This is not an analogue of Scopus or Web

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of Science. The reason is the same as that stated in point 1. Although it is worth recognizing that inclusion in one of these databases also guarantees inclusion in the VAK list.
This is not a document. It has no number or date. The agency only indicates the date on which the information is relevant.
This is not a list of journals from a single publisher. VAK is a ecuador telemarketing data supervisory body, it does not itself publish scientific publications (of which, by the way, there are about 2.5 thousand).
It should also be noted that the VAK list is not approved once and for all. It is dynamic, and its composition changes regularly (usually by several dozen items).

Principles for forming the VAK list
To include a journal in the list, objective criteria are required. Otherwise, it would look like personal preferences of the department or individual civil servants. These criteria are recorded in an official document –​​the Decision of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission dated 02.03.2012 No. 8/13 .

A sufficient condition for inclusion in the VAK list is the inclusion of the publication in an authoritative international scientometric database. Moreover, both the journal itself and its translated version can be inc