Editorial Policy of the Journal

"Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts" is a stimulating and illustrated journal, and is unrivalled in its field. Founded in 2011, it remains the leading journal for anyone interested in all fields of arts.

Contributions from scholars of international standing explore every aspect of visual arts, architecture and urban planning, music, restoration, art history, etc., and tackle controversial issues of performance practice.

From the moment of the foundation Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts has sought to reflect key achievements of all spheres and the directions of art. The main objective of the edition consists in thematic width — to present to professional researchers the main tendencies and achievements of modern art scholarship.

The journal is the platform for scientific discussions of both the Russian, and international scales. The journal is bilingual, publishing articles are in the Russian and English languages. The combination of all these characteristics makes the journal unique among editions of this category.

Each issue contains a wide range of thought-provoking articles on aspects of theory and history of arts, including perspectives from contemporary practice and from historical and contextual research. New discoveries of sources, methods and documentation are regularly featured, and innovatory approaches to research and performance are explored, often in collections of themed articles.

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts is the quarterly journal, it has the genre variety and includes scientific articles, state-of-the-art reviews of key scientific discussions and reviews of new researches. All published materials are executed according to the international standards and also are supplied with abstracts, keywords and the list of sources.

In its policy, the Editorial Board follows the recommendations provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Peer Review Guidelines.

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts is covered by the following databases: EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, EastView, CyberLeninka, Russian Science Citation index (included in multidisciplinary resources of Web of Science).

The Journal is included in the list of the leading refereed academic journals and periodicals recommended by the Higher Attestation Committee at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, assigned for publication of the key results of doctoral dissertations (including the both Russian doctoral degrees: the PhD and the Doctor of Art studies).