Imagologiya i Komparativistika

Aims & Scope

Imagology and Comparative Studies is Russia's first academic periodical on the issues of comparative studies of literature and culture.

It aims at uniting the efforts of Russian and international scholars in the research of international literary connections and provides a platform for discussing topical problems of the methodology of comparative studies, the history of literary connections, world literature.

A special purpose of the Journal is to develop imagology, an interdisciplinary academic field that studies images of regions, countries, peoples in native and foreign cultural environments.

The Editorial Board hopes to make a contribution to overcoming mutual myths and phobias and strengthening international integration.

The Journal welcome articles from related fields of the humanities: comparative cultural studies, history, sociology and political science, as, originally, comparative studies is an interdisciplinary field.

A holistic view on international contacts is a necessary basis for the understanding of the place and specificity of literary transfer.

The Journal is published in Russian with abstracts in English, but the international Editorial Board accepts submissions in other European languages and is ready to assist authors in the translation of texts into Russian.

Articles in English are published in the original.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.161

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23665

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• “WANDERINGS A WITH PEACEFUL SOUL UNDER THE NATIVE SKY”: THE IMAGE OF UKRAINE IN RUSSIAN TRAVELOGUES OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY (V.V. IZMAYLOV, P.I. SHALIKOV, A.I. LEVSHIN)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Vitaliy S., Tatyana A.

• HOUSE, DOOR AND WINDOW IN GOGOL’S EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA AND SEMIOTICS OF THE EASTERN SLAVIC HOUSE

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Olesya N

• RUSSIAN СOUNTRY ESTATE: SEMANTICS, TOPOS AND CHRONOS

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Ekaterina E.

• IMAGES OF ARCADIA IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE 18TH – 19TH CENTURIES

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Peter

• LION FEUCHTWANGER’S BAVARIA: PROVINCIAL IDENTITY IN SUCCESS

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Alice S.

• “Subalterns” of Colonization in the Scholarly, Journalistic and Literary Heritage of Nikolai Yadrintsev

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Mikhail K.

• THE IMAGE OF THE CHINESE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTACT ZONE. NATIONAL COMPARISONS IN THE TRAVELOGUES OF MILAN JOVANOVIû AND WàADYSàAW MICHAà ZALESKI

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Tomasz

• THE ORIENT IN THE CREATIVE MIND OF FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Pavel V.

• THE STEREOTYPICAL MEDIA IMAGE OF THE SIBERIAN REGION (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE RUSSIAN MEDIA OF THE 21ST CENTURY)

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Olga N.

• The Kingdom of Naples and Russia at the Beginning of the 19th Century: Based on the Correspondence of the Bulgakov Brothers

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Irina A.

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