International Scientometric Databases Research Articles

Российские журналы категории «History» в Scopus: основные показатели и оценка влияния на международном уровне

The article presents an analysis of Russian journals indexed in Scopus in 2021 by the category “History.” The purpose of the study was to assess the current level and influence of Russian historical journals on the basis of a comparison of their bibliometric indicators with data from journals in France and Germany. Sources and methods. The sources were the data of the Scopus international scientometric database, the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal, the Russian Science Citation Index, and the Internet sites of journals. Conclusions and discussion. The important features of Russian journals that need to be taken into account when analyzing their bibliometric indicators are revealed: the late start of indexing in Scopus, the presence of more works from other socio-humanities, a large number of articles published annually, the affiliation of the absolute majority of historical journals to universities and research institutes, and the predominance of the journal distribution model by the type of open access. Open access to Russian journals compensates for a high percentage of publications in Russian (85.5%) and a high proportion of Russian authors (82.8%). In terms of citation indicators, Russian journals are superior to French ones and inferior to German ones. Based on the analysis of the “extreme citation” of individual Russian journals, options for correcting it are proposed. Despite the higher self-citation rate of Russian journals (40%), they have higher ratings on average, both at the national level and in comparison with historical journals in France and Germany. The question of defining the boundaries between the specializations of the journal in a closed scientific discipline, going beyond which can be assessed as artificial self-citation, is raised separately. Doubts are expressed about the possibility of a rapid reorientation of Russian journals from the European and American areas of cooperation to researchers from other regions.

Training of future personnel from student's bench

Career competencies refer to the knowledge and skills that are central to the development of a young specialist's future career. They are especially important at the beginning of a career because this choice can affect career outcomes in the long run. The aim of this study is to determine how career competencies change during the transition from education to labor market. Methodology of the study consisted in search and analysis of literature data from authoritative sources included in international scientometric databases. According to the results of the study, it was found that for successful employment career competencies must be developed during training, which guarantees their stability after entering the labor market. Also, based on the literature data, three profiles of changes in career competencies were identified, described in accordance with their initial values and the nature of changes after graduation. Thus, the development of career competencies will increase at the final courses, when students feel a sense of anxiety about the expected entry into the labor market. Career competencies developed at a university after transition to the labor market remain stable, which indicates that a training of future personnel should be carried out in universities.

The evolution of research evaluation in China

Reforming the research evaluation system is essentially a struggle between the academic aristocracy, which professes expert approaches to evaluation, and the scientific bureaucracy, which seeks to ensure the dictate of numerical indicators. A representative example is the evolution of this confrontation in China, where a long-term commitment to international scientometric databases made it possible to achieve world leadership in terms of the number of publications. However, these achievements were accompanied by negative effects caused by deterioration in the personnel policy of universities, the reduction of academic freedoms, changes in the publication behavior of researchers, and violations of scientific ethics. This led to a reform of the national evaluation system, namely, the strengthening of the role of expertise, the priority dissemination of scientific information at the national level, and the restriction of open access publications. This considers the history of the formation of and changes in the research evaluation system in China, its positive and negative effects, as well as new scientific practices, their likely consequences, and the possibility to apply them in other countries.

On the Issue of Developing a National System for Evaluating Scientific Activity

The role of scientific research and elaboration in the development of the economy, strengthening the technological sovereignty of the country is shown. The shortcomings of the previously existing system for evaluating scientific activity using the international scientometric databases Web of Science and Scopus are revealed. The issues of formation of a national scientometric system for the evaluation of scientific activity, including in the field of agriculture, are considered.

ВИСВІТЛЕННЯ РОСІЙСЬКО-УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ У ДОСЛІДНИЦЬКИХ СТАТТЯХ З МІЖНАРОДНИХ НАУКОМЕТРИЧНИХ БАЗ SCOPUS та WEB of SCIENCE ЗА 2023 рік

The paper sets out the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of foreign coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The subject of the study was the articles with the keywords «Ukraine» and «war» in the title in the international scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Sciences for the year 2023. It was noted that in quantitative terms, in the last two years, precisely because of large-scale hostilities on the territory of the country, interest in Ukrainian studies has increased sharply. It is considered from favorable positions for our country, precisely as «war», «invasion», «aggression», but not «conflict» or «crisis». Unlike domestic publications, which are mostly devoted to internal issues, the authors of foreign articles focus their attention on the external effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war in a broad socio-economic and geopolitical context. The largest specific weight is made up of publications on media topics. The review of military aspects is limited to a discussion of the use of aviation, small drones, and the possibility of nuclear escalation. Most of the few articles, the subject of which can be attributed to the field of culture, are related to the such topics as: a) art, b) national identity, c) cultural policy and cultural heritage, which are also published by domestic authors in specialized Ukrainian journals on cultural studies. Instead, the topic of «women and war» is considered much more broadly. However, so far there are no attempts to conceptualize the essence and limits of the new socio-cultural reality, the formation of which was created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Keywords: bibliography, war, culturology, culture, Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine, Ukrainian culture

Message from the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, 2022

Background and Aim of Study: The Russian-Ukrainian war of 2022 has caused an ongoing humanitarian crisis that undermines stability both in Ukraine and around the world. The IJSA Editorial Office and the KRPOCH Publishing, located in Kharkiv (Ukraine), found themselves in extremely difficult conditions for the implementation of their scientific and publishing activities. Results: IJSA is a scientific, periodic, peer-reviewed Journal. The IJSA has been published and has been actively developing for 5 years. The Journal reviewed more than 300 manuscripts, 5 volumes were published. The IJSA has a clear and precise procedure for reviewing and selecting papers for publication. The IJSA Editorial Board includes the most authoritative scientists from 17 countries, 5 continents in the fields of Education, Psychology, and Medicine. The Journal is presented in more than 30 international scientometric databases, repositories and search engines, among them DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, COPE, MIAR, Crossref System, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Zenodo, Scilit, etc. In 2018-2022 the KRPOCH Publishing and the IJSA initiated, co-organized, and sponsored the following academic projects: annual International Scientific and Practical Conferences “Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Modern Specialist Formation” (PPPMSF), “Current Issues of Education and Science” (CIES), as well as the international competitions “Blockchain in the Digital Society” (ICBDS), “Mental Health in the Digital Society” (ICMHDS). These competitions were held among masters, graduate students, and young scientists. Conclusions: In this Editorial, I address the international academic community, universities and publishers who share our values and interests in supporting the Journal, as a sponsor or as an institutional partner of the IJSA.

Institutional Repositories as a Global Dissemination Tool of Educational And Scientific Information

The authors present an overview of publications on the introduction and use of digital institutional repositories (DIR) in different countries and in Ukraine. A variety of reference and scientific literature, and publications in international scientometric databases have been analyzed. The role of digital institutional repositories in providing access to full-text electronic achievements, disseminating research results, and maximizing their accessibility and scientific influence is highlighted. The problem of creating and using digital institutional repositories in the training of specialists in higher education, as well as the formation of their information and research competence, is considered. It is substantiated that institutional repositories are a powerful tool in pedagogical universities to conduct and disseminate scientific research results in education, pedagogy, and psychology. Particular attention is paid to the role of library materials in the formation and operation of digital institutional repositories. The experience of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University Library (Ukraine) is reflected separately. Keywords: digital institutional repository, information and research competence, open electronic scientific and educational systems, open science; pedagogical university library

Russian Scientific Journals: Current State and Development Prospects

The article presents the results of the analysis of Russian scientific journals indexed in the international databases Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus, as well as in the List of the Higher Attestation Commission. The purpose of the work is to analyze the publication policy and experience of the development of national scientific platforms of the countries within the EAEU, SCO and BRICS, the analysis of journals indexed in the international scientometric databases and in the List of Higher Attestation Commission by the fields of science. In the study were used methods of analysis, generalization and grouping. Through an analysis, it was determined that the journal list of the Higher Attestation Commission contains mostly scientific periodicals publishing research on economic sciences, clinical medicine and jurisprudence. The relevant publications are of primary interest for evaluating scientific publications in case of forming a list of authoritative journals.

