The journal «Vlast’» has an international standard number for periodicals ISSN 2071-5358. It was established by the Ministry of Press and Information of the Russian Federation in 1993, passed re-registration in 2004, certificate PI № FS77-19000 of the 29^th of November2004, in accordance with the decision of the General Committee of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

«Vlast’» is included in the list of the leading peer-reviewed journals and editions, issued in the Russian Federation, where must be published the primarily scientific results of doctoral and candidate dissertations on sociology, political sciences and history.

The journal is published 6 times per year, an average circulation is 500 issues. The journal goes to press in the format of 160х240.

The editorial board and the council of «Vlast’» includes famous representatives of science, academicians, heads of institutes of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) , scientific centers, rectors of the Russian universities. The editorial board of the journal is chaired by the director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia RAS, Professor K.V. Babaev.