We are pleased to inform authors, readers, and the scientific community of Kazakhstan that the scientific journals of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies — "Adam Alemi" and "Al-Farabi" — are now indexed in the authoritative international databases SciLit, ROAD, and Sudoc. This is an important step in the strategy of internationalizing our publications and increasing the visibility of Kazakhstani science on the global stage.

SciLit

SciLit is a comprehensive database of scientific literature created and maintained by the Swiss publisher MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute). SciLit uses complex algorithms to scan and index content from open sources. Inclusion in this database guarantees that articles by our authors will become available to a huge audience of researchers using the MDPI platform. This directly affects the "discoverability" of articles in search engines.

Our profiles in SciLit:

ROAD

ROAD is the Directory of Open Access scholarly Resources, a service of the ISSN International Centre supported by the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector. Indexing in ROAD is a "mark of quality" for open access journals. It confirms that the publication complies with international ISSN registration standards and adheres to the principles of Open Science. This increases trust in the journal from the international academic community.

Our profiles in the ISSN Portal (ROAD):

Sudoc

Sudoc is a collective catalogue of university libraries and higher education institutions in France. Presence in Sudoc means that the bibliographic data of our journals is now integrated into one of the largest library networks in Europe. This makes our publications visible to French and European scholars, students, and librarians, opening up opportunities for international scientific dialogue and citation in the Western academic environment.

Our records in the Sudoc catalogue:

What does this offer authors?

Expanding the geography of indexing brings direct benefits to scholars publishing in the Institute's journals:

  • Global Visibility. Article metadata becomes available to researchers worldwide through integrated library systems.
  • Citation Growth. The easier it is to find an article in international repositories, the higher the probability that foreign colleagues will cite it.
  • Compliance with Standards. Presence in these databases confirms that the journals are developing in accordance with modern requirements for scientific periodicals.

We continue working on the inclusion of the "Adam Alemi" and "Al-Farabi" journals in leading global scientometric databases.

We invite scholars to publish relevant research in the pages of our publications!