Vizantiysky Vremennik

Vizantiysky Vremennik (Russian: Византийский временник, 'Byzantine Annals') is a Russian academic journal devoted to Byzantine studies. Founded in 1894, it is one of the oldest scholarly periodicals in the humanities and has played a central role in the development of Byzantine studies both in Russia and internationally. The journal is published by the Russian Academy of Sciences and appears at least once a year. Its editorial board includes leading Russian and foreign scholars, and it maintains a rigorous peer-review process. The journal is included in the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) list of peer-reviewed publications and is indexed in Web of Science and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). To date, it has published approximately 3,500 contributions by 730 scholars, totaling 38,000 pages. The current editor-in-chief is Academician Sergey P. Karpov, who has held the position since 2010. The journal's website provides information about its history, editorial board, author guidelines, and publication ethics, and it also hosts news about conferences and sessions of Byzantine scholars.

Vizantiysky Vremennik was founded in 1894, during a period of significant interest in Byzantine history among historians of the Russian Empire. Its first editor-in-chief was Vasily Grigorievich Vasilievsky, who served from 1894 to 1899. He was succeeded by Vasily Eduardovich Regel (1900–1914), and then by Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky (1915–1928). In 1928, the Soviet authorities decided to cease publication, considering Byzantine studies irrelevant to the new directions of Soviet historiographical research. Byzantine studies were also viewed with political suspicion as a tool for legitimizing the Russian Orthodox Church. The journal was refounded after World War II, reflecting a changed official attitude toward the Russian Orthodox Church. Publication resumed in 1947 on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, with Evgeny Alekseevich Kosminsky as editor-in-chief. Subsequent editors-in-chief included Zinaida Vladimirovna Udaltsova, Mikhail Nikolaevich Tikhomirov, Gennady Grigorievich Litavrin, and Sergey Pavlovich Karpov (current editor-in-chief since 2010). The journal is published by the Nauka publishing house, which specializes in scientific books and periodicals. Today, Vizantiysky Vremennik remains at the forefront of international Byzantine studies, publishing at least one volume per year and maintaining high academic standards through rigorous peer review. It is included in the VAK list of peer-reviewed journals and indexed in Web of Science and RSCI. The journal has published approximately 3,500 contributions by 730 scholars, totaling 38,000 pages.

• 2010

  Sergey Pavlovich Karpov becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1947

  Publication resumed on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Evgeny Alekseevich Kosminsky becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1928

  Publication ceased by Soviet authorities.

• 1915

  Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1900

  Vasily Eduardovich Regel becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1894

  Journal founded; Vasily Grigorievich Vasilievsky becomes first editor-in-chief.

Leading Russian academic journal in Byzantine studies, with a strong international presence and rigorous peer review.

• Vizantiysky Vremennik journal volumes

  Annual volumes containing scholarly articles on Byzantine studies.

1. 1Official websitevremennik.biz
2. 2About the journalvremennik.biz
3. 3Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Italian Wikipediait.wikipedia.org