Food policy is trying to respond to these challenges in a way that strategic documents and legal regulations are quickly adapted to EU requirements, while policy implementation is more adapted to reality on the ground that is often conditioned by political events and relations, weather and climate change impacts, trade regimes and agreements and overall economic and social development in the country. Food policy in the post-Soviet period began with expectations of greater Russian integration and cooperation with the West. In the early 1990s food policy was chaotic, mass hunger and malnourishment existed, and agricultural production was in a deep slump. During the next 20 years, food policy became comprehensive and strategic. The agricultural sector performed well and Russia became a major grain exporter. Food consumption levels reached post-Soviet highs. This information can be published in our peer-reviewed journal with impact factors and are calculated using citations not only from research articles but also review articles (which tend to receive more citations), editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, short communications, and case reports. The inclusion of these publications provides the opportunity for editors and publishers to manipulate the ratio used to calculate the impact factor and try to increase their number rapidly. Impact factor plays a major role for the particular journal. Journal with higher impact factor is considered to be more important than other ones.
