On the Question of Typological Characteristics of a Modern Scientific Legal Journal

Since the 19th century, the world scientific community has developed certain requirements for the format of a scientific publication and the general principles of its functioning. Some of these characteristics have lost their significance (for example, the authority of an academic institution), while others, on the contrary, have gained general recognition, such as preliminary scientific review by external experts. However, this also had a downside – a delay in publishing the results of a particular study negatively affected its scientific priority and/or the possibility of its patenting. In the 21st century, electronic scientific publications to partially correct this flaw were designed, but they turned out to be imperfect. Today, we are observing the search for a form of scientific publication that would simultaneously ensure scientific reliability, speed of publication, and its accessibility to the general public.

In addition to the division of scientific journals into traditional print, electronic and hybrid, we also observe a number of other criteria for the approach, in particular, subscription and open access; scientific journals of market economy countries and developing countries; journals indexed in international databases and publications that only seek such indexing, etc. New forms of scientific journals are also emerging, such as video journals with their additional capabilities, which are not appropriate for traditional ones. So, it is justified to study the global and domestic experience of functioning the scientific journals, which will allow internal science to integrate into the global scientific community.