Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin

About the Journal

The Journal “Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia)” is published since 2009 by Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

ISSN 2074–8132

Published quarterly (4 issues per year)

Language: Russian, English

The Founder of Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia) is Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Editor-in-Chief: Academic of Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexandra P. Buzhilova

The journal publishes original articles of a theoretical and methodological nature with an emphasis on the physical conditions of the population of modern Russia, monitoring of spatial and temporal/secular changes in physical development and the main morphofunctional characteristics, and environmental effects that cause these changes. In the first place, the journal provides opportunities for the publication of unique data reflecting the regional patterns of the somatic development in Russian population of different age categories, the results of screening of urban and rural groups, modern indigenous and migrant populations living in various environmental conditions. This is important for further studies on adaptability of Russian population to the current environment. Due to its particular interests, the journal takes some special place among other Russian scientific periodicals. The journal also provides an opportunity for professional communication to a wide range of specialists whose works cover a range of related problems. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary research in anthropology, paleoecology and other scientific fields. The structure of the journal includes original scientific articles, scientific reviews, book reviews and a chronicle of academic and scientific events

The Journal operates a “double-blind peer-review” policy. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and suitable manuscripts are sent for peer review. The reviewers are leading researchers in the field of biological, historical anthropology and researchers in the neighboring scientific fields from different Russian research institutions.

The publication of research materials is free-of-charge

The Journal is included in:

the List of peer-reviewed journals, where the main results of doctoral and post-doctoral dissertations are published
the Russian Science Citation Index (RISC)
the Russian Science Citation Index at the Web of Science citations indexing service

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

Alexandra P. Buzhilova – Full member of the RAS, PhD, DSci in History, Director of the Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)

Deputi Editors:

Elena Z. Godina –PhD, DBSci, Prof., Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Kaushik Bose – PhD, DSci (Anthropology), Prof., Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India (Scopus) (SCHOLAR)
Alla V. Sukhova – PhD, Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)

Executive Seсretary:

Ekaterina Yu. Permyakova – PhD, Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)

Editorial board:

Elena V. Balanovska – PhD, DBSci, Prof., Head of laboratory of human population genetics, Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Marina L. Butovskaya – Сorresponding member of the RAS, PhD, DSci in Anthropology, Prof., Head of the Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Human Ethology, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Alexander G. Kozintsev – PhD, DSci, Department of Physical Anthropology, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Elena V. Leonova – PhD, Institute of Archaeology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (Scopus)
Maria B. Mednikova – PhD, DSci, Institute of Archaeology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (Scopus)
Marina A. Negasheva –PhD, DBSci, Prof., Department of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Valentin D. Son’kin – PhD, DBSci, Prof., School of Biology, Institute of Developmental Physiology, Russian Academy of Education, Russian State University of Physical Education & Sports, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Valeri I. Khartanovich –PhD, Head of Department of Physical Anthropology, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)

Editorial Council

Hizri A. Amirkhanov – Full member of the RAS, PhD, DSci, Institute of Archaeology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (ResearcherID)
Liana O. Bitadze – PhD, DSci in History, Head of Laboratory of Anthropological Research, Institute of History and Ethnology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia (Scopus)
Maria V. Dobrovolskaya – Сorresponding member of the RAS, PhD, DSci in History, Institute of Archaeology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (Scopus)
Eugene Kobyliansky – DSci, Prof., Human Population Biology Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Scopus)
Maria B. Lavryashina – PhD, DBSci, Prof., Department of genetics, Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia (Scopus)
Pavao Rudan – DSci, Prof., Honorary Members of the European Anthropological Association, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia (Scopus)
Janina Tutkuviene –Dr Habil., Prof., Head of the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania (Scopus)
Tatiana A. Chikisheva – PhD, DSci in History, Head of Department of Anthropology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)

Yuri K. Chistov – PhD, DSci in History, Head of research program «Kunstkamera: History of Museum and Collections», Chief Researcher, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Dmitriy A. Funk –PhD, DSci in History, Prof., Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS, Moscow, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)
Radik M. Khayrullin –PhD, DSci in Medicine, Prof., Rector, Private University REAVIZ, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Scopus) (ResearcherID)