GRNTI 2022 master version. (Part 1. Developing thematic and structural organization of subject heading nodes)

Abstract

The authors introduce the findings of their research on updating and improving the existing master version of the State Rubricator of Sci-tech Information (GRNTI) version 2021 and building the General Classification Schedule of the master GRNTI 2022 version. They define the main functions of GRNTI as the standard classification of the State System of Sci-tech Information. The functional efficiency depends on the compliance of the Rubricator’s subject and structural organization to the current status and trends of scientific knowledge and technologies. The main stages of the accomplished studies are described: comparative intellectual analysis of subject scope and hierarchy of GRNTI classes and thematic description of sections within the Plan of Fundamental and Thematic Scientific Research for 2021–2030; submitting proposals for GRNTI by researchers of relevant research institutes and STI agencies; analyzing and content editing of GRNTI proposals, eliminating concept duplication, and updating links and references. The authors include the statistics of changes distribution in GRNTI 2021 by types: changed subject headings, new headings introduction, and elimination of the subject headings. Statistical indicators are analyzed to characterize GRNTI subject and structural organization, as well as its thematic classes (2nd and 3rd level headings).