1. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM Podchinenov Alexey V. (A.V.Podchinenov@usu.ru) Snigireva Tatiana A. (tas0905@rambler.ru) Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg, Russia

2. The UrFU project «International Scientific Journals Press» started in 2013. In the same year was adopted as one of the strategic projects of the University. Since 2014 is included in the Programme of increasing the competitiveness of the University. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

3. The main current tasks: To create journals in the brand-new scientific spheres; Improving the existing journals and the new ones according to the formal standards of the international databases.

4. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM There are fourteen journals at the moment, including seven which have been re-created: «Quaestio Rossica», «Chimica Techno Acta», «Russian Journal of Construction Science and Technology», «R-Economy», «Journal of Tax Reform», «Ural Mathematical Journal», «International Journal of Energy Production and Management».

5. «Problems of Onomastics», «Analytics and Control» are under consideration of the Scopus experts. «Quaestio Rossica» is under consideration of the Web of Science Сore Collection experts. Seven journals are included in the list of journals recommended by the Higher Attestation Committee. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

6. The main current task of the project is to provide a constantly high quality of the scientific journals content. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

7. Analysing the modern humanitarian journals makes it possible to show their main problems: Non-format. Concentration on regional issues. Lacking conceptual integrity of the journal. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

8. The general analysis of most of the Russian humanitarian journals can be demonstrated on the example of the UrFU journal «Quaestio Rossica». It shows the following results. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

9. The strong points of the journal: 1. There is a definitely formulated main purpose of the journal, which is being systematically realized – that is, to extend the idea of the Russian humanitarian discourse in the world’s scientific space. 2. The journal preserves a core scientific idea, defining the value of each issue. 3. It is edited by a reputable editorial board, including world’s greatest experts in Slavonic studies, such as Prof. Francine-Dominique Liechtenhan (France), Prof. Arto Mustajoki (Finland). SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

10. The weak points of the journal: 1. Lacking a distinct language policy of the journal, where materials in main European languages are published, which is reflected in the scientific contents and in the level of its professional perception. 2. Lacking professional English translations of the articles and abstracts. 3. A non-balanced editorial policy of the journal, which permits reviewing instead of disputing and discussing. This leads to the looseness of the editorial position. 4. Lacking the complex idea of a critical review in the “Сritica” section. 5. Weak conceptuality and low originality of certain articles. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM

11. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT OF HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL AS A PROBLEM Thank you for your attention! Podchinenov Alexey V. (A.V.Podchinenov@usu.ru) Snigireva Tatiana A. (tas0905@rambler.ru) Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg, Russia