About the Journal 

Magazine “Bulletin of KazNU. Journalist Series" was founded in 1997. The founder and publisher of the journal is Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. 
The journal has a developed and approved cover and title pages indicating the university, imprint number, ISSN, eISSN, members of the editorial board, 
editorial policy, publication ethics and website.

The magazine is published 4 times a year.
The journal is indexed by the Kazakhstan Citation Base (KazCB) of JSC National Center for Scientific and Technical Expertise (NCSTE).
Journal articles Registered in CrossRef databases; of each author's article when mastering DOI - a digital object identifier that is 
used to provide citations and links to electronic documents.
The journal is also presented in the Scientific Electronic Library elibrary.ru for access to readers and is included in the 
analytical database “Russian Science Citation Index” (RSCI).
The editorial board includes Kazakh and foreign scientists.
The journal adheres to a policy of information openness and accessibility of author's publications. Events on the magazine's 
website on three pages in full text access.
Goals and objectives of the journal
The journal is about the popularization of fundamental and applied scientific research, research in the field of mass communications, 
dedicated to their level of scientific and educational level of perception of the media sphere; 
creating natural conditions for scientific observation in the media space, publishing the results of fundamental and applied research by 
domestic and foreign scientists in mass communications; 
selection of the most relevant and promising issues and media development in Kazakhstan and abroad.
Journal goals:

Accumulate cutting-edge scientific knowledge and stimulate fruitful scientific debate and coordination in the field of media and communications;
Involving domestic and foreign authors in publishing activities, implementing geographic and thematic diversity;
promptly publish research results, engage in fundamental and applied communication research;
To provide a high-quality platform for discussing opinions and experiences of scientific and pedagogical assistance 
to young scientists in the field of university research;
For inclusion in the database, transfer of the citation index.
  • Thematic areas of the magazine The journal is interested in research articles on the development of the media sphere, the development of information transfer, reviews of online tools and new media competencies.
  • The publication is a unique platform for the publication of scientific information, research of ideas, presentation of research in the field of media, discussion of the development of the media sphere in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
  • Articles in the magazine are interested in thematic areas: Problems of management communication, press history, print and electronic journalism; Current state, history and methodology of public relations;
  • Global and domestic experience in media design and editorial management;
  • Theory of international studies and journalism studies, global and vertical segment of international media spaces;
  • Domestic and foreign journalism, problems of media law, media literacy, citizen journalism and social media.
  • *The author(s) of a manuscript approved for publication in a journal are required to pay for publication in accordance with the approved price list for publication in scientific journals of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. According to the approved price list, payment for publication of an article is made page by page, 2000 tenge. per page.
In exceptional cases, if there are other sources of funding for a journal series, 
authors may be fully or partially exempt from payment for the publication of an article. 
A receipt for payment for publication in pdf format is sent by the author(s) to the email 
address of the journal editorial office.