Scientific Publication Activity Research Articles

FUTURE TEACHER'S OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCIPLINES FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE MASTER'S PROGRAM (BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF POLTAVA V. G. KOROLENKO NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY)

The relevance of training teachers of higher education institutions in the conditions of the master's degree is due to changes in the national regulatory framework aimed at harmonizing with the European higher education system and expanding the scope of employment of graduates of specialty 014 "Secondary Education". The article substantiates the expediency, reveals the content, analyzes the methods and experience of forming the professional competence of a future teacher in the process of studying the discipline "Methods of teaching geographical disciplines in higher education" on the example of training masters of the educational program "Secondary Education (Geography)" at the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University.It is proposed to divide the content of the discipline into two content modules: 1. Features of the organization of the educational process in higher education institutions. Designing the content of geographical disciplines. 2. Technologies and methods of teaching in the system of professional geographical training in higher education institutions. In mastering the program content of the discipline, the leading role is given to the implementation of competence-based practical tasks and tasks for independent work.When conducting practical classes, it is advisable to use information and communication technologies, in particular digital tools for developing interactive learning content (mind maps, word clouds, infographics, presentations), while respecting the principle of academic freedom of students in the selection of various applications and online applications.The specificity of studying geographical disciplines is the use of geoservices, which equip the teacher with a new didactic tool - interactive maps. Interactive forms of learning (debates, discussions, master classes) are used to form an individual teaching style.Having analyzed the approaches to revealing the structure of the professional competence of a higher education teacher, it has been found that the functions of teaching over research dominate among the teachers of Ukrainian higher education institutions, so it is necessary to aim students, as future teachers of geographical disciplines, at self-improvement in the functional areas that are accepted in the European educational space: development of the profile of a scientist through strengthening scientific work and publication activity, the ability to attract external funding for research, to popularize their own.

Negyvenéves a Debreceni Bőrklinikán működő Égési Osztály

For decades the burn patients have been treated at dermatological institutions worldwide, due to the similarities of the burns to certain blistering dermatological conditions. Another explanation was the routine of these clinics in the conservative treatment of wounds and general care of patients with extensive skin defects. Later on, together with more knowledge about the pathomechanism of burns and as the operative treatment became dominant, complex burn care was provided by specialized burn departments. Thanks to these developments, most burn care institutions nowadays are either autonomous centers or departments closely associated with traumatology, intensive care, surgical, pediatric surgical, or plastic surgery clinics. In Debrecen, the second profile is dermatologic surgery, which is now a unique combination, so the burn service is provided by the Department of Dermatology. Since its inauguration in 1983, the department introduced an active, operational burns treatment strategy. In the past forty years it pioneered several ground breaking therapeutic approaches, such as fluidization therapy, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), biotechnological wound coverage with keratinocyte suspension and sheets, dermal substitution with Alloderm®, Integra®, etc. Thanks to the continuous improvement of the instrumentation of the burn ward and the specific intensive care unit, it became possible to successfully treat patients with extensive deep burn wounds as well as dermatological crisis situations requiring intensive support. The department has remarkable international connections and scientific publication activities. Despite unfavorable tendencies of the most recent years, reducing the work force of both doctors and related professionals, the burn unit in Debrecen is keen on providing continuous, up to date, high quality professional service to burn patients of our region.

Analysis of factors affecting the performance of a scientific organization

Subject. The article addresses the multivariate regression modeling and analysis of the dynamics of performance indicators of a scientific organization related to the field of social sciences and humanities. Objectives. The aim is to identify factors affecting the key performance indicators of a scientific organization, namely, publication activity and relevance of results. Methods. The study employs multivariate regression modeling to identify factors affecting the indicators of publication activity of a scientific organization, comparative and statistical methods to analyze the dynamics of specific indicators, forecasting methods (time series analysis and correlation-regression analysis) to confirm the results of modeling. Results. We identified the main factors influencing the publication activity of a scientific organization. The forecasting results confirmed the significance of the identified factors. The paper defines differences in the trends in key indicators of scientific organization's activity. The findings can be useful for government agencies to develop and improve the methodology for evaluating the activities of scientific organizations related to the field of social sciences and humanities. Conclusions. A scientific organization’s performance is influenced by such factors as the number of researchers under the age of 39, the number of researchers in general, the number of articles by employees of the scientific organization in journals included in Russian and international databases, the total number of positive and neutral references in the media and the Internet, the number of citations in the RSCI, views of publications for the year.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF ONLINE EDUCATION

