Scientific Aspect: does a paper here count for EB-1A and O-1?

Key answer

Journal Scientific Aspect: tier 1. It fits the authorship criterion if your article is peer-reviewed, substantive and in your field; the tier is a reference assessment, not a USCIS decision.

Scholarly journal

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GeneralTier 1na-journal.ru

From the journal's site and the registers

What the organisation itself states on its site na-journal.ru. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.

Publisher: Per the site, the publisher is Aspekt LLC.
Founded: Per the site, the journal has been published since 2012, 12 times a year, across 26 sections.
Peer review: Per the site's rules: single-blind review by one reviewer after an Antiplagiat check, normally within 4 weeks.
Editorial board: 18 people, one or two per section; all hold Russian candidate or doctor of science degrees, from Russian universities, institutes and military academies.

The site pages read state neither an ISSN nor a publication fee.

Source: the journal's site na-journal.ru (pages /, /recenzirovanie, /red-kollegiya), 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

A paper in Scientific Aspect goes to the authorship criterion if it is yours and substantive and the journal has reach and indexing: the reputation of Scientific Aspect carries no weight without your contribution.

The "Authorship" criterion: what USCIS requires and how to meet it

Also criterion: Judging

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