Scientific papers published in Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies are included in the calculation systems of authors and journals citation indices. The citation index is an index that characterizes the significance degree of a particular scientific paper. It is found by calculating the number of references to the paper in further publications.

Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies is available in the following information and reference editions and systems:

• Russian Index Science Citation
• Referativnyi Zhurnal (Abstract Journal)
• EBSCO
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• Crossref (1|2)
• Social Science Open Access Repository
• AcademicKeys
• DOAJ
• BASE
• WorldCat
• SHERPA/RoMEO
• Jisc | copac*
• CYBERLENINKA
• University of Cambridge
• The British Library
• Serials Union Catalogue
• Академия Google (Google Scholar)
• Russian State Library
• OpenAIRE
• TIB
• Citefactor
• The European Library
• Stanford University Library
• Julkaisufoorumi
• The National Library of Finland
• Bodleian Libraries
• Library of Congress
• IPRbooks
• Lan' - Electronic Library System
• Znanium.com - Electronic Library System