%0 Journal Article %T Fission of actinides and superheavy nuclei: covariant density functional theory perspective %A A. V. Afanasjev %J Physics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X The current status of the application of covariant density functional theory to the description of fission barriers in actinides and superheavy nuclei is reviewed. The achievements and open problems are discussed. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1206v1