Technological trends & software engineering education: a systematic review study

The quality of software engineering education is influenced by the consideration of modern industrial trends, IT trends and software development methodologies. The transition to a new level of industry - “Industry 4.0”, characterized by robotics and cyber-socialization, brings a wave of new, never-before-seen challenges to the field of IT and programming. Under such conditions, it is impos- sible to achieve the desired synergistic effect without the formation of an appropriate informational and educational environment in institutions of higher education. One of the sources of the content of such an environment can be the publications of the world scientific community registered in international scientometric databases. On this basis, it becomes possible not only to provide effective digital educational content, but also to choose and use the latest technological means of learning support. A targeted review of primary sources in the Web of Science Core Collection database made it possible to identify, select, synthesize and evaluate research evidence relevant to the research questions: (i) what technological trends are analyzed in research, (ii) what information technolo- gies are considered in research, (iii) what strategies are reflected in publications to overcome the above challenges of SE teaching and learning. According to the results of the study, we offer to improve the educational and methodological support of software engineering education based on ontological modeling of the integration of the requirements of modern trends in the development of the industry and the IT sector, international recommendations and the capabilities of technological teaching aids. This approach is a good basis for the processes of intellectualization of information systems of the educational environment and the construction of appropriate technological educational tools on their basis.

Russian economic and sociological journals in Scopus: The impact of publication language on the citation rate

Choosing a publishing model is crucial for an academic journal which aims to increase international visibility, cover a wide readership and strengthen its position in international scientometric databases. The article investigates the publishing models of Russian economic and sociological journals indexed in Scopus. The methodological basis of the study is the general principles of scientometric management. The methods of content analysis and citation analysis were used. The information base covers the data retrieved from the Russian Science Citation Index and international scientometric databases Scopus, Scimago Journal & Country Rank. We propose an approach that helps establish a correlation between Russian articles’ citation rate in the international environment and their publication language. In the course of the study, we analyse 30 journals and carry out a quantitative and qualitative assessment of their citations. The paper provides a typology of publication models and categorises them into nine groups according to the share of English-language articles, their publication frequency and specificity in relation to the Russian-language content. Having analysed the journals’ citation indicators, we identify the models that do not impede the journals’ integration into the international environment and are most effective in achieving high citation rates and reaching a wide international readership. Publishing two Russian and English parallel versions of the same journal is recognized as the best practice. The findings can be of use to research institutions and editorial offices in designing journal promotion strategies and strengthening their positions in international scientometric databases.

Choosing a language strategy for a top-rated Russian academic journal

Increasing citation and improving the impact factor is a challenging task for both authors and scientific journals. It is particularly so for Russian journals indexed in international scientometric databases, including Web of Science and Scopus. This study shows that researchers consider inefficient language strategies to be one of the main reasons for poor international outreach. This article explores the strategies of several Russian journals indexed in Scopus as of March 2022, identifies their advantages and disadvantages as well as the subsequent risks. The study offers recommendations for choosing an optimal language strategy, including the one aimed at increasing citation in international and national databases and promoting rated Russian journals internationally. Based on the analysis of the journals indexed in the Scopus database, six linguistic models have been identified. The study has shown that the bilingual format – publishing in Russian and English – provides the best visibility at the national and international levels.

A GENDER-ORIENTED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONAL BURNOUT AMONG DOCTORS AND NURSES IN WARTIME

The study of emotional burnout syndrome manifestations in doctors and nurses is a topical issue, both among scientists, practical psychologists and among medical branch managers of different levels, especially in times of crisis conditions. The research of this phenomenon is actual all over the world: the detection of signs of emotional burnout varies from 20 to 75%; the number of scientific publications on this topic is constantly growing, so in 2010 104 works were published, and in 2021 already 952 works were published; the rapid growth of scientific research is observed. The war in Ukraine, which had not previously been on such a scale, affects everyone's life and physical and emotional well-being. In addition to physical exertion, medical workers have an excessive emotional burnout, as the authors' research shows - the burnout rate among general practitioners is 63,7%, and among nurses 70%. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate this phenomenon in stressful conditions, so that it is possible to develop recommendations and render psychological help to medical workers. The purpose of this article is to systematize the information on emotional burnout, to determine further ways of development and to establish dynamics of emotional burnout of medical workers before and during martial law. Relevance of our study is stipulated by that the control of this phenomenon manifestation allows to improve mental health and continuation of professional activity of the specialists and as consequence to improve medical services. Materials and methods: the analysis of the scientific literature on the international scientometric databases, questionnaire survey of general practitioners of CF CPMC. The authors have compared the models of emotional burnout and described the phases of this process. Attention was paid to factors causing and accelerating this process, and also characteristics of these factors were described, degrees of influence on acceleration of professional burnout process of separate factors were defined. The carried out research allowed to reveal problems at management of medical workers emotions, to define the factors causing violation of awareness and the control of displays of emotions, to find out a role of a medical institution management, methods of influence on the factors causing or strengthening process of emotional burnout. The results of the study of determination of negative manifestations of emotional reactions of medical workers in conditions of a military condition are reflected in practical recommendations for development of mechanisms of management of this condition. Practical value of the research is of recommendatory character for work of heads of a medical establishment.

PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA: MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENESIS AND GENETIC PREDISPOSITION. Review

Relevance. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a progressive optic neuropathy with loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and narrowing of the visual fields in the eyes with a gonioscopic open angle. The main mechanisms of this are increased intraocular pressure (IOP), circulatory disorders, trabecular meshwork (TM), ischemic metabolic disorders and chronic inflammation. However, questions about the role of POAG genetic predisposition remain open.
 Objective: analysis of current data on the mechanisms of pathogenesis of progressive neuropathy in POAG and the role of genetic predisposition.
 Methods. The analysis of scientific publications in open international electronic scientometric databases: Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, SID, MagIran, IranMedex, IranDoc, ScienceDirect, Embase by keywords (a total of 67 sources). Search depth – 10 years (2012-2022).
 Results. There are more than 60 million glaucoma patients in the world, 20% of whom have an incurable stage. By 2040, the number of patients is projected to increase to 112 million, with POAG accounting for 75% of cases. Among the main mechanisms of glaucoma, an important role belongs to chronic inflammation and immune damage, which occur in response to ischemic injury. Prolonged inflammatory process leads to hypersecretion of inflammatory mediators and infiltration of inflammatory cells into ischemic tissue, which aggravates the effects of increased IOP and ischemia. It is known that mutations in the gene of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) are associated with both infectious and non-infectious diseases, including POAG: activation of TLR4 initiates TM fibrosis, causes increased IOP, activates RGCs apoptosis in the model of acute glaucoma. TLR4 ligands, such as heat shock proteins and lipopolysaccharides are candidate antigens for glaucoma. TLR4 overexpression at retinal microglia and astrocytes induce an innate immune response through NF-κB activation, which enhances the expression of proinflammatory cytokines.
 Conclusions. A promising direction is to study the contribution of TLR4 mutations to the POAG mechanisms, which will identify the mechanisms of immune disorders and establish the genetic risk of individual mutations in different ethnic groups.

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Scientific Library in the System of Publications’ Scientometric Assessment

The aim of the article is to investigate ways to assess the effectiveness of scientific research, conduct a comprehensive analysis and characterise the publications of research and teaching staff of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. The research methodology is based on the application of a systematic approach and a number of methods: analytical, observation, comparison, and the method of theoretical generalisation. The classification method is to organise data by volume and quantity. The authors have revealed the transformation of the structure of scientific research through the dialectical method taking into account the development of scientometric indicators. The scientific novelty consists in processing and covering the results of publication activity of research and teaching staff of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts in international scientometric databases. The article describes the work of the Scientific Library to provide access to full-text databases, user training, monitor publication activity, and identify scientific papers in international databases. Conclusions. The significance of publications as a scientometric indicator is that this indicator assesses the effectiveness of both individual scientists and research teams and facilities. Publications in academic journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science contribute to the growth of the rating in the scientific community, guarantee the successful defence of scientific work, increase the chance of receiving grants, and contribute to an excellent start to publishing activities in world-class scientific journals, and so on. The creation and active work of the bibliometric and scientometric sector of the Scientific Library, which provides information and analytical support for the publication activity of higher education institutions, contributed to the increase in the level of publication activity, scientometric and bibliometric indicators of research and teaching staff of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

For citation: Minyurova S. A., Kruzhkova O. V., Vorobyeva I. V., Matveeva A. I. Addictive behaviour of adolescents and young men in the education system: Review of psychological and pedagogical research

