Decision of Presidium of State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of the Ministry of Education and Science of the RF dated February 19, 2010 № 6/6 approved new edition of the Index of leading refereed scientific journals and publications, which now includes the “Information Society” journal issued by the Institute of the Information Society in cooperation with Russian Academy of Engineering.      

Due to change in the status of the journal IIS hosted a meeting of the Editorial Board on March 11, 2010, where approaches to adjustment of editorial policy were discussed.  

The Editorial Board of the “Information Society” journal is comprised of distinguished scientists and public figures:

• Hohlov Y. (chairman) – Chairman of the IIS Board of Directors  
• Bukreev I. (deputy chairman) – Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Engineering  
• Orlov S. (deputy chairman) – Deputy of the Moscow City Duma
• Alekseeva I. – leading researcher of the Russian Foundation for Humanities 
• Bogdanov A. – Director of Autonomous non-for-profit organization “Institute of High Performance Computing and Information Systems”
• Vartanova E. – Dean of the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov’s MSU
• Vershinskaya O.  – Head of laboratory of social and economic problems of information society development at the Institute of Social and Economic Studies of Population, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Voyskunskiy A. – Head of laboratory “Psychological problems of informatization” Faculty of Psychology of  Lomonosov’s MSU
• Grebenichenko S. – Head of Apparat of Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on municipal services
• Dezhina I. – Professor of the State University – Higher School of Economics (Faculty of Public Administration, Department of Science and Innovations Administration)
• Elizarov A. – Director of N.G. Chebotarev Research Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan State University
• Zasurskiy Y. – President of Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov’s MSU
• Ivanov A. – Director General of «SUE Economics» OJSC
• Ivakhnenko E. – Head of Chair of Social Psychology of the  Russian State University for Humanities
• Kogalovskiy M. – Head of Laboratory of the Institute of Market Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences  
• Kristalniy B. – Counsellor of committee on Information Policy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of RF
• Kuznetsova N. – Professor of the Russian State University for Humanities (Chair of contemporary problems of philosophy)
• Kurnosov I. – Counsellor of the Department of mass communications, culture and education of the Government of RF   
• Mendkovich A. – Chairman of “Network Union FREEnet” LTD
• Mirskaya E.  –  Head of science sociology sector of Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Oleynik A.– Deputy Head of Innovations Development and Infrastructure Department – Head of Regional Cooperation and Innovative Infrastructure Development of the Federal Agency of Science and Innovations
• Raykov A. – President of the Non-commercial Partnership for Scientific and Educational Development  Analytical Agency "New Strategies"; Professor of the  Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation and  Moscow Institute of Radio engineering, Electronics and Automatics
• Rusakov A.  – Rector of P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University  
• Semenov A. – Rector of the State-run Educational Institution for Higher Professional Education Moscow Institute of Open Education
• Semenov E. – Director of State Institution “Russian Insitute for Economy, Policy and Law in Science and Technology” of the Federal Agency of Science and Innovations
• Semenova N. – Head of Sector of State Institution “Russian Insitute for Economy, Policy and Law in Science and Technology” of the Federal Agency of Science and Innovations
• Serdyuk V. – Vice-President on Business-Planning of “Akado” Group
• Smolyan G. – Senior Researcher of the Institute for Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences   
• Streltsov A. – Director of Department of  the Office of Security Council of RF
• Tatarova G. -  Senior Researcher of the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences  
• Tikhonov A. – Director of Federal State Institution “State Research Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications “Informatics”
• Chereshkin D. – Head of Laboratory of the Institute for Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences  
• Shaposhnik S. – Head of Center of computer telecommunications at Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Yakushev M.

“Information Society” journal was included in the Index of State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles in the following academic specialities:   

The journal is a professional edition on complex range of problems related to the information society development: it contains publications on research of basic contemporary problems, including creation of e-government in Russia, ICT infrastructure development, information security, social consequences of ICT implementation, innovations in the information society, etc.  

“Information Society” journal serves as ground for scientific and expert discussions; highlights along with results of research work home and foreign practices in ICT potential use for social and economic development; interaction of the State, business, civil society and academic community in the information society. The reporting format of the majority of materials is understandable not only to scientists and specialists but also to the general audience interested in problems of the information society.