Russian Journal of Regional Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic periodical published since October 1992.
 
Electronic Editorial Office is hosted on the Russian Center for Scientific Information (RCSI) platform.
 
Frequency: 4 issues per year (March, June, September, December).
 
Founder and publisher: Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University” (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation).
 
The Journal's mission is to publish original scientific research that reveals the role of the region as an independent factor in socio-economic and political development. Priority is given to cross-regional and cross-country comparative approaches in the field of economics, sociology and political science.
 
The Editorial board conducts a scientific (double-blind) review of all incoming materials. Each manuscript is sent for review to assess its scientific content by several leading experts in the relevant field, with a scientific specialization most closely related to the article's topic.
 
The Journal is a member of the following partnerships: OASPA, CrossRef, the Translator’s Code of Ethics, and the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ASPE).
 
The Journal is included in the White List — a list of scientific journals that is used to evaluate the performance of scientific organizations (teams) according to formal criteria.
 
The Journal is included in the Official List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications maintained by the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK), which serves as the approved venue for publishing the main scientific findings from dissertations submitted for the academic degrees of Candidate of Sciences and Doctor of Sciences, according to scientific specialties. 
 
The Journal is indexed and archived in the following databases and libraries:
 
• Web of Science (ESCI)
• European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (Erih Plus)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Ulrichsweb (Ulrich's Periodicals Directory)
• Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI)
• Russian State Library (RSL)
• Scientific Electronic Library CyberLeninka
• Electronic Library System Lan
 
Distribution area of the Journal: Russian Federation, foreign countries.
 
Publication language: Russian, English.
 
All materials are distributed under a Creative Commons «Attribution» 4.0.