Publication activity and scientometric indices of employees of Emercom of Russia according to the Russian Science Citation Index (2005–2014)

The main scientometric indicators are described along with the algorithm of searching articles in the database of the Scientific Electronic Library. For 10 years (2005–2014) 5701 scientific journal articles prepared by employees of the EMERCOM of Russia were indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index. Hirsch index of the array of articles was 17. On average, (570 ±110) articles were annually published. Polynomial trend with a high coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.99) shows a tendency to increase in the number of articles. 3508 articles (82.6%) were published in the journals on the list of Higher Attestation Committee of the Russian Education Ministry, 83 articles (1.5 %) – in the journals indexed in the leading databases, Web of Science Core Collection or Scopus. In 48 % of the articles issues of security and activities of the emergency services and fire protection were studied, 8 % of the articles were devoted to medicine and health, 7% – to the state and law, 6 % – to chemistry and chemical technology, 4 % – to public education. Half-life index of articles created by employees of EMERCOM of Russia (median citation chronology / citation) was about 5.5 years. There is low demand for articles of employees of EMERCOM of Russia. On average, 1 article was cited (0.93 ± 0.14) times. 27.6 % of the articles were cited at least once, i.e., only every third or fourth article was cited. Number of citations and number of cited articles tended to decrease. It is established that articles of the employees of EMERCOM of Russia were cited less frequently (p < 0,001) and the number of cited articles was lower (p < 0,001) compared with the authors from the St. Petersburg State University of Technology. During the study period, the Omsk State Technical University published 1,350 journal articles more than EMERCOM of Russia. These universities published 12.3 and 6.9 times as many articles as EMERCOM of Russia in journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection or Scopus. EMERCOM of Russia has a high scientific and pedagogical capabilities. A more in-depth study is required. Ways to increase scientific value of articles and their integration into international databases are shown.

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