A virtual scientific communication environment based on a semantic scientific information system

Abstract

This paper focuses on the principles and capabilities of a virtual communication system that facilitates new forms of scientific communications and evaluation of research productivity, as well as the specifics of its implementation based on the major Socionet open access research-information system. The innovative potential of the discussed environment is shaped by the use of a multi-aspect taxonomy of semantic linkages between the system's information objects, their online declaration by the users, and the availability of a service to notify the authors of the objects being linked together of such event.