Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura
ISSN 2541-9358 · eISSN 2541-9366 · Saint Petersburg State University
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura is published by Saint Petersburg State University and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies and Linguistics and language evolution, together about 45.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
«Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Язык и литература» — научно-теоретический журнал, публикующий научно-исследовательские статьи и критические научные рецензии на русском и английском языках, призванные отразить актуальную проблематику современной лингвистики, литературоведения и междисциплинарных гуманитарных исследований, а также представить многообразие существующих здесь подходов и плюрализм мнений исследователей. Особое внимание уделяется работам, продолжающим развивать традиции сложившихся и завоевавших авторитет научных школ СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербурга и России.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationSocial Sciences27.1%
- Language, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences12.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities6.5%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities4.3%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities4.1%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology3.9%
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, КиберЛенинка, ICI Journals Master List, Brill Linguistic Bibliography (Online)
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 69.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 513 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 24 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 38 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | 85 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 112 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Saint Petersburg State University
- ISSN
- 2541-9358
- Electronic ISSN
- 2541-9366
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura
What CAS zone is Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura open access, and what is the APC?
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta-Yazyk i Literatura is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .