Social Evolution & History is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 focused on the development of human societies in the past, present and future. In addition to original research articles, Social Evolution & History includes critical notes and a book review section. It is published in English twice a year, in March and September, by "Uchitel" Publishing House

Uchitel Publishing House

"Uchitel" Publishing House is one of the biggest regional publishing houses in Russia. According to the journal “Knizhnoe Delo” it ranks 23rd in all-Russian rating and 2nd among non-capital publishing houses.-General Information:...

. The editors

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 are Dmitri Bondarenko

Dmitri Bondarenko

Dmitri Bondarenko , born 1968 in Moscow, is a Russian anthropologist, historian, and africanist. He has conducted field research in a number of African countries and in Russia...

, Leonid Grinin

Leonid Grinin

Leonid Grinin is a philosopher of history and sociologist.Born in Kamyshin , Grinin attended Volgograd Pedagogical University, where he got an M.A. in 1980. He got his Ph.D. from Moscow State University in 1996...

, and Andrey Korotayev

Andrey Korotayev

Andrey Korotayev is an anthropologist, economic historian, and sociologist, with major contributions to world-systems theory, cross-cultural studies, Near Eastern history, and mathematical modeling of social and economic macrodynamics.Education and career=Born in Moscow, Andrey Korotayev attended...

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Aim

The journal's aim is to contribute to the integration of such fields of knowledge as anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

, history

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

, sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

, and the philosophy

Philosophy of history

The term philosophy of history refers to the theoretical aspect of history, in two senses. It is customary to distinguish critical philosophy of history from speculative philosophy of history...

 and theory of history.

Special issues

Social Evolution & History has published several special issues devoted to questions in social evolution:

• Ernest Gellner
  Ernest Gellner
  Ernest André Gellner was a philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independent as a "one-man crusade for critical rationalism."His first book, Words and Things —famously, and uniquely...
  
   special memorial issue (guest editor: P. Skalnik)
• Exploring the Horizons of Big History
  Big History
  Big History is a field of historical study that examines history on large scales across long time frames through a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on both the history of the non-human world and on major adaptations and alterations in the human experience...
  
   (guest editor: G. D. Snooks)
• Thirty Years of Early State Research (guest editors: H. J. M. Claessen
  Henri J. M. Claessen
  Henri J. M. Claessen is a famous cultural anthropologist. He is Professor of Social Anthropology at Leiden University, an honorary member of several scholarly institutions ; Center for Asian and Pacific Studies ;...
  
  , R. Hagesteijn, P. van de Velde)
• Analyses of Cultural Evolution
  Sociocultural evolution
  Sociocultural evolution is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have changed over time...
  
   (guest editor: Herbert Barry)

Impact

According to eLibrary.RU, the impact factor

Impact factor

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of Social Evolution & History ranks it 36th of 1,237 indexed Russian journals..