The article presents the results of the bibliometric analysis of the Russian articles and their authors, published in the leading international psychological journals (with the highest impact-factor) in the years 2000-2015. The sample consisted of 482 articles of the Russian authors. The analysis showed that in the last years there is a growth of the amount of the Russian publications in the leading international psychological journals. But the rate of this growth in Russia is lower than in other countries with similar elements of academic system. The notable position among the Russian publications of the recent years hold the publications of the scientists of the laboratories, created under the program of “megagrants” (almost each fifth article in 2015). The natural-scientific part of the Russian psychology and the related fields are better represented in the leading international psychological journals than the social and applied parts. In the recent years there is also a noted growth of the amount of publications in this thematic area. Many authors, who have the biggest amount of publications in the leading international psychological journals, are foreigners or have a second place of employment in a foreign organization. Very little amount of authors systematically publish articles in the leading journals from year to year. Only 6 authors systematically published articles in the leading journals in the period 2008-2015. But in the last 5 years there is a growth in the amount of the Russian authors (up to 29 people), who systematically publish articles in the leading journals.