Online learning has become a necessity for students in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic and then the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The development of online education and the creation of effective tools for its implementation are becoming relevant. A significant number of teachers and students have gone abroad for evacuation, and therefore the distance format is the most acceptable for them. In order to avoid significant losses in knowledge acquisition due to the war, it is necessary to develop online education and create appropriate initial content. The article presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of a number of scientific publications on online education that were published in the "pre- and post-conflict" periods (2014-2018 and 2019-2023, respectively). The purpose of the study is to examine the conceptual apparatus of the term "Online Education" in the context of 5 years before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. To conduct the analysis, the authors used such bibliometric tools as VOSviewer and Bibexcel. Based on the results of the bibliometric analysis, the authors created a graphical visualization and cluster distribution of the conceptual apparatus (including interrelationships). The LinLog/modularity normalization method was used to build the network visualization. The most cited publications of certain time periods were analyzed. Thus, there has been a sharp increase in the publication activity of scientists on the topic of online learning and online education since 2019. Conclusions have been drawn about current trends in online education related to the global pandemic. When building the visualization clusters, four patterns were identified: the cluster components reflect the concepts of classical educational elements that have moved to the online environment; the main advantages of online education and tools that make it accessible to users; elements of the online learning process and their features; the main methodology of online teaching, which is based on the use of massive open online courses and training videos on various platforms. Scientific research during the COVID-19 pandemic and developments in the field of distance learning technologies will become the basis for maintaining the educational process during the war in Ukraine. Studies in different countries show that the number of platforms and open primary courses that can be used by teachers and professors in teaching students is growing.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL MARKETING WITH VISUAL MAPPING TECHNIQUE

Digital marketing is a very important position in line with the ever-advancing technology and the changing customer demands and needs. Due to the increase in studies on digital marketing in recent years, this study has been carried out in order to present the studies in the relevant literature to researchers together. In this study, the literature in the field of digital marketing is examined. This study, which examines the literature in the field of digital marketing, offers a quantitative-based approach to current trends in digital marketing. The paper used Vosviewer to analyze 858 digital marketing records from the Web of Science database between 1975 and 2021. This paper explores the whole picture of digital marketing research and shows a visual information structure and evolution of digital marketing. It is thought that this study, in which the dynamism of scientific publication activity is investigated, will shed light on other studies in the field of digital marketing. In this direction, it provides an important reference for academics in order to show the current situation and effective trends in the digital marketing field.

Indonesian researchers’ scholarly publishing: an activity theory perspective

ABSTRACT This study aims to advance global readers’ understanding of the scholarly publishing (SP) activity system experienced by six English language teaching (ELT) Indonesian lecturers using the activity theory as a framework that focuses on its concepts of contradiction, boundary objects, and boundary crossing. Semi-structured interviews were used to understand the six participants’ experiences and practices as researchers in producing scholarly material for international publication. Primary obstacles to their scientific publication came in the form of excessive workload, lack of funds, and lack of access to international journals. Nevertheless, the participants were able to surmount the arising challenges by treating them as bridging tools to connect their teaching, research, and community services. The findings raise important theoretical and practical issues dealing with the coping strategies for SP activity system as applied by the participants, which are: (1) crossing boundaries by conducting research-based teaching and community service; and (2) reconstructing the scientific publication activity system from individual to collaborative SP. One implication is the understanding of how participants manage crisis by connecting their multiple activity systems as objects to overcome obstacles occurring in their scholarly publishing activity system.

