The List of peer-reviewed scientific journals of the Higher Attestation Commission is gradually turning into a complex information system based on the normative documents of the Higher Attestation Commission, bibliometric data eLibrary.ru, decisions of the expert councils of the Higher Attestation Commission and working groups engaged in the analysis, ranking and categorization of the journals of the List. The Russian Scientific Journals (RSJ) database created by RIEP can become a system that serves the requests of different categories of users related to the topic of dissertation defense. So far, the RSJ has implemented the interface of a representative of the editorial board of the journal and the interface of a member of the expert council of the Higher Attestation Commission. It is desirable to include in the RSJ an open interface addressed to the degree applicant to verify compliance with the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission for publications in journals from the List. With the established mutual exchange of data between RSJ and eLibrary.ru, the applicant's interface with the designated functionality can be organized in the eLibrary.ru user environment.