Financial policy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a factor of successful publication of scientific journals (2001–2010)

Abstract

The article is the first to consider the problem of financing publication of scientific journals in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) in 2001–2010. The purpose of the study is to analyze the financial policy of SB RAS as a factor determining publication of scientific journals in the Siberian Branch.The tasks are to compile a list of journals published at the expense of SB RAS, to identify other sources of their financing and to analyze normative-legislative acts of the Presidium of SB RAS on the questions of sharing finances for publishing scientific periodicals. The source base of the study consists of archival documents, regulatory legal acts of the Presidium of SB RAS, and also looked through de visu by the author all published at the expense of SB RAS scientific journals and the newspaper “Science in Siberia”.The data revealed make it possible to identify the basic sources of financing scientific journals in SB RAS: 1) purposeful funding the publication of scientific journals in SB RAS; 2) means from the institutes – founders of scientific journals; 3) subscription for journals; 4) income from cooperation with the International Academic Publishing Company “Science”; 5) grants, funds; 6) sponsorship; 7) financial support of the Federal Targeted Programs.The article makes more exact the amount of funding for scientific journals depending on their circulation. The data obtained specify and supplement the picture of publishing scientific journals in the region and the country as a whole. The experience gained in ensuring the financing of publishing scientific journals in SB RAS presented in this work can be useful even today when solving such issues.