Evaluation of the efficiency of agrarian institutions of higher education of Ukraine using the DEA method

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to perfect the evaluation of the efficiency of scientific and educational activities of the country’s higher education institutions and determine the causes of inefficiency. The purpose of this study was to improve the evaluation of the efficiency of scientific publication activities of agrarian higher education institutions of Ukraine using the Data Envelopment Analysis method. The study was conducted according to the general heuristic method, the authors also employed mathematical and statistical methods of processing and analysis of input and output data, computer methods for the implementation of research tasks and abstract-logical methods for determining the degree of relevance, formulation of conclusions. The study substantiated the feasibility of using the non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate the efficiency of the scientific and educational activities of higher education institutions, as well as the feasibility of using Voluntary Retirement Services and Compulsory Retirement Service models, which are input-oriented, to evaluate the technical, purely technical, large-scale efficiency of scientific publication activity. Based on statistical information for 2020-2021, the technical, purely technical, large-scale efficiency of the scientific publication activity of 38 agricultural institutions of higher education of Ukraine were evaluated using the Data Envelopment Analysis method. According to the results of calculations, 18% of the educational institutions under study have the maximum value of technical and large-scale efficiency. The average technical efficiency is 0.6, the average pure technical efficiency – 0.7, and the average scale efficiency – 0.85. The analysis of the estimated values of relative efficiency allowed identifying the reasons for the inefficiency of each higher education institution under study, including suboptimal use of educational resources and an unbalanced scale of activity. Based on the study results, a rating of agrarian institutions of higher education in Ukraine in terms of the efficiency of scientific publication activities was compiled, which can be used as an addition to conventional ratings for analysing scientific and educational activities. The results of this study can be used to rank higher educational institutions by efficiency, to find the reasons for their ineffective activities

‘Publish or Perish’: a Transformation of Professional Value in Creating Literate Academics in the 21st Century

The academics of higher education are required to write scientific papers in reputable international journals, which they find challenging in terms of English language skills and the lack of research skills, low literacy skills, and skills in accessing references. Thus, this study aims at exploring the framework for improving academics’ literacy competence for scientific publication activities. Action Research was employed as a design by involving 24 doctoral program students at one campus in West Java Province, Indonesia, who were lecturers at four universities in Indonesia. This research resulted in 7 stages as a critical reflection step in improving literacy competence. The seven stages are summarized in the acronym LITERAT as an extension of Literacy, Investigation, Writing Techniques, Exploration, Reflection, Actualization and Translating. This study concludes that these seven steps proved that 87% of academics’ literacy competences have increased. This study contributes by providing guidance for academics in improving literacy competence and boosting the number of scientific publications of each university as a manifestation of a country's pride in the form of diplomacy portrayed in the quality of education and science.

Russian Science as an Object of Unfair Global Competition

The article is devoted to the analysis of the manifestations and consequences for Russian science of the phenomenon of monopolization by a narrow group of foreign economic entities (the collective dominant in the information technology sphere) of the global R&D markets, scientific publications and services that provide them, including services for access to aggregated scientific data and analytics, etc.).It is concluded that the key tool for monopolizing the relevant markets is lobbying the interests of the collective dominant in international organizations and state authorities representing the interests of competitors, establishing direct and indirect control over market entry barriers for all other participants.According to the authors, the bad faith of global competition on the part of foreign participants in collective dominance in relation to Russian scientific and educational organizations in the respective markets is manifested primarily in the absolute and relative «leakage» of the most qualified scientists and specialists from the country, as well as the results of scientific activity. This was facilitated by the introduction into the regulatory practice of the country of the so-called «international» standards of scientific publication activity, reporting, performance of scientific qualification works, global competition of economic entities in the scientific and educational sphere.The authors propose and justify a number of measures aimed at overcoming the dependence of Russian science and higher education on the negative impact of global unfair competition in the relevant field. The basis of these measures should be the development of a new national (mainly expert) system for assessing the effectiveness of scientific activities, the effectiveness of scientific and educational organizations, which would be focused on ensuring sustainable development, security and sovereignty of the country, strengthening the spiritual and moral health of the nation and increasing the well-being of its citizens.

PUBLICATION ACTIVITY OF CENTRAL ASIAN SCIENTISTS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INCLUDING MEDICINE

This paper presents the results of the publication activity research of scientists from Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including health science and medicine in the referenced databases Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO Publishing and Springer Link. The issue of strategic and regulatory documents on the development of AI in the countries of Central Asia (CA) and measures for developing this area in the region was considered as well. From the scientometric review, it became known that in the aggregate, the Central Asian countries make an insignificant contribution to the development of AI, including the development of AI in medicine, if we consider the number of publications and their citations in databases at the time of the study in May-July 2021. It was recommended to multiply support for scientific research and publication activity of scientists in Central Asia to increase the regional contribution to the development of AI in medicine and healthcare.

