Comparative bibliometric analysis of scientific activity of departments of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens under the new conditions in the Crimea

Abstract

The article presents a brief history and describes the main directions of scientific research of one of the oldest scientific institutions in Russia - the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, which was founded in 1812. Today, in the Gardens botanical and crop-growing problems are solving on the modern basis, fundamental studies are conducted in several areas: botany, ecology, nature protection, introduction, breeding, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, reproductive biology of plants. The researches in the field of plant protection, agroecology, as well as the studies of the impact of phyto factors on humans have an applied significance. The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens has a leading position in the breeding of fruit, technical and floral crops, in biotechnology and reproductive biology of plants, in the study of biologically active substances, changes in vegetation on ecological gradients, classification of plant communities, plant physiology. Research works are carried out in accordance with the Program of fundamental research of the Russian Academy of Sciences for 2013-2020, Grants of the Russian Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, agreements on creative cooperation with research and educational institutions of Russia and foreign countries. The article presents an analytical review of the publication activity of scientific workers, it also provides data on the quantitative distribution of researchers in the main research areas in the FSFIS "the NBG-NSC" for 2013-2018. The contribution of various scientific subdivisions in accordance with the most important bibliometric indicators (publication activity, citation rate, h-index) is given. The bibliometric analysis reflects the positive dynamics of publication activity over the past 5 years, which is visible in the work of almost all scientific departments and in all areas of research. The results of the studies are presented in monographs, articles, conference proceedings. The total number of publications prepared by the staff of the Gardens in 2014-2018 is about 2578 units, including the RSCI - 2468, Scopus - 95, WoS Core Collection- 85, the average number of publications per author is 12.30. Whereas during the period of 2009-2013 1060 publications were registered in the RSCI, 57 - in Scopus, 44 - in WoS. The h-index of the organization in the RSCI in 2014-2018 is 30-33, in the core of the RSCI is 13, for most of the senior and leading researchers with doctoral and candidate degrees, this figure corresponds to the values from 9 to 17.