Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Vestnik RUDN International Relations
ISSN 2313-0660 · eISSN 2313-0679 · Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) · Russian Federation
Vestnik RUDN International Relations: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 62 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Vestnik RUDN International Relations is published by Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, Global Political and Economic Relations and European Politics and Security, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Vestnik RUDN. International Relations is a leading Russian scientific journal, established in 2001 by Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), which holds a top position in terms of students body internationalization across the CIS and the BRICS (students represent more than 150 countries of the world). This is a classic journal on international studies with a special emphasis on cooperation with the CIS countries as well as with the Global South (Asia, Africa, Latin America), international educational cooperation and history of international relations. The journal accepts for consideration articles by postgraduate and doctoral students, candidates for PhD and doctors of science. Articles by students and undergraduates of higher educational institutions are not considered. The journal is international in topic coverage, editorial board and pull of authors. Being included in the international academic discourse, the journal regularly publishes articles of world recognized experts in international and regional studies from Russia, Europe, Asia and the USA. On the other hand, the edition introduces papers by promising researchers from Asia, Africa and Latin America to present their local (national, regional) vision of world that allow to elaborate a balanced approach to facing global challenges. Each of the issues has a particular thematic focus, which is set in advance. Articles on the thematic focus make up the “core” of issue. At the same time other topics are also covered. Constant rubrics include "International Economic Relations", "Peace and Security", "Bilaterial Relations", “History of International Relations”, “Applied Analysis”, “Political Portraits”, “International academic cooperation”. The journal welcomes the publication of book reviews. Academic interviews with leading researchers on international affairs, working in one area, but in different countries are allocated in every issue in the rubric “Research Schools”.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Konstantin P. KurylevPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 12, United States 6, Italy 2, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences25.4%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences10.2%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences5.2%
- Central Asia Education and CultureSocial Sciences5.2%
- International Relations in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.5%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 220/1936 | 88th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 388/745 | 47th |
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
SCIEMEDLINEERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: White List RCSI, Russian Index of Science Citation, RSCI, Google Scholar, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Dimensions
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 712 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 319 |
| 2025 | 62 | 62 | 335 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 307 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 291 |
| 2022 | 72 | 72 | 161 |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 136 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- letters to the editorot exceed 6000 words. Short reports and letters to the editor should not exceed 1500 words. Please consult the MS Word built-in statistics service primain text ≤ 1,500 words
- literature reviewript from an original study, lecture or literature review (including tables and list of references) should not exceed 6000 words. Short reports and letters to t…main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use 1.4. AI Use Disclosure by Authors
Disclosure Requirement: Authors must clearly and thoroughly disclose AI tool usage at all stages of manuscript preparation, including:Text generation (including parts of the introduction, discussion, conclusions, or abstract);Data preparation or verification, including statistical analysis, visualizations, or data synthesis;Translation, paraphrasing, or editing of text;Literature search or compili…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Disclosure
All authors should disclose (declare in the corresponding section of the manuscript) any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to affect the results or the conclusions of their manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Access and Retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 CC-BY-NC Model summary
The right of authorship belongs to the authors of articles. The authors transfer the rights to use the article (including the use and distribution of an article in the Open Access) to the publisher of the journal on a non-exclusive license (Publishing Agreement (Public Offer)). At the same time, authors remain full rightsholders. Publishing Agreement (Public Offer) to Publish an Article in an Acad…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediately upon publication. Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
A double-blind peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial staff of the journal. This implies that neither the reviewer is aware of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer. Members of the editorial board and leading global experts in corresponding areas of sciences, invited as independent r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Plagiarism
Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another paper as the author(s) own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another(s) paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Author Self-Archiving
This journal follows the Green Open Access principles and permits and encourages authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this 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
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2313-0660
- Electronic ISSN
- 2313-0679
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 RUDN International Relations
How long does peer review take at Vestnik RUDN International Relations?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Vestnik RUDN International Relations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Vestnik RUDN International Relations based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (12), United States (6) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Vestnik RUDN International Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Vestnik RUDN International Relations is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Vestnik RUDN International Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Vestnik RUDN International Relations 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: .