According to the analysis of the thematic scope of the journal’s issues, “geography” of authors, number of articles from the specialists of the highest scientific skills, and due to page views statistics of the journal’s website, the article presents characteristics of the journal “Problems of territory’s development” as of the end of 2014. The author conducts the qualitative analysis of the journal’s issues and outlines the interconnection between the key events of the socio-economic and political life spheres of the society and the most frequent topics of publications appeared in the journal in 2014. The researcher makes the conclusions about the enlargement of “geography” of authors, the remaining significant amount of publications from Candidates and Doctors of Sciences, and the growth of the Internet users’ interest in the journal’s website. In order to implement the selected course of the journal’s development, the author determines the corresponding priorities and approximate target indicators in the midterm
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scientific journal, journal edition, journal’s website, journal’s editorial board