Introduction. Addictive behaviour of students today is one of the most acute problems of the education system. Not only chemical addiction leads to serious problems, but also social networks, smartphones, gaming addictions lead to a significant decrease in the level of physical and mental health of adolescents and young men, socio-psychological maladaptation in society, violation of their psychological well-being and in critical cases – the development of suicidal risks. Nevertheless, a comprehensive study of the experience in psychological and pedagogical research in the field of addictive behaviour with the generalisation of methodological approaches and empirical results has not been conducted yet (although such review studies are present in relation to general and specific issues of addictive behaviour, its spread in individual countries or geographical regions, the role of the family, etc.). At the same time, such studies are necessary to ensure a complete understanding of the problem from the perspective of the educational organisation and the possibilities of the educational environment in the prevention of the spread of addictive behaviour among students.Aim. The aim of the study was to review and systematise international research in the field of psychological and pedagogical study of addictive behaviour of students.Methodology and research methods. The selection of scientific publications in the international scientometric database Scopus was carried out for inclusion in the review with search depth from 2011 to the present. The authors used the following keywords complexes for the search: “addiction&school”, “addictive behaviour&school”, “drug&school”, “alcohol&school”, “tobacco&school”, “internet addiction&school”, “gambling&school”. The specified word complexes such as “article title, short description, keywords” were included in the search section. Additional search restrictions were the type of articles (reviews, article); the chosen field of science was “Psychology” and an additional keyword was “adolescent”. After analysis the final list of selected publications amounted to 246 works.Results. The results of the study made it possible to systematise scientific publications and identify trends in the consideration of addictive behaviour in psychological and pedagogical research in the education system. Thus, it was revealed that the definition of addictive behaviour has a specific interpretation in relation to the concept of dependent behaviour. Behavioural manifestations of addictive behaviour in chemical and behavioural addictions have similar characteristics, whereas personal predictors, which determine the propensity of students to choose this deviation, may have ambivalent characteristics depending on the chosen form of addictive behaviour. At the same time, the forms of addictive behaviour of students in the educational environment are diverse and include both chemical addictions (smoking, alcohol and drug addiction) and behavioural variants of addictive behaviour (Internet addiction and dependence on video and computer games). At the same time, any of the listed addictions individually, or taking into account their combined nature, leads to a decrease in the success of training and unsatisfactory academic performance of students. In addition, difficulties in learning and interacting with other subjects of the educational environment may (among other things) be a factor stimulating the emergence of addictive behaviour as a form of care or compensation. Prevention of addictive behaviour, as a rule, is based on informing about the negative consequences of addictions, but it can take into account both the peculiarities of social behaviour and learning of adolescents and young men, as well as their personal characteristics, which act as zones of vulnerability for the development of addiction.Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the authors systematised scientific research in the field of psychological and pedagogical study of addictive behaviour of students, taking into account current trends in the spread of both chemical and non-chemical addictions, as well as their combined nature of distribution among adolescents and young men.Practical significance. The practical significance is due to the potential possibilities of using the data obtained to organise effective prophylactic work for preventing the development of addictive behaviour among students within the framework of the educational process in an educational organisation, taking into account international experience and psychological and pedagogical basis.

Silicon, Its Forms and Methods of Determination in Water Bodies: A Review

Background: Characteristics of silicon and its compounds found in water bodies and recently updated standards for their content in drinking water regulated by Russian Sanitary Rules and Norms SanPiN 2.1.4.3685–21, Hygienic standards and re- quirements for ensuring safety and/or harmlessness of environmental factors for humans, necessitate optimal and affordable methods of determination of silicon for drinking water quality control purposes. Objective: To summarize published data on the forms of silicon and methods of their quantitative determination in source and drinking water. Materials and methods: Information and analytical methods based on summarization and analysis of data of scientific papers published in 1923–2020 and cited by Scopus and RSCI international scientometric databases were applied. The search terms included silicon, drinking water, silicon compounds, and methods of quantitative determination. The initial sample consist- ed of 57 articles, of which 14 were excluded after primary screening and 43 publications compliant with selection criteria were reviewed. Results: Published data summarization has demonstrated the prevalence monomeric and dimeric species of silicic acid and soluble silicate ions in most water bodies. Conclusion: The silicomolybdic acid spectrophotometry is the method of choice for determination of silicon concentrations in source water.

