ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES IN SCIENTOMETRIC INDICATORS OF RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS OF CARDIOLOGICAL PROFILE (according to Russian Science Citation Index)

Introduction. Over the recent years the role of scientometrics has been increased in order to assess the productivity and importance of the contribution of both an individual scientist and the entire personnel of a research institution. Therefore bibliometric criteria of publication activity assessment are considered as the tools for improvement the planning and management of research works of research institutions. The purpose. To analyze the dynamics of scientometric indicators of research institutions of cardiological and cardiosurgical profile according to the data of Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).

Materials and methods. The source of information was RSCI, Science Index for organizations as of 01 April, 2016. For the present study 6 research institutions of cardiological and cardiosurgical profile were selected among all the organizations registered in RSCI.

Results. In general among the studied research institutions the increase in the number of articles since 2010 by 2015 was 3.8%. The highest dynamics of growth in the number of articles was in Novosibirsk Scientific Research Institute (SRI) of blood circulation pathology (2.3-fold) and SRI for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases (1.8- fold). The number of articles in the journals included into Web of Science и Scopus since 2010 by 2015 increased by 38.6%. Positive dynamics in the number of articles, indexed in the foreign databases, was noted only in the Siberian cardiological research institutions and it was mostly expressed in Novosibirsk SRI of blood circulation pathology (3.5-fold) and SRI for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases (2.6-fold).

Conclusion. The dynamics of scienometric indicators of research institutions of cardiological and cardiosurgical profile is characterized by a slight increase in the total number of the published articles, on the one hand, and by a significant increase in the number of articles in the journals, indexed in Web of Science и Scopus, on the other hand. The research institutions of the Siberian region showed an expressed increase in the total volume of publishing flow.

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