Soviet and Post Soviet Review

Aims & Scope

The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review is a peer-reviewed journal which focuses on the history of the Soviet Union and its successor states, including but not limited to the Russian Federation.

The journal welcomes original, scholarly submissions in the form of articles, essays, and book reviews relating to Soviet and post-Soviet history, particularly the realms of social, environmental, and cultural history.

Authors are requested to submit material for consideration in English, although Russian language submissions will also be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.174

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22824

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

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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.

• Performing Memory: Vladimir Putin and the Celebration of World War II in Russia

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Elizabeth A.

• Russia's Private Farm Movement: Background and Perspectives

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Frank A.

• A Belated and Tragic Ecological Revolution: Nature, Disasters, and Green Activists in the Soviet Union and the Post-Soviet States, 1960s-2010s

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Laurent, Marc

• He Who Does Not Serve Is Not Fit for a Wife: The Problems of Military Service and Late Socialist Masculinity in 1980s Yugoslavia

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Marko

• The Passport System in the USSR and Changes in Soviet Society

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Yuri, Victor

• Weathering the Soviet Countryside: The Impact of Climate and Agricultural Policies on Russian Grain Yields, 1958–2010

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Nikolai M., Andrei P.

• The State, Informal Networks, and Financial Market Regulation in Post-Soviet Russia, 1990–2008

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Ilja

• Remembering Brezhnev in the New Millennium: Post-Soviet Nostalgia and Local Identity in the City of Novorossiisk

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Otto

• Building a Pan-Soviet Past: The Soviet War Cult and the Turn Away from Ethnic Particularism

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jonathan

• Academic Expertise and Anti-Extremism Litigation in Russia: Focusing on Minority Religions

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Marat, Dmitry

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