Analysis of Russian science citation systems as an instrument of evaluation of research organization performance

The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the functionality of the Russian scientific citation systems – RSCI and CoLab.ws in the context of changes in Russia’s state scientific and publication policy. The relevance of the work is that it discusses new regulatory instruments, i. e. the White List, the Unified State List of Scientific Publications (under development), as well as a number of official documents establishing performance indicators and their quantitative values. 

The research methodology is based on the comprehensive analysis of key parameters of both platforms: functions and quantitative characteristics of the systems; capabilities of the organization's profiles; tools for monitoring publication activity and the degree of compliance with modern requirements for scientometric system functionality. 

The practical part comprises the scientific organizations profiles, in particular, that of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Special attention is paid to the distribution of publications by the White List levels in the RSCI and CoLab.ws. The comparative study revealed the advantages and disadvantages of each system: the RSCI, as a classical science citation database provides high representativeness of data, while CoLab.ws offers modern tools for scientific communication and international cooperation. The author concludes on the need for further development of these systems to provide the comprehensive indicators of the performance of scientific organizations in compliance with state standards. 

The article will be interesting for researchers and specialists of scientific organizations, designers of scientometric systems, and scientific policy agencies developing criteria for evaluating research activities. 

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