The Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) is a national bibliographic database, which includes more than 12 million publications by Russian authors, as well as information on the citation of these publications from more than 6,000 Russian journals. The database helps evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of research organizations, individual scientists and the level of scientific journals. RSCI core is made up of the most reputable scientific outlets and articles peer reviewed according to certain criteria, viz. research relevance, novelty of the results, adequacy of the methods for the tasks, ethical norm compliance, and others.

This September, following a meeting of the Working Group for Quality Assessment and Selection of Journals in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), the journal “Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS” was included in the RSCI core list.

– This is certainly an important event for us, as our journal has been around for 15 years and, judging by feedback from many colleagues, it is well respected, – commented the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, RAS Corr. Academician Alexander Titov.


Alexander Titov, Corr. Academician, Editor-in-Chief, “Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS” Journal

The journal “Transactions of KarRC RAS” was founded in 2009. Its editorial board consists of 22 leading scholars from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions, Karelian and Komi Republics (including eight fellows of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Articles are published in Russian or in English.

For the readers' convenience, articles are grouped by branches of science. Over the years, the journal has become structured into thematic series: “Biogeography”, “Experimental Biology”, “Mathematical Modeling and Information Technologies”, “Precambrian Geology”, “Ecological Studies”, “Limnology and Oceanology”. This array not only reflects the main areas of research of Karelian scientists in natural and exact sciences, but also partially fills the gaps in the range of Russian journals. Such series as “Biogeography”, “Precambrian Geology”, “Limnology and Oceanology” have no straight analogs among Russian scientific journals.

According to the bibliometric indices calculated by the “Scientific Electronic Library”, the journal “Transactions of the Karelian Research Center RAS” ranks 9th out of 411 in the SCIENCE INDEX rating 2023 among multidisciplinary journals.

– From the very beginning and still today, we aspire for our journal to be regarded not only as a multidisciplinary but also as an interregional one. This is why we always accept submissions from our colleagues from other regions and abroad with interest and satisfaction. I hope that the listing of the journal in RSCI core will make it more attractive for potential contributors and expand their circle. And we shall consider it as an indicator of the growing reputation of the “Transactions of the Karelian Research Center RAS” in the scientific community, – summed up Alexander Titov.