Trends are analysed in the annual number of documents published by Russian institutions and indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, giving special attention to the time period starting in the year 2013 in which the Project 5-100 was launched by the Russian Government. Numbers are broken down by document type, publication language, type of source, research discipline, country and source. It is concluded that Russian publication counts strongly depend upon the database used, and upon changes in database coverage, and that one should be cautious when using indicators derived from WoS, and especially from Scopus, as tools in the measurement of research performance and international orientation of the Russian science system.

In early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platform -Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation index -Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the English-language audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes. AbstractIn early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platform-Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation index-Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the Englishlanguage audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes.

Издательство Уральского университета Екатеринбург, 2014Данное руководство систематизирует знания о наукометрии для читателей, поставивших перед собой цель разобраться в предмете. Материал, изложенный в книге, должен послу-жить основой для практического применения методов наукометрии. Подчеркивается необ-ходимость грамотной и аккуратной трактовки наукометрических индикаторов при принятии административных решений, распределении грантов, осуществлении кадровой политики.Руководство предназначено для научных работников, руководителей, сотрудников инфор-мационных центров и студентов соответствующих специальностей, а также для всех, кто инте-ресуется вопросами измерения и оценки развития науки и технологии. Scientometric indexes are widely used in evaluation and promotions of scholars, grant awarding, and research personnel recruiting. However, I would like to stress that these quantitative data should never be used as a single criterion of the quality of institutional research and/or individual researchers. These indexes can help in developing background for wise and expert judgment. Uninformed and uncritical use of the quantitative data can be quite detrimental to the progress of research and individual careers.I hope that this book will facilitate the difficult task of reasonable and thoughtful evaluation of the impact and productivity of scientists and scholars. Наукометрические показатели широко используются при оценке и продвижении научных сотрудников, выделении грантов и приеме на работу научно-исследова-тельского персонала. Однако мне хотелось бы подчеркнуть, что эти количественные данные не должны использоваться как единственный критерий оценки качества исследований научного учреждения или индивидуальных исследователей. Эти по-казатели могут способствовать формиро-ванию взвешенного экспертного суждения. Использование количественных данных без должного предварительного обучения об-ращению с ними и критического взгляда может воспрепятствовать прогрессу иссле-дований и научных сотрудников.Я надеюсь, что эта книга упростит слож-ную задачу по тщательной и осмысленной оценке влияния и продуктивности ученых и научных коллективов. Филадельфия 13.11.2014 г. 10 н астоящее руководство по наукометрии является от-ветом на все возрастающий интерес к наукометрическим ме-тодам анализа работы научных и образовательных организаций России и стран СНГ. Юджин ГарфилдМногие университеты и исследо-вательские институты применяют для поиска научной информации базы цитирования. Ряд государств СНГ приобрел национальные ли-цензии на доступ к этим базам, ставя перед собой задачу стиму-лирования и управления разви-тием научных исследований. Базы цитирования, являясь наукоме-трическими инструментами, по-зволяют рассчитывать показатели научной результативности, поэто-му доступ к базам зачастую созда-ет у администраторов «от науки» ошибочное впечатление того, что они могут с помощью автоматиче-ски рассчитываемых показателей легко оценить отдельных ученых и научные коллективы.Цель книги -дать читателю представление об основных мето-дах из...

Abstract:In early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platformRussian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation index -Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the English-language audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes. Powered by Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation AbstractIn early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platform-Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation indexRussian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the Englishlanguage audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes.

The selection of basic research priorities plays an important role in efficient science policy. After the economic crisis in 2008 many countries turned its attention to R&D of energy resources. Effective development of R&D could contribute to efficiency of oil and gas processing and improve Russian prosperity. The goal of our study is to examine trends in Russian research performance (RP) and compare them with other leading industrialized countries. More detailed analysis was focused on tracing evolution in the research area (by WoS classification) as Energy&Fuel (E&F), which is invaluable for the Russian economy. Sources of data were Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) that is the part of Web of Science (WoS), analytical tool InCites and the national database Russian Science Citation Index-Clarivate. World dataset demonstrated the growth rate in total research performance (RP) by 140% (2,006,082 records) in 2017 compared to 2008 (1,416,233 records). Russian RP growth rate was the same as in world dataset in 2008-2017. Our analysis revealed that two of each RA Science Technology and Other Topics, and Energy & Fuels (E&F) demonstrated striking growth rate (in three-fold) comparing with growth rate 140% in the world dataset during 2008-2017. Total amount of Russian RP on E&F consisted of 4237 records indexed in SCI-E and 6300 records indexed in RSCI-C for 10 years. During the last 10 years, Russia significantly improved various citations indicators of RP on E&F. The share of publications in top 1% and top 10% journals increased. Russian RP growth rate on E&F was about 200%. Despite the growth its impact is low compared to leading industrial countries. A significant disparity was revealed in RP distribution by leading organizations in SCI-E and RSCI-C. Powerful Russian oil and gas companies are practically absent among organizations indexed in SCI-E. Contrarily, the national Russian database RSCI-C revealed a network of regional branches of the famous private oil company named "Lukoil". Russian international collaboration (IC) on E&F is significantly less (about 8-10%) than in total Russian RP. The negative factor is low number of IC on E&F with each of traditional Russian partners as Germany and USA. Value of Jaccard index of almost all countries collaborating with Russia (besides Kazakhstan's 0.46) is no higher than 0.2. This indicates significant difference in direction of research. Our data could be useful as a source for effective decision-making. Keywords Bibliometric • Energy and Fuels • Indicators • InCites • WoSThis paper is dedicated to the memory of Judit Bar-Ilan (1958, an outstanding scholar and an inimitable friend and colleague.