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Aims & Scope

«Children's Readings» is a scholar-led and peer-reviewed academic journal, primarily dedicated to studies of children's literature and issues of children's reading.

Our scope is interdisciplinary although our main focus is on texts for non-adults, we are also interested in publishing prominent work of anthropology of childhood and related research on the history, philology, and culture of childhood and adolescence in Russia and abroad.

In addition to academic research, the journal provides a range of materials related to the field: book and conference reviews, practitioners' discussions, interviews with children's writers, etc.

The first issue of the magazine was published in 2012 by the staff of the Department of Children's Literature of the St.

Petersburg State Institute of Culture.

Since 2015 the journal is supported by the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The editorial office is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Children's Literature (CIDL).

The publication in the journal is free for the authors; all articles are freely available on the journal's website.

The publication frequency is 2 issues per year.

The submission deadline for the first issue is February the 1st; for the second issue − September the 1st.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Piotr Potiomkin’s “Green Hat” and Russian Émigré children’s literature

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Andrei

• DAVID OF SASUN BY HOVHANNES TUMANYAN: FROM TEXT TO VISUALIZATION

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Tigran, Albert

• Disney in Soviet country, the 1930s

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Valérie

• An airplane instead of a cross: how to make your eyes work

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Serguei

• The Great Patriotic War in Modern Russian Children’s Literature: Looking for an Alternative

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Laure

• THE MULTINATIONAL SOVIET PEOPLE IN SOVIET CHILDREN’S PERIODICALS (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE PIONEER MAGAZINE)

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Olga, Tatiana

• Taboo or not taboo, that is the question!

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ekaterina

• PINOCCHIO FROM ITALY TO RUSSIA, OR THE LITERARY JOURNEY OF AN ICONIC PUPPET

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ilaria

• On Russian Translations of Charles Perrault’s "Little Red Riding Hood"

  Citation: 2

  Authors: A.

• Тhe role of M. Gorky in the history of the publishing house “Detgiz”

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Elena