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.

Scientific and Technical Productivity of African Countries: What Scopus and WIPO Patentscope Data Tell Us?

This study maps the scientific publication and patenting activity of the member countries of the African Union (AU) using different Scientometrics indicators. This study uses the Scopus data of Elsevier science. Scopus extensively covers global as well as African scholarly literature. This study traces the literature growth, subject wise productivity and citation pattern of AU member countries. Besides the literature data, this study also maps the patenting activity using data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) PATENTSCOPE database. The study observed a visible growth in publication since the last decade. The major activity is in Medicine related subject areas followed by Agriculture and Biological Science. The publications from African countries are wellcited (9.08 per paper) and above the average of Asian and Latin American countries but below the world average. The patenting activity as reflected from WIPO data, is limited and South Africa is the only country with quite a visible number of patents. The outcome and the recommendations of this study will undoubtedly be useful for scholars, policy, and decision-makers in the governments of the member states of AU.

Assessment of the current state of hydrogen energy in Russia

Despite the great uncertainty in the timing that analysts indicate in their forecasts, the transition to a new energy system is inevitable. This transition does not mean an instant and complete abandonment of hydrocarbon energy, but its gradual replacement with energy sources that do not pollute the environment during operation, with a low «carbon footprint». And the role of hydrogen energy in this process is significant. The purpose of the article is to review and assess the current state of hydrogen energy in Russia, in particular on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. The article contains references from strategic and long-term planning documents in the field of energy, indicating the main directions of development of hydrogen energy in the Russian Federation; hydrogen energy technologies, including fuel cell technologies (FC): general characteristics, scope of their application, five main types of FC, and in more detail - the general characteristics and scope of SOFC as the most promising from the point of view of practical application and the level of technological development. The monitoring of publication activity on the subject of the SOFC was carried out, the methodology of which is based on the use of advanced search tools of the international scientific citation systems Web of Science and Scopus by keywords. The dynamics of the publication activity of scientists who conducted research on the subject of SOFC for the period 1990-2020 is presented; monitoring of the publication activity of 10 world leaders in scientific research in the field of SOFC for the period 2010-2020 and separately – the rating of Russian scientific organizations for the period 1990-2020. The results of the research of foreign scientists involved in this topic within the framework of megagrant projects, as well as the results of competitive selections within the framework of state support for young Russian scientists (grants and scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation) are analyzed.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Senior High School Teachers of English

Abstract. CPD program mandated by the government becomes a means to improve teachers’ as well as students’ quality. CPD consists of self-development, scientific publication, and innovative work activities. The objectives of this study were to find out the types of CPD activities undertaken by the senior high school teachers of English in Palembang, the teachers' perception of CPD, and the challenges faced by the teachers in improving their professionalism through CPD program. This qualitative study employed a case study design. Questionnaires, interview, and documentation were used to collect the data. This study applied two questionnaires. The first questionnaire was used to obtain data about the types of teachers' CPD activities and its data were analyzed qualitatively. The second questionnaire in the form of a Likert scale was used to determine the teachers' perceptions of CPD and its data were analyzed descriptively. The data of the interview was analyzed using thematic analysis. Some copy of teachers’ CPD activities certificates were also used as proof of the teachers’ participation in the CPD program. The results indicated that the teachers had undertaken self-development and scientific publication activities. They had good perception of CPD and perceived it as activities to make them become more effective teachers. However, tight teaching schedules, family constraints, limited funds, and limited opportunities to participate in CPD activities become the challenges that the teachers had to face.Keywords: Continuing Professional Development (CPD), senior high school teachers, teachers of English

Information-analytical services — priority innovative area of activities of the National Scientific Agricultural Library of NAAS

The current state and trends in the development of information and analytical customer service with the use of innovative services as one of the priority areas of the library activities are covered. New possibilities of information and communication technologies are shown, which provide creation of integrated unity — resources, products, services for satisfaction of needs of users through increase in a share of information and analytical products and services. Important information and analytical products, resources, services, such as the electronic scientific agricultural library, databases on current issues, including international electronic resources, are presented. The work of the library as a center for methodological support and coordination of work on the formation of bibliometric profiles of agricultural scientists and provides a range of services aimed at improving the efficiency of the scientific community and positioning agricultural science in the international scientific and educational space. It is found that this area of activities in the institution is promising, as it involves further theoretical and methodological, scientific and practical research on working with science-intensive information resources and determining the scientific publication activities of scientists of the NAAS system. It is proved that thanks to new opportunities of information and communication technologies, services introduced in the National Scientific Agricultural Library there are transformations into an integrated unity — resources and products, which in turn provide new opportunities with a wider service coverage in user service. New web services create the favorable conditions for improving the communicativeness of the library and providing a qualitatively new level of interaction with society.

The Publication Activity of Scientists from Pedagogical Universities of Ukraine (2010–2020) through the Prism of SCOPUS and Web of Science Databases

The Publication Activity of Scientists from Pedagogical Universities of Ukraine (2010–2020) through the Prism of SCOPUS and Web of Science Databases

Mechanisms for distribution of academic research and financing in scientific collectives

Authors consider the mechanisms for the distribution of income and academic research withinresearch teams with a fixed total amount of funding and payments proportional to the publication activity of scientists. This situation is typical for the grant research projects and fundamental science organizations that use incentive bonuses for the effectiveness of scientific activities. It is shown that if team members act selfishly, maximizing their net income (minus the cost of writing scientific papers), their equilibrium net incomes are many times lower, and the total number of papers written by them is many times higher than in the case of a “cartel collusion”, when the team as a whole writes a certain minimum required number of articles. Mutually beneficial (in comparison with competitive equilibrium) distribution of the amount of work and payments between the participants of the “scientific cartel” can vary widely. It is alsoshown that the competitive mechanism leads to the “washing out” of research teams scientists with high opportunity costs of writing scientific papers, to an increased risk of unethical behavior of some scientists and, probably, to a decrease in the quality of papers to the detriment of their quantity.

Rehabilitation problems in Top Rated Databases

Data from the Web of Science and Scopus databases for November 2019, depth from 1991 to 2018 were used. It was revealed that the high level of the publication rating of Russia, which was noted in 1991-1992, has not yet been achieved in the Scopus database for medical rehabilitation. Measures have been identified to enhance it by increasing the growth rate of the Russian publication flow. It also noted the necessity to reduce Russia's dependence on the monopoly of foreign publishing corporations by creating domestic Russian resources and borrowing the experience of foreign colleagues. The necessary measures should be taken at the level of authors, scientific organizations, the scientific community and the State in order to increase the Russian scientific publication flow in the direction of «Rehabilitation» in foreign top-rated databases. Authors of interdisciplinary articles need to correctly present metadata indicating the relation of the work to the problem of rehabilitation. The necessity is substantiated not only to increase the share of Russian scientific journals in international databases, but also to create domestic high-rating databases, as well as to harmonize the existing regulatory legal acts in regards of terms and definitions in the field of rehabilitation, to bring the headings of the Universal Decimal Classification aligned with the headings of high-ranking international databases. Given the high social significance of the «Rehabilitation» area, it is necessary to include it in the priority list and funded areas at a level corresponding to global trends.

New trends in cross-cultural research and publication activity of scientists: International scientific interdisciplinary conference “Functional aspects of intercultural communication. Translation and interpreting issues”, November 2020

This paper gives a brief summary of the work of the 7 th International Scientific Interdisciplinary Conference on Research and Methodology “Functional Aspects of Intercultural Communication. Translation and Interpreting Issues” held by RUDN University on November 20, 2020. Representatives of different countries took part in the conference: Russia, the UK, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Paraguay, and Tunisia. The conference aims to reveal the diversity of functional aspects of intercultural communication within the process of world education integration, focusing on translation and interpreting issues in today’s society. The theoretical and applied problems raised at the conference are pressing and relevant to the study of modern professional cross-cultural discourse.