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Representation of Papers of Russian Authors in the Global Array of Scientific Publications in the Web of Science Core Collection (2010–2017)

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This paper provides results of the investigation of arrays of Russian publications in 252 specified thematic areas for 2010–2017 according to the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC). This period is characterized by an increase in the Russian document flow. In 87 scientific areas, Russia reached the level of the top 10 countries for the number of publications submitted to WoS CC. However, in most scientific areas, the citation of Russian publications lags far behind the global average. The average level of citation for the study period matched or exceeded the global average only in 15 areas. The most successful research area for Russia, both in terms of the share component in the number of publications in the world and in the level of their citation, is Nuclear Physics. Other successful areas are those for which Russia reached the top 3% of countries regarding the number of publications: Spectroscopy; Mathematics; Physics, Mathematical; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Mining & Mineral Processing; and Engineering, Petroleum.

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  3. The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation no. 899 of July 7, 2011 On the Approval of the Priority Directions of Development of Science, Technology, and Engineering in the Russian Federation and the List of Critical Technologies of the Russian Federation. http://fcpir.ru/upload/medialibrary/cd3/ukaz_prezidenta.pdf. Accessed December 3, 2018.

  4. The search was carried out in eight databases that are part of WoS CC: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) from 1975 until now; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) from 1975 until now; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) from 1975 until now; Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (CPCI-S) from 1990 until now; Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) from 1990 until now; Book Citation Index—Science (BKCI-S) from 2005 until now; Book Citation Index—Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) from 2005 until now; and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) from 2015 until now.

  5. The citation level (CLav) was expressed as a coefficient and was determined by the ratio of the average number of references to Russian publications for a particular year in the respective scientific category to the average number of references to publications in the world for the same year and in the same category.

  6. As of March 14, 2019

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Mokhnacheva, Y.V., Tsvetkova, V.A. Representation of Papers of Russian Authors in the Global Array of Scientific Publications in the Web of Science Core Collection (2010–2017). Sci. Tech. Inf. Proc. 46, 143–147 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S014768821902014X

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