Written Monuments of the Orient

Aims & Scope

“Written Monuments of Orient” is a biannual academic journal covering research on the written heritage of the peoples of Asia.

The journal is focusing on languages, history, religious and textual traditions related to the Oriental manuscript culture. “Written Monuments of Orient” has been published first in 2015 by the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (founded as the Asiatic Museum in 1818) of the Russian Academy of Sciences as an English-language version of the periodical “Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka”.

The journal “Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka” was founded in 1970 through the efforts of the staff of the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (now the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and came out until 1987 as an annual publication.

In 2004, the periodical “Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka”. was revived as a biannual journal accepting material mainly in Russian.

The Editorial Board office of the journal “Written Monuments of Orient” is located in St.

Petersburg, Russia.

The journal is published by the Moscow "Vostochnaia Literatura" (“Oriental Literature”) Publishers.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.109

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28641

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, 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.

• Turfan Manuscripts in the State Hermitage - a Rediscovery

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Pchelin, Raschmann

• Schilling von Canstadt and His Correspondence with Julius Klaproth in the IOM

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Hartmut

• BrāhmÄ« glosses of the Uyghur blockprint of Sitātapatrā dhāranÄ« kept in the IOM, RAS

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Olga, Anna

• Miscellanea in the BrāhmÄ« Script from the Berezovsky and Krotkov Collections (IOM, RAS) with an Appendix: ВФ-4190

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Olga V., Dieter, Klaus

• A Further Fragment of the Old Uighur Qianziwen

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Hiroshi, Peter

• Letters by J.P.A. Rémusat to Schilling von Canstadt (1817–1829) in the Orientalists Archives of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Hartmut

• The Exegesis of Ká¹£emarāja on the Vijñānabhairava-tantra: Observations on the Åšiva-DevÄ« Tantric Dialogue

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Vladimir

• The Manchu-Chinese Manuscript <i>Emu tanggû orin sakda-i gisun sarkiyan</I> 百二老人語録 in the Collection of the IOM, RAS

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Aleksandr A., Tatiana A.

• Old Uyghur Blockprint of Sitātapatrā Dhāraṇī in the Serindia Collection of the IOM, RAS

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anna, Ayşe Kiliç

• The Canons of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in the Manuscript IOM, RAS Syr. 34

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Natalia

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