前苏联当局曾一度禁止《科学》和《自然》这些学术期刊在本国以及东欧大部分地区发行，在那段时间里，这些国家的科研工作者们只能依靠《最新期刊目录》和《科学家》杂志来获取相关信息。

In a time when the Soviet Union prevented the distribution of journals like Science and Nature in the USSR and much of Eastern Europe, researchers relied on Current Contents as well as The Scientist.