Founding international journal on humanities at Ural federal university. A case study

Abstract

The articles presents the results of project aimed on establishing international academic journal "Quaestio Ros-sica» at the Institute of Arts and Humanities, Ural Federal University. Authors characterize the process of team building, describe the main stages of journal's development and estimate the degree of university administration's involvement in project's realization. The paper aims to analyze the case study of founding international journal on humanities and define best practices in managing the project. Introduction of new requirements to research efficacy together with dramatic changes in system of Russian academic publishing requires scholarly reflection on the matter thus contributing to the importance of the topic covered in the article. Authors define factors that triggered the idea of establishing international journal on Russian Studies. The paper presents the process of defining the journals' concept and its editorial policy. Authors give an assessment to the university involvement in realization of the project. They stress that the present mode of relationship between journal's team and university's management addresses effectively the majority of problems and challenges. University provides expert and financial support, coordinates and supervises major processes in the framework of the project. Based on analysis of "Quaestio Rossica" experience authors conclude that functioning of the international journal contribute both the development of fundamental knowledge and research infrastructure of the university.