length not stated
- publications of sourcesPublications of sources, accompanied by introduction and commentaries.Length not stated
- reviewFor reviews, the recommended size is 8,000–15,000 characters. However, it may be extended if a clear explanation is provided, e.g. if the review deals with seve…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews of recent scientific literature.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Retraction policy Model summary
The Journal reserves the right for the retraction of papers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Author's copyright and publishing rights
Website materials under CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
According to the agreement and to the Publishing Ethics the author grants the University the right to use the published material under exclusive license for the period of one year and six months since the moment of publication. Upon the expiration of this period, the rights to reuse the published materials revert to the author, who undertakes to reference the place of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy. Access to the electronic archive of the Journal
Open access (BOAI) Model summary
The Journal presents direct access to its content in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition. It means that articles have free availability on public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software or use them for any other lawful purpo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Obligatory peer review; Editorial Board decides acceptance or rejection. Model summary
Papers are subject to an obligatory procedure of reviewing, based on the results of which the Editorial Board takes a decision as to accepting the paper for publication or rejecting it.
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
- St. Tikhon's Orthodox University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- ISSN
- 1991-6434
- Electronic ISSN
- 2409-4811
- 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 Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi
How long does peer review take at Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (23), Italy (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi open access, and what is the APC?
Vestnik Pravoslavnogo SvatoTihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta Seria II Istoria Istoria Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi 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: .