About the results of publication of the journal “Problems of territory’s development” in 2016

The article summarizes the results of publication of the journal “Problems of Territory’s Development” in 2016. Analysis of the journal’s issues has been conducted in the following areas: the share of articles by foreign contributors, geographical distribution of foreign authors, the number of articles of specialists of the highest scientific qualification in the total number of publications, Internet users’ visiting statistics of the Journal’s website, the Journal’s position in the Russian Science Citation Index ranking of multidisciplinary journals by a two-year impact factor. The research results have shown that during 2016 the Journal published 42 scientific articles from authors from four Federal districts, one Federal City and one foreign state. Analysis has shown that the number of publications from the non-ISEDT RAS authors amounted to 21,4%, the number of articles from specialists of the highest scientific qualification in 2016 comprised 52,4% of the total number of publications. It has been proved that the Editorial Board’s policy on the Journal’s development promoted growing interest to the poublication, which is reflected in the increased visiting statistics of the Journal’s website: the number of the website’s visits amounted to 22 thousand at year-end. The article also notes that the Journal ranks 34th by the RSCI two-year impact factor for 2015 among 544 multidisciplinary journals. In conclusion, the author summarizes the general results and outlines goals for further Journal’s short-term development.