HIV-ASSOCIATED ARTHRITIS. Review and clinical cases

Relevance. HIV infection is characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, including musculoskeletal symptoms, which can occur at any stage of the disease.
 Objective: to analyze own clinical cases with rheumatologic manifestations of HIV infection in context of literature data on the spectrum of musculoskeletal manifestations of HIV infection, approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
 Methods. Presentation of own clinical cases and review of scientific publications in the international electronic scientometric database PubMed using keywords «HIV infection», «arthritis», «musculoskeletal manifestations» over the period 2000-2021 years.
 Results. The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in HIV-infected individuals ranges from 10 to 45%. Articular manifestations of HIV infection can be divided into 3 main groups: 1) related to HIV (arthralgias, painful articular syndrome, HIV-associated arthritis, septic arthritis); 2) inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, undifferentiated spondyloarthritis); 3) associated with antiretroviral therapy (aseptic necrosis, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, gout). For treatment of articular manifestations analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (drug of choice - indomethacin), intraarticular or oral glucocorticoids, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (drug of choice - hydroxychloroquine) may be used. Conditions for initiation of therapy with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: a controlled steady course of HIV with antiretroviral therapy performed, the number of CD4+ cells >200/ml, undetectable viral load. Our clinical cases confirm that indications for HIV testing in rheumatologic patients are reactive arthritis of unknown etiology, atypical lupus, persistent leukopenia, unreasonable weight loss, lack of an adequate response to traditional therapy of rheumatological diseases.
 Conclusions. Articular syndrome in HIV-infected individuals may be a separate manifestation of HIV infection and result of antiretroviral therapy. Treatment of articular manifestations in HIV-infected individuals primarily involves the treatment of HIV infection, and it depends on its clinical stage, use of antiretroviral therapy, the severity of articular syndrome and involvement of other organs. Our clinical observations demonstrate the possibility of articular manifestations at various stages of HIV infection: before diagnosis, during prolonged stable antiretroviral therapy, as well as after a change in antiretroviral therapy.

Methodological approach to assessing the productivity of scientific activity of higher school teachers

An integral criterion for evaluating the scientific effectiveness and publication activity of scientists on domestic and international scientometric databases is proposed. The developed criterion was tested in the process of evaluating the scientific activities of teachers of the Faculty of Industrial and Digital Economics and the Faculty of Information Technologies of the Bryansk State Technical University. Examples of calculating the developed integral criterion based on a set of such scientometric indicators as the number of publications, the number of citations, the average number of citations per publication, the number of articles according to the lists of the Higher Attestation Commission, Web of Science and Scopus are given. Conclusions are drawn on the objectification of scientometric indicators for evaluating the publication activity of teachers and researchers and prospects for further research are outlined.

Публикационная активность и продуктивность преподавателей в зеркале наукометрии

A review of domestic and foreign studies related to analyzing the factors of the lecturers’ scientific productivity and publication activity and the main approaches to their assessment is carried out. The main reasons preventing the creation of a competency-based model of the teaching success based on a set of different-sized assessment indicators are shown. A correlation-regression model is proposed for assessing the lecturers’ scientific productivity based on calculating an integral indicator that allows forming candidates for the dissertation council members in the related specialties, taking into account the significance of publications and the number of their citations. The developed integral indicator makes it possible to compare the scientific productivity of lecturers and both structural units and universities with each other.
 The integral criterion is based on assessing the lecturers’ scientific performance and publication activity on the domestic and international scientometric databases. The developed criterion was tested in the process of evaluating the lecturers’ scientific activities of the Department of Industrial and Digital Economics and the Department of Information Technology of Bryansk State Technical University. Examples of calculating the developed integral criterion based on the totality of such scientometric indicators as the number of publications, the number of citations, the average number of citations per publication, the number of articles on the lists of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles, Web of Science and Scopus are given. Conclusions are drawn on the objectification of scientometric indicators for evaluating the lecturers’ publication activity and the examples of the practical use of indicators for assessing the lecturers’ scientific activity are given.

National projects as an adaptation mechanism of financial interaction between the state and corporations

Aim. The presented study aims to assess the prospects for the participation of the corporate sector in achieving the target indicators of national project implementation in the context of increased volatility and to provide practical recommendations for realizing such opportunities.Tasks. The authors analyze the dynamics of the Russian private infrastructure investment market; investigate trends related to the investment climate and the advantages of monitoring and controlling the implementation of national projects using a project management information system; identify obstacles to attracting private capital in national projects; propose solutions that can have a positive impact, expanding the boundaries of financial interaction between the public and corporate finance sectors.Methods. This study uses a dialectical systems approach and general scientific methods. The analysis is based on the international scientometric database Scopus and the bibliographic database of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).Results. The authors substantiate the need to attract private capital as one of the most important elements of national project efficiency and formulate practical recommendations for realizing the potential of the corporate sector within the framework of financial cooperation with the state in the implementation of national projects. Business involvement can positively influence both the target indicators and the rate of economic growth and development in general.Conclusions. Based on a study of financial interaction between the state and corporate finance, the authors identify obstacles to attracting private capital in national projects. Furthermore, based on the identified opportunities for financial interaction, solutions are proposed that can have a positive impact, expanding the boundaries of financial interaction between the public and corporate finance sectors.