Review of the Sixth Professorial Forum “Science and Education as the Basis for the Development of Russia” and Other Organizational and Scientific Events on the Issues of Scientometric Assessment of the Results of Scientific Activity
Authors:   Russian State University of Justice, Moscow, Russian Federation, Aryamov Andrey A. , Bazarov Rustam A. 
Published: November 2024

Introduction. The problems associated with the scientometric assessment of the scientific activities of domestic scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers, scientific organizations and educational institutions of higher education have become very relevant at present. Anti-Russian sanctions have led to the refusal of international databases on scientific journals Web of Science and Scopus to provide Russian scientists with the opportunity to use their scientific information. This circumstance required the creation of new approaches to determining the requirements for the publications of graduate students, doctoral students, candidates for members of dissertation councils. At the same time, there is an urgent need to improve the methodology for assessing the results of scientific activities in order to improve the quality of scientific research in order to increase the level of demand for scientific products. Therefore, the purpose of the work is to conduct a comprehensive review of official documents of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, materials of the Sixth Professorial Forum “Science and Education as the Basis for the Development of Russia” and other organizational and scientific events on improving the methodology for scientometric assessment of scientific activity for the period 2022–2023. Methods. The work is based on the use of the documentary method of content analysis of official documents and other materials of organizational and scientific events on the improvement of the methodology of scientometric assessment of scientific activity in our country, published in the information and telecommunication network “Internet”. The method of self-ethnography, which is often used in sociological and psychological sciences, was also used in the preparation of the review. This method, in particular, was used for a comparative comparison of the authors’ own long-term scientific and pedagogical experience with the subjective perception of the ongoing changes in the field of scientometric assessment of scientific research. The method of direct observation was used in the process of participation in the work of the Sixth Professorial Forum “Science and Education as the Basis for the Development of Russia”. Results. The article presents the results of the analysis of official documents of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the materials of the following organizational and scientific events on the issues of a new methodology for assessing the results of scientific activity: the Sixth Professorial Forum “Science and Education as the Basis for the Development of Russia”, the section of this forum “Scientometric Assessment of Scientific Activity: Problems and Prospects”, the General Meeting of Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the II Congress of Young Scientists, a briefing of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation “Science and Higher Education: Results of the Year and New Solutions in the Context of Sanctions”, a meeting of the Commission for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Results of the Activities of Scientific Organizations and Educational Institutions of Higher Education, a report on the implementation of the Action Plan of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in 2022 and tasks for 2023, Order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation dated April 24, 2023 No. 443 “On Approval of the Procedure for the Preparation by the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Russian Academy of Sciences” of Conclusions on the Results of the Examination of Scientific and Scientific-Technical Results within the Framework of Reports of Scientific Organizations and Educational Institutions of Higher Education Carrying Out Scientific Research at the Expense of the Federal Budget, on Scientific Research, on the scientific and (or) scientific-technical results obtained for the reporting financial year, as well as the criteria and indicators used in the preparation of such conclusions”. Discussion and Conclusion. Content analysis of official documents of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, materials of the Sixth Professorial Forum “Science and Education as the Basis for the Development of Russia”, the section of this forum “Scientometric Assessment of Scientific Activity: Problems and Prospects” and other organizational and scientific events on improving the methodology of scientometric assessment of scientific activity in our country allow us to formulate the directions of this activity. The Working Group of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has completed the work on the distribution of journals into three categories: K1 (25% of journals), K2 (50%), K3 (25%); The criteria that serve as the basis for increasing the category of the journal and the criteria for lowering the category of the journal are determined. A list of criteria and indicators used in the preparation by the Russian Academy of Sciences of conclusions based on the results of the examination of scientific and scientific-technical results within the framework of reports of domestic scientific organizations and educational institutions of higher education has been determined. The development (at the final stage) of the domestic International Science Citation Index, independent of foreign databases, continues, the advantages of which are: compliance with international standards and international competitiveness; supporting the development of priority scientific industries through the formation of a competitive environment for leading journals; improving the quality of journals, strengthening the principles of publishing ethics and conscientiousness of peer review of scientific research; support of new high-quality journals in priority areas (elimination of deficiencies); an alternative to the existing international databases of scientific citation, an independent system of scientific performance; popularization of outstanding scientific research; focus on the assessment of scientific potential for building effective international scientific communication.