Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema

Aims & Scope

Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema focuses on pre-revolutionary, Soviet and post- Soviet film, its aesthetic development, and its position between ideology and industry.

SRSC invites contributions that constitute original research.

The journal seeks to promote research from established scholars as well as to encourage researchers new to the field.

Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema is a peer-reviewed journal.

All peer review is double blind.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.153

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24298

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	14

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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.

• Dziga Vertov's<i>Soviet Toys</i>: Commerce, Commercialization and Cartoons

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Lora Wheeler

• The cultural logic of late socialism

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Lilya

• Guiding stars: the comet-like rise of the war f ilm in Putin's Russia: recent World War II f ilms and historical memories

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Stephen M

• A first in cinema … stereoscopic films in Russia and the Soviet Union

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Nikolai

• The purges of Soviet cinema, 1929–38

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Jamie

• The body in the dark: body, sexuality and trauma in perestroika cinema

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Volha

• A glossolalic glasnost and the re-tuning of the Soviet subject: sound performance in Kira Muratova's<i>Asthenic Syndrome</i>

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Irina

• The adolescent and the child in the cinema of the Thaw

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alexander

• The jockey and the horse: Joseph Stalin and the biopic genre in Soviet cinema

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Maria

• De-Stalinizing Soviet science: rethinking the moral implications of scientific progress in Khrushchev-era film

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Marko

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