Modern Scientific Research and Innovation: does a paper here count for EB-1A and O-1?
Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Modern Scientific Research and Innovation"
Key answer
Scholarly journal
A reference card from our catalog.
From the journal's site and the registers
What the journal's site web.snauka.ru states and what the registers show. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.
- Publisher
- Founder and publisher: Mezhdunarodny nauchno-innovatsionny tsentr LLC (International Scientific Innovation Centre).
- ISSN
- The site prints ISSN 2223-4888.
- VAK list
- eLIBRARY.RU card: the journal is not on the Russian VAK list.
- eLIBRARY.RU and RINTs
- eLIBRARY.RU card: hosted on the platform under a contract, not in RINTs.
- Publication fee
- 500 roubles per article regardless of length.
- Frequency
- Per the eLIBRARY.RU card: 12 issues a year, founded in 2011.
- The site: hosted on eLIBRARY.RU "but not counted in the RINTs index".
Source: the journal's site web.snauka.ru (pages /contacts, /); eLIBRARY.RU (journal record), checked Oct 2, 2026; the version on the site applies.
What officers look at: 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3)(vi) - scholarly article, peer review, readers, indexing
Facts from open sources
- ISSN
- 2223-4888 [own site]
- Indexing (as the site states)
- eLIBRARY [own site]
Collected automatically from the sources shown, checked 2026-09-09; not a USCIS assessment.
A paper in Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Modern Scientific Research and Innovation" goes to the authorship criterion if it is yours and substantive and the journal has reach and indexing: the reputation of Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Modern Scientific Research and Innovation" carries no weight without your contribution.
The "Authorship" criterion: what USCIS requires and how to meet itOpen the full catalogSimilar (Russia)
- APNI
- International Journal "Issues of Pedagogy"
- International Scientific Journal "Bulletin of Science"
- International Scientific Journal "Current Research"
- International Scientific Journal "Master's Bulletin"
- International Scientific Journal "Innovative Science"
- International Electronic Scientific Journal "Bulletin of Science and Creativity"
- Research Electronic Journal "Alley of Science"
- Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Accounting and Control" (VAK)
FAQ
- What is known about "Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Modern Scientific Research and Innovation"" from open sources?
- ISSN: 2223-4888 (own site); Indexing (as the site states): eLIBRARY (own site); checked 2026-09-09, source links on the page.
Documents and templates from the library
EB-2 NIW exhibit of seven peer-reviewed publicationsTemplate1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 14: Peer Review of Conference Papers (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 12.1: Elsevier Book Series Page - Authorship Evidence (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
List of approved peer-reviewed journalsSample1279 pages anonymized access on request
Reference information, not legal advice and not a USCIS decision: the final assessment is the officer's.
Why "Scholarly authorship" gets refused
Accepted in 44% of challenged petitions (86 of 196); not an approval rate.
The articles are not shown to be scholarly in nature. Columns, blog posts and round-ups do not satisfy this criterion.
All refusal grounds and the sample