Nplus1: 10K-100K Russian Science Articles with Difficulty Ratings

Featuring between 10,000 and 100,000 Russian-language popular science articles from the N + 1 media outlet, curated by rustemgareev. Each record includes the article text metadata, topical categorization, and a publisher-assigned difficulty rating. The collection was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Predicting the 'difficulty' score based on article 'title' and 'tags'
• Analyzing science communication trends over time using 'date_published'
• Author attribution and stylistic analysis using the 'author' field

Strengths

• Contains between 10,000 and 100,000 records
• Includes a unique 'difficulty' float metric for complexity analysis
• Standardized ISO 8601 timestamps for all publication dates

Limitations

• Restricted to a single editorial source (nplus1.ru)
• Limited to Russian-language content
• CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license prohibits commercial use and derivative works

Provenance

Source

N + 1 (nplus1.ru)

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Russia