“Russian Neurosurgical Journal named after Professor A. L. Polenov” has been published since 2008. The journal is the official publication of the world's first research institute of Neurosurgery - the Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute named after. prof. A.L. Polenova. Russian Neurosurgical Institute named after. prof. A. L. Polenova is the direct successor of the Scientific and Practical Institute of Surgical Neuropathology (ISP), opened in May 1926 in Leningrad under the city health department.

The pages of the “Russian Neurosurgical Journal named after Professor A.L. Polenov” publish the latest information about fundamental research in the field of neuroscience, the development and achievements of which can be associated with scientific developments in neurosurgery.