A 10-year Analytical Review of New Russian Medical Journals (2010–2019)

Abstract

This article presents the results of the analysis of peer-reviewed periodical scientific medical journals founded in Russia over the past 10 years (2010–2019). The selection process was carried out using a specially developed methodology, which made it possible to identify 84 Russian medical journals with an emphasis on practical medicine, which were included in international databases (DBs): Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory and two leading information and analytical systems: Scopus, and Web of Science. With the use of information and analytical tools provided by these databases, as well as two Russian resources, eLIBRARY.RU and the database of VINITI RAS, the subject classification of journals, publishing houses, the language of publications, access to publications, along with their available bibliometric indicators have been determined. A good result was observed regarding the integration of the analyzed editions into the Scopus (22 out of 84) and Web of Science (5 out of 84) international databases. A discrepancy in the subject classification of journals has been revealed between various databases. All the considered classifiers had different results, with the most detailed subject specification found for the system of in-depth indexing of topics using both the State Classifier of Scientific and Technical Information and the Rubricator of VINITI RAS, which provides the most accurate structuring of information that facilitates rapid and effective searching for data.