Russian Academic Journals in New Geopolitical Conditions: Difficulties and Prospects of Development

The article presents a point of view on possible ways to further develop and support Russian academic periodicals under conditions of sanctions pressure and a significant reduction in opportunities for cooperation with Western companies, including those owning Web of Science and Scopus. The author discusses a number of negative consequences of the orientation of Russian science and scholarship mainly to these scientometric databases. It is emphasized that it is necessary to continue working in order to improve the quality level of academic publications and to develop national indexes, while not cutting ties where possible, and establishing new collaborations in this field.