Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Editor-in-Chief
Nikolai A. Plat,
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Address for correspondence:
Maronovskii per. 26, Moscow, 117049 Russia
Phone: 7-(095) 238-2510

Leonid I. Abalkin
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Georgii A. Arbatov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Gennadii S. Batyghin
Dr. Sci. (Philosophy)

Irina P. Beletskaya
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Evgenii P. Chelyshev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Lyudvig D. Faddeev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nikolai P. Fedorenko
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Konstantin V. Frolov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vitalii I. Gol’danskii
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Stanislav V. Yemel’yanov
Member of the Russian Academy of Science

Andrei A. Gonchar
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Yurii M. Kagan
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Isaak M. Khalatnikov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir A. Kirillin
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nikolai I. Lapin
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Igor M. Makarov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Andrei D. Mirzabekov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Oleg M. Nefedov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Gennadii V. Osipov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nikolai A. Plat
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Rem V. Petrov
Vice President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Roald Z. Sagdeev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Pavel V. Simonov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Stepan A. Sitaryan
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Aleksandr N. Skrinskii
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir E. Sokolov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vyacheslav S. Stepin
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir I. Vasil’ev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk) presents the official proceedings of the Russian Academy. The Russian Academy of Sciences publishes more than 250 journals, first among these being the Herald (Vestnik), which provides coverage of the Academy’s activities as a whole. Produced since 1931, it publishes the major work, speeches, and discussions presented to the Academy by the most eminent Russian and foreign scientists, presenting the viewpoints of various disciplines on many important subjects related to the natural, technical, and social sciences. It addresses the scientist’s role in society and the role of scientific knowledge in the modern world. Important issues involving our world that affect all major areas of science, education, and our environment are discussed by top scientists. Space in the journal is regularly devoted to reporting the work of the Presidium of the Academy, results of research groups, awards, prizes, and nominations. For 60 years, the journal appeared only in Russian. Now available in English, this resource is indispensable for university and research departments, libraries, and researchers wanting to keep abreast of news and trends in their fields.

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences is indexed in World Translations Index.

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