The purpose of the journal is to highlight new results of scientific activities of the Russian and foreign scientific community in the field of modern epic studies and other genres of folklore; promoting the development of theoretical and applied research in the field of socio-humanistic knowledge; establishing and strengthening scientific connections between scientists from various regions of Russia and other countries in the field of folklore, linguistics and major aspects of the language of the epic.
The journal publishes papers on topical issues of modern folkloristics aimed at studying the epic of the peoples of the world in linguistic, historical, ethnographic, philosophical and cultural aspects.
From October 2021, the name of the journal was shortened and changed to “Epic Studies”. Certificate of registration of mass media with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) El No. FS77-82075 dated October 5, 2021.
The journal is included in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), CyberLeninka, Google Scholar, DOAJ, MIAR, databases in the Ulrich's Directory and Scopus.
Full-text versions are freely available:
- on the journal's website;
- in the Scientific Electronic Library (Elibrary);
- Scientific Electronic Library "CyberLeninka".
By the decision of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, from July 8, 2019, the series “Epic Studies” of the peer-reviewed scientific journal “Bulletin of NEFU” was included in the “List of peer-reviewed scientific publications in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of candidate of science should be published, for the degree of Doctor of Science".
2 year RSCI impact factor 0.348
5 year RSCI impact factor 0.272
Editor-in-Chief: Borisov Yuri Petrovich
Publisher and founder: Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University"
ISSN 2782-4861 (online)
Domain name: epossvfu.ru
Target audience: undergraduates, graduate students, employees of higher educational institutions, scientific institutions.
Distribution form: online publication.
Access form: open access
Coverage: Russian Federation, foreign countries (international journal).
Publication frequency: 4 times a year.
The journal accepts articles in the scientific field:
5.9. Philology
5.9.4. Folkloristics
5.9.5. Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE FOR 2025
No. 1(37) March 30 (open until March 1)
No. 2(38) June 30 (open until May 26)
No. 3(39) September 30 (open until August 25)
No. 4(40) December 29 (open until November 24)
Olonkho Research Institute, M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University