Editorial policy

The aim of the journal is to expand the possibilities of publishing, discussing and evaluating scientific ideas in the field of the humanities and education involving Russian and foreign professional communities.

The objectives of the journal:

  • publishing scientific research results on the most topical and controversial problems of modern humanities and education;
  • involving well-known Russian and foreign authors in the journal for exchange of views between researchers and expansion of scientific and cultural partnership;
  • improving the culture and quality of peer review by inviting reputable Russian and foreign experts to cooperation;
  • providing full-text access to scientific articles, increasing the accessibility and openness of the journal in Russia and abroad;
  • inclusion in international databases;
  • increasing the impact factor of the journal.

The editorial staff of the journal is guided by the principles of science, objectivity, impartiality, professionalism, informational support of the most significant humanitarian, educational and innovative research, compliance with the norms of publishing ethics.

Scientific area of the journal

Russian Classification: 46.06.01 – Historical Sciences and Archeology.

Scopus – All Science Journal Classification (ASJC):

Primary field:

  • Social Sciences (Primary Sub-field: Anthropology, Main Sub-fields: Cultural studies, Gender Studies, Urban Studies).

Main field1:

  • Arts&Humanities (Sub-fields: History, Museology, Religious Studies)

Copyright 

Once agreed to publish his/her paper in the journal, the author (unconditionally reserving the copyright) grants to the journal the right of first publication based on the Creative Commons Attribution License which allows using his/her paper by others provided there is a reference made to the author of the original text and to the original journal publication. 

Open Access policy

Based on the fundamental principle of the freedom of information exchange, the articles of the journal are placed in the public domain on the website of the RAS Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, the website of the Herald of Anthropology journal, the Scientific Digital Library eLIBRARY.RU in order to expand the communicative field and increase knowledge, as well as develop dialogue and exchange of views among the scientific community and expansion of the sphere of civil society. The materials published at the journal’s website 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 purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

Repository policy

To improve the availability of scientific research, Authors may deposit all versions of their work (Preprint version; Accepted version (after peer review); Published version/PDF) in institutional or other repositories of their choice. As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. If the article passes the review process successfully, the Author(s) should put in the preprint the following note: “This manuscript has been accepted to the journal Vestnik antropologii (ISSN 2311-0546)”. After publishing, the Author should put the URL to the page with the metadata of the article at the website of the journal https://journals.iea.ras.ru/vestantrop.