Publication Activities of Russian Universities: The Effects of Project 5–100

Poldin, Oleg; Matveeva, Nataliya; Sterligov, Ivan; Yudkevich, Mariya

doi:10.17323/1814-9545-2017-2-10-35

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“…In Russia, one of the most significant initiatives in this area is the Russian Academic Excellence Project (Project «5-100») aiming to maximize the competitive position of a group of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market (Schiermeier 2010). The impact of this program on the publication output of the leading universities has been proven empirically (Guskov et al 2018;Poldin et al 2017;Turko et al 2016).…”

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Bibliometric analysis of publications from post-Soviet countries in psychological journals in 1992–2017

Lovakov

Agadullina

2019

Scientometrics

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For several decades the Soviet academic psychology community was isolated from the West, yet after the collapse of the Soviet Union each of the 15 countries went their own way in economic, social, and scientific development. The paper analyses publications from post-Soviet countries in psychological journals in 1992-2017, i.e. 26 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Over the period in question, 15 post-Soviet countries had published 4,986 papers in psychology, accounting for less than one percent of the world output in psychological journals. However, the growth of post-Soviet countries' output in psychological journals, especially that of Russia and Estonia, is observed during this period. Over time, post-Soviet authors began to write more papers in international teams, constantly increasing the proportion of papers in which they are leaders and main contributors. Their papers are still underrepresented in the best journals as well as among the most cited papers in the field and are also cited lower than the world average. However, the impact of psychological papers from post-Soviet countries increases with time. There is a huge diversity between 15 post-Soviet countries in terms of contribution, autonomy, and impact. Regarding the number of papers in psychological journals, the leading nations are Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Georgia. Estonia is the leader in autonomy in publishing papers in psychological journals among post-Soviet countries. Papers from Estonia and Georgia are cited higher than the world average, whereas papers from Russia and Ukraine are cited below the world average. Estonia and Georgia also boast a high number of Highly cited papers.

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Bibliometric analysis of publications from post-Soviet countries in psychological journals in 1992–2017

Lovakov

Agadullina

2019

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“…This database indexes a significant number of potentially unscrupulous journals, which are used for artificially increasing publication indicators, especially in Russia (Sterligov and Savina 2016). Poldin et al (2017) estimate the effect of the program on the publication activity of participating universities taking into account the volume of funding and the number of scientific staff. In the first two years of Project 5-100, universities outperform their own trend and the general trend (taking into account the control group).In addition, participating universities increased the number of publications per capita in high-quality journals.…”

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“…The aim of this paper is to see if there is an impact of the Russian University excellence initiative (Project 5-100) on HEI research output, and also to analyze the structure of this impact: whether this program results in just greater quantitative or also qualitative output. To do so we look at the relative growth of research output in 5-100 universities in comparison to the output of the control group of similar institutions not included in the first round of 5-100 Project, building on and expanding the earlier work (Poldin et al 2017). In addition, in both groups we analyze the number and share of papers co-authored with scholars from other organizations (including foreign ones) for all publications and for publications in high and low-quality journals.…”

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The Russian University Excellence Initiative: Is It Really Excellence that Is Promoted?

2019

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We estimate the effect of the Russian University excellence program (Project 5-100) initiated by the Government in 2013 on research performance of top Russian universities which received, on a competitive basis, substantial financial support within this program. To do so we use an econometric analysis of longitudinal data applying a linear growth model with mixed effects, with different characteristics of research output as dependent variables. We demonstrate that there is a significant positive effect of Project 5-100 which appeared from the very first years of its implementationthat is, the universities receiving financial support demonstrate a substantial, steady increase in publications both measured in total numbers and per capita when compared to universities from the control group. An analysis of the structure of publication output allows us to demonstrate that not only quantitative but also qualitative growth has taken place, although the impact of Project 5-100 on quality is heterogeneous across universities and disciplines. Finally, we examine to what extent the change in the structure of research output may be attributed to changes in research collaboration patterns.

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“…There are universities that have a high efficiency score and very positive changes even without additional project funding. This finding can be used for project design review: participants are currently evaluated on a yearly basis, but 28 in fact, the kinds of changes that are awaited, demand a longer period of time (Poldin et al 2017).…”

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The Russian Excellence Initiative for Higher Education: An Econometric Evaluation of Short-term Results

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Publication Activities of Russian Universities: The Effects of Project 5–100

Cited by 26 publications

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Bibliometric analysis of publications from post-Soviet countries in psychological journals in 1992–2017

Bibliometric analysis of publications from post-Soviet countries in psychological journals in 1992–2017

The Russian University Excellence Initiative: Is It Really Excellence that Is Promoted?

The Russian Excellence Initiative for Higher Education: An Econometric Evaluation of Short-term Results

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