Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Some Assessments of the List of Journals in the Russian Science Citation Index

  • From the Researcher’s Notebook
  • Published:
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The database of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), presented on the Web of Science (WoS) platform and operating since 2015, is designed to increase the citedness of Russian publications by the world scientific community, primarily by WoS users. RSCI includes the “core” of Russian journals on all trends of science, and the very presence of a journal in this base implies its high quality compared to other journals. The goal of this article is to reveal to what extent the provision of Russian scientific periodicals by RSCI is uniform and unbiased regarding bibliometric indicators and the distribution of journals over subject areas. Bibliometric analysis of two lists of journals, those of RSCI and the Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC), shows that only half of RSCI serials hold top positions in the Science Index (the quality indicator in RISC) rating. Note that more than 6% of RSCI journals are not included in the VAK (Higher Attestation Commission) list. Instead, about 300 journals from the Science Index list have much higher bibliometric indicators compared to RSCI journals. The analysis of the relative distribution of journals by subject areas of the State Rubricator of Scientific and Technical Information (SRSTI) shows a significant correlation in both lists for applied and agricultural sciences; the prevalence of natural, exact, and medical sciences in RSCI; and a significant underrepresentation of journals on social sciences and the humanities.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. http://elibrary.ru/rsci_press.asp. Cited July 17, 2017.

  2. https://fano.gov.ru/common/upload/press_center/2016/10/RSCI_Nauka.pdf. Cited July 17, 2017.

  3. O. V. Moskaleva, “RINTs and RSCI: An addition or replacement?,” in World-Class Scientific Publication–2016: Publishing Ethics, Peer-Review and Content Preparation (Izd. UrFU, Yekaterinburg, 2016) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  4. http://rsci.ru/grants/admin_news/238740.php. Cited July 17, 2017.

  5. N. A. Mazov, V. N. Gureev, and M. I. Epov, “Russian publications and journals on earth sciences in international databases,” Herald Russ. Acad. Sci. 85 (1), 20–25 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. V. N. Gureyev, N. A. Mazov, and L. I. Karpenko, “Russian bioscience publications and journals in international bibliometric databases,” Serials Review 41, 77–84 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. http://trv-science.ru/2011/02/01/eshhe-raz-o-rinc/. Cited July 17, 2017.

  8. https://scientificrussia.ru/articles/copy-of-na-platforme-web-of-science-poyavilas-baza-dannyhluchshih-rossijskih-zhurnalov. Cited July 17, 2017.

  9. J. Testa, Web of Science Core Collection journal selection process. 2017. http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/journal_selection_essay-en.pdf. Cited July 17, 2017.

    Google Scholar 

  10. V. N. Gureev and N. A. Mazov, “Editing organization profiles in SCOPUS and the RSCI: Facilities comparison,” Sci. Tech. Inf. Process. 43, 66–77 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. http://trv-science.ru/2015/09/08/risc-prodolzhaetvrat. Cited July 17, 2017.

  12. Journals included in the Russian Science Citation Index. 2016. http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/RSCI_Journal_List.pdf?utm_source=false&utm_medium=false&utm_campaign=false. Cited July 17, 2017.

  13. V. I. Loiko, E. V. Lutsenko, and A. I. Orlov, Modern Approaches in Scientometrics (KubGAU, Krasnodar, 2017) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

    Authors and Affiliations

    1. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

      N. A. Mazov & V. N. Gureev

    2. State Public Scientific and Technological Library, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

      N. A. Mazov & V. N. Gureev

    3. Library for Natural Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

      N. E. Kalenov

    Authors
    1. N. A. Mazov
      View author publications

      You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

    2. V. N. Gureev
      View author publications

      You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

    3. N. E. Kalenov
      View author publications

      You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

    Corresponding author

    Correspondence to N. A. Mazov.

    Additional information

    Original Russian Text © N.A. Mazov, V.N. Gureev, N.E. Kalenov, 2018, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2018, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp. 322–332.

    Nikolai Alekseevich Mazov, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), is Head of the Information Analytics Center of the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, RAS SB (RAS SB IPGG). Vadim Nikolaevich Gureev, Cand. Sci. (Ed.), is a Senior Researcher at the RAS SB IPGG Information Analytics Center and a Senior Researcher at the Science and Technology Sector of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library, RAS SB (RAS SB SPSTL). Nikolai Evgen’evich Kalenov, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), is Director of the RAS Library for Natural Sciences.

    Rights and permissions

    Reprints and permissions

    About this article

    Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

    Cite this article

    Mazov, N.A., Gureev, V.N. & Kalenov, N.E. Some Assessments of the List of Journals in the Russian Science Citation Index. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 88, 133–141 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331618020053

    Download citation

    • Received:

    • Published:

    • Issue Date:

    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331618020053

    Keywords

    Search

    Navigation