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Scientometric research in Russia: impact of science policy changes

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  • Andrey Guskov

    (The State Public Scientific Technological Library of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
    Institute of Computational Technologies of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
    Novosibirsk State University)

  • Denis Kosyakov

    (Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Irina Selivanova

    (The State Public Scientific Technological Library of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
    Novosibirsk State University)

Abstract

After the fall of the USSR in 1990, there was a steady stagnation of Russian science for 15 years. The restoration started in 2006 after the government introduced new science policies with funds depending on the research assessment. As it follows from this paper, the trends of publication activity in Russia have changed after that. On the other hand, the number of annual scientometric publications in Russia increased sharply from dozens to hundreds in the period of 2006–2014. In this paper, we consider whether these facts are related or not. We investigated the dynamics and structure of scientometric articles flow and revealed how it is related to the stages of Russian Science reformation. In the final part, we made a brief review of the most cited issues including country research specialization, low citing, and Matthew index. The aim of this paper is to make a review of new Russian scientometrics landscape and to explain the reasons why it has changed.

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  • Andrey Guskov & Denis Kosyakov & Irina Selivanova, 2016. "Scientometric research in Russia: impact of science policy changes," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 107(1), pages 287-303, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:107:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-016-1876-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1876-7
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