Abstract
The article presents the results of research focusing on substantiation and development of the idea of preservation and multiplication of human capital. The issue of psychological prerequisites and social conditions for top achievements made by scientists is of scientific and practical relevance as well as identification of social and psychological factors encouraging the preservation of high productivity in elderly scientists over long periods of time. The objective of this research is to find the correlation between the key events in the academic biography and top achievements made by well-known elderly scientists at different stages of their professional development. The presented data were obtained with the help of the research interview “Life values and life journey” developed by V.S. Mukhina. The information contained in scientometric databases about the top achievements made by elderly scientists were analyzed and interpreted relying on the principles of differential acmeological analysis of professional activities conducted by famous scientists and their achievements made in the acme of their career. The correlation between the key events in the academic biographies of the interviewed elderly scientists and their top achievements has shown that reaching the acme is the result of psychological prerequisites (scientists’ personal qualities and the physical state) and social conditions of their professional activities (social status, belonging to a certain school of thought, access to organizational and financial resources). Over the whole time of academic activity conducted by senior scientists, there are usually a few productive periods called micro-acme in acmeology. It should be noted that top achievements made by scientists are typically spaced out and fall on the times with the best combination of prerequisites and conditions for scientific creativity. Within this research, identification of the most common combinations of prerequisites and conditions leading to top scientific achievements was beyond our focus. One of the promising research directions would be an attempt to identify the criteria for developing periodization of scientific productivity among elderly scientists.
Highlights
We consider the issue of productivity of professional activities conducted by elderly scientists from the perspective of analysis of scientific creativity potential at different stages of ascent to the acme
Research objective: to find the correlation between the key events in the academic biography and top achievements made by well-known elderly scientists at different stages of their professional development
3 Results Based on the conducted empirical research into the socio-psychological factors influencing creative productivity among elderly scientists, we have identified significant psychological features common among scientists who have preserved high productivity over their maturity and advanced age
Summary
We consider the issue of productivity of professional activities conducted by elderly scientists from the perspective of analysis of scientific creativity potential at different stages of ascent to the acme. It should be noted that in the course of evaluation of productivity shown by research groups and individual scientists, governmental and public scientific organizations, such as the Higher Attestation Commission, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, rely on certain criteria serving to substantiate the volume of financing allocated for the supported research [1, 2]. According to these criteria, support is provided to the research resulting in a notable theoretical, methodological, or applied contribution to the corresponding scientific branch. Research into the acmeological aspects of activities carried out by elderly scientists is becoming increasingly relevant in connection with recognition of the crucial role of individuals in the solution of present-day crises [9,10,11,12,13]
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