The scientific journal Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies is an interdisciplinary platform for publishing research results in the field of social and humanitarian knowledge. The publication focuses on the integration of historical, cultural, philosophical, and linguistic research, contributing to the formation of a holistic view of the development of human society.
The journal title In English, due to different transliteration and translation options, has adopted several titles properly reflected in the ISSN, namely as:
- Sovremennye issledovaniya sotsialnykh problem
- Sovremennye issledovania socialnyh problem
- Sovremennye issledovaniâ socialʹnyh problem
- Modern research of social problems
- Modern studies of social issues
- Modern studies of social problems
- Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies (current title of the journal)
The journal has been published since 2009 by the Science and Innovation Center Publishing House.
Address: 9 Maya St., 5/192, Krasnoyarsk, 660127, Russian Federation
Periodicity. 4 issues per year.
Until September 2025, the journal was published under the title Modern Studies of Social Issues = Sovremennye Issledovaniya Sotsialnykh Problem (ISSN 2077-1770 (print), ISSN 2218-7405 (online)).
New title of the journal: Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies
Parallel title: Российские социогуманитарные исследования
ISSN 3033-5981 (Online).
All publications are reviewed and accompanied by an extensive resume in Russian and English. The editorial board of the journal accepts the texts by both Russian and foreign authors in either the Russian or English languages.
Open Access Policy
The importance of the problems modern society is facing has been consistently discussed not only in the academic discourse. Therefore, in addition to the academic audience, the journal is also aimed at non-academic readers interested in discussing the fundamental problems of modern society and social and human sciences. As the journal is working for becoming a platform for full-scale discussion of these problems, it follows the policy of open access to its publications. Since 2016, all contents of the journal are available free of charge to its users on the journal's official website (http://soc-journal.ru/) upon publishing the issue. The users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and find full texts of the published articles without the prior permission of the publisher or the publication’s author.
Publication Format
Both the full-scale discussion of problems and open access policy suggest that the journal is ready to publish not only original scientific articles in Russian and English on the results of fundamental and applied-theoretic research in the field of social and humanitarian knowledge, but also review papers made by leading specialists in the fields of knowledge related to the profile of the journal as well as professional reviews of new books and scientific research, materials of scientific events, discussions and round tables devoted to the issues covered by the journal.
Sections
The journal publishes scientific papers of different formats (types) solely in accordance with its academic profile. Read more >>
Articles can be submitted throughout the year at PERSONAL ACCOUNT online.
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The edition is registered (certificate of registry EL № FS 77 - 89427) by the Federal Service of Intercommunication and Mass Media Control and by the National Center ISSN, assigned the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN 3033-5981 (online)).
Since 2017, an electronic copy of the journal is submitted to the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (TASS) and the Russian State Library. The published materials are also kept in the editorial office of the journal, which ensures both the permanent deposition of published scientific articles and their availability.
Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies was included in the list of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and editions, approved by the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles (the VAK) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, for publishing essential scientific results of theses of the authors pursuing degrees of candidate and doctor of sciences. The journal was included in the list on December, 01, 2015.
The journal is included in the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) List under the following specialties:
History Studies
National history
Ethnology, anthropology and ethnography
Historiography, source studies, methods of historical research
Philosophical Studies
Social and political philosophy
Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies
Language Studies
Russian literature and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation
Literature of the peoples of the world
Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia
Languages of peoples of foreign countries
Theoretical, Applied and Comparative Linguistics
Articles publishing in the Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies was is carried out in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Information about the journal is published annually in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, an international reference system for periodicals and continuing publications, in order to inform the global scientific community.
Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies is included in the Russian Index Scientific Citation (RISC) and is presented in the Scientific Electronic Library (www.elibrary.ru) and the National Platform of Periodical Scientific Publications (RCSI).
