Government investments and the publishing activity of higher educational institutions: Bibliometric analysis

Analyzing the results of bibliometric analysis of more than 175 000 domestic articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection over 2010–2014, the authors identified an increase both in the number of articles prepared at the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the number of articles associated with the higher education sector. It is shown that the growth of the scientific productivity of higher educational institutions, especially 15 universities within the Project 5-100, is largely due to their strengthened scientific collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences. This article reflects general trends in the development of the global and domestic practice of assessing scientific activity and science-based decisions made to finance various scientists and research teams. The authors fully share the opinion and principles of the founders of the Leiden Manifesto and call on science administrators to use bibliometric indicators as tools of information support for expert